Saturday
September 28, 2024
Ijeoma Emesowum & Shannon Taylor
Circle and Play: Fascinating Fall
Saturday, September 28, 2024
MINI MUSES
AGES: 2 - 3 (parent/guardian in attendance)
3:30 - 4:30pm
LITTLE CREATORS
AGES: 4 - 5 (parent/guardian welcome)
11am - 12pm
Hey! Do you like crafts? Do you like stories? Do you like to sing and be silly? Then this class is for you!
In this program for both toddlers and preschoolers, led and curated by multidisciplinary artists and mothers, Ijeoma Emesowum and Shannon Taylor, kids will have a chance to play, imagine, create and sing while also building confidence, engaging with their creativity and connecting with others. Each workshop will include a craft, songs, games and storytime.
Class Fee: $14 + HST
or, $37 + HST for a three class bundle with Oct. 26 and Dec. 14 classes
Ijeoma Emesowum
Stratford local and playground frequenter, Ijeoma has appeared in over 30 productions between The Stratford Festival and The Shaw Festival since 2014. Selected productions include Wedding Band, The Crucible, As You Like It, Love’s Labour’s Lost, Hay Fever (Stratford) Major Barbara, Serious Money, and Ragtime (Shaw).
During the pandemic, Ijeoma created and performed in Spontaneous Theatre’s Roadside Rascals, an interactive song and storytelling children’s show, on the sidewalks of neighbourhoods around Stratford.
Elsewhere: A Christmas Carol (Theatre New Brunswick), The Aftermath (Nightwood), Romeo & Juliet (Spontaneous Theatre), Host of Showstarters (STRATFEST@home). Ijeoma is a Birmingham Conservatory graduate (2016–17) and holds a BFA from the University of Windsor.
From 2013-2017 she ran a small side hustle called Uso Vintage Designs, which included one of a kind cake stands made from upcycled china and tea cups, (which were sold in the Stratford Festival Gift Shop) and a line of natural Body Butters, lip balms, and beard oils. She has collaborated on custom designs with local small businesses including Revel and Fawn. An avid crafter, when she is not acting or spending time with her family she can be found surrounded by fabric, paper, glue, her Cricut, and her sewing machine!
Shannon Taylor
Shannon grew up in Barrie, Ontario and now calls Stratford home. She is a professional actor who began her career at age 16 playing Liesl in The Sound of Music at the Stratford Festival. Shannon spent most of her childhood training in the performing arts and working as a camp counsellor. She received her BFA from TMU, and was a member of the Birmingham Conservatory in 2014.
Shannon has spent seven seasons as an actor at the Stratford Festival. Favourite Stratford productions include: King Lear, Mother's Daughter, The Crucible, Shakespeare in Love and The Diary of Anne Frank. She has also performed at Mirvish, Crow’s Theatre, Theatre Aquarius, Soulpepper, Grand Theatre, Royal Manitoba Theatre Centre, National Arts Centre, Citadel Theatre and more.
Shannon also teaches for the Stratford Festival education department and the Ivey Business School. She is passionate about education, and learning from younger generations in the arts.