Lucid Dreams: A beautiful, whimsical performance full of warmth
Lucid Dreams
Production: Once Upon a Kingdom Theatre, Ottawa
Director: Ekaterina Vetrov
What an exciting piece of news for the Ottawa theatre community: Once Upon a Kingdom Theatre will be representing North America at the 15th World Festival of Children’s Theatre in Lingen, Germany in June 2018. As over 80 theatres all over the world competed for a chance to participate and only 18 were selected, this surely calls for a celebration! Let me introduce you to this extraordinary children’s theatre group.
Founded by director Ekaterina Vetrov in 2008, they have been producing highly imaginative and artistic programs which attract children and adults alike. It combines diverse cultural backgrounds and artistic experiences into unique performances. Of course, such a success is not possible without hard work and a cohesive vision. These young and talented artists are truly hard workers, and Ms. Vetrov, the artistic director, manages to bring her very ambitious vision to life through educating young talents in all aspects of theatre: kids learn acting, dance, music, set design, costume design, make-up design, lighting design, stage management and theatre criticism. The results are nothing short of miraculous, which is also the best word to describe their latest show, “Lucid Dreams,” which is the one that will represent North America in Europe. …