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BLIND IMAGININGS WITH ALEX BULMER

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Shakespeare in the Ruff is thrilled to welcome award-winning actor, writer, director, and educator Alex Bulmer to The Playground! With the generous support of the Art Gallery of Ontario, Ruff is hosting Alex’s workshop for creators, BLIND IMAGININGS, on Saturday April 22nd from 1pm-4pm.

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We are proud to present…

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Join us on February 26 for the second annual Ruff’s Winter Tale, presented this season with the generous support of Crow’s Theatre. Each year, RWT acts as the official launch of our season and initiates our interrogation of the themes, characters, and stories we are focusing on for the year.

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PLAYGROUND INTENSIVE: FINDING THE TRUTH IN SHAKESPEARE’S POETRY WITH IRENE POOLE

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Shakespeare in the Ruff is thrilled to welcome renowned actor and teacher Irene Poole to the Playground. In this three-day intensive, participants will explore ways of making Shakespeare’s language and poetic images personal and playable. By using a variety of techniques to find meaning, clarity of thought, and the emotional journey, participants will strive to get to that magic place where poetic image is married to situational truth. 

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FOREST BATHING IN WITHROW PARK

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One of the defining pillars of Ruff is that we get to call the beautiful Withrow Park home. We are fortunate to have a rich, vibrant and natural stage from which we perform our work and build our community. 

For this year’s fundraiser, we invite our friends, family and community to connect with the more-than-human world of Withrow Park by forest bathing in Withrow Park. 

Your guide to forest bathing will be Melanie Hazell – an ANFT certified Forest Therapist and long-time friend of Ruff. Melanie’s story can be found here

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RUFF SKILLS

JOIN IN ON THE RUFF SKILLS FUN

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A month-long fundraising celebration of the wild and beautiful intersections of the Ruffians. 

Overview:
Friday, October 14thRestorative Meditation and Creative Writing with PJ Prudat
Sunday, October 16th1:1 Coaching Sessions with Christine Horne
Saturday, October 22nd Introduction to Kung Fu in Withrow Park with Jeff Yung
Saturday, October 29thNon- Dancer Music Video Choreography with Patricia Allison

For Forest Bathing on Sunday, October 16th CLICK HERE

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Update: Rufflings Story Time

Update: Rufflings Story Time

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When we were brainstorming our first season at Ruff, and the new initiatives we wanted to launch, I was super excited about two things: Ruff Reads (our monthly book club), and Rufflings Story Time, which I imagined as a weekly gathering in the park, adjacent to rehearsals, where members of the mainstage company and the Young Ruffian Apprenticeship Program could gather park kids and read them stories, play games, etc.

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