Make the Westbury Theatre at the TransAlta Arts Barns (10330 84 Avenue) one of your stops for this years Fringe. Composer Andrew Creaghan & The Collegium Musicum present a world premiere chamber opera version of Kafka’s classic tale “The Metamorphosis”. 8 musicians and 4 singers under the baton of Don Ross tell the crazy story of a young man who transforms overnight into a beetlelike insect. It is a harrowing and absurdly comic study on the quintessentially alienated man of modern society.

Aug 13, 2:15pm-3:20pm Aug 14, 6:15pm-7:20pm Aug 17, 8:45pm-9:50pm Aug 19, 4:00pm-5:05pm Aug 20, 12:15pm-1:20pm Aug 21, 10:15pm-11:20pm

Tickets: $12

I will be joining Hot Club Edmonton at the Regina Folk Fest August 6-8, 2010.  This gypsy-jazz collective includes Clinton & Freddie Pelletier (guitars), Thea Neuman (vocals), and Travis Switzer (Bass).  We’ll be stomp’n and swing’n our way though traditional and original tunes.  If you’re in the area drop by and say hello.