by Gale Force Theatre
Created by Franziska Glen, Lily Falk, and Jane Wells
- Run time: 30 minutes
- Grade levels: Primary – grade 5
- Maximum number of kids per show: 15
- Format: Live, in-school classroom performance
- Price: $450 for up to five shows in a day
- Website: https://galeforcetheatre.ca/lupinders-tent/
Lupinder’s Tent is an interactive spectacle for a small-scale audience. Come and visit The Lost and Found, located in a beautiful, patchwork tent where you’ll hear stories from the Bog and help Lupinder and Ms. Grismunda return lost items to where they belong. Lupinder’s Tent is a performance for young audiences 5+ that relishes in the joy of all things miniature and explores the stories our everyday objects carry.
About Gale Force Theatre
Gale Force Theatre was started by Mount Allison University graduates, Franziska Glen and Lily Falk. It was in blustery Sackville, NB in 2015 over hot bowls of ratatouille that Lily and Franziska began to dream up plans of creating theatre together that were as handmade as their ratatouille, as an strong and sturdy as the winds that whipped off the Tantramar Marshes and as filled with heart as their friendship.
Based both in Kjipuktuk/Halifax and Upper Lahave, Nova Scotia, their work spans productions for children and adults that includes new works, devised productions, and puppetry. Their production Crypthand, written by Lily Falk, won Outstanding Emerging Production at the Nova Scotia Merritt Awards (2022) and the Playwright Guild of Canada’s Emerging Playwright Award (2022). In 2020/21, they created A Tale on Two Wheels, an outdoor show for very young audiences that’s delivered to parks across Nova Scotia on tandem bicycle. Alongside creating and producing new work, Gale Force Theatre also runs outdoor theatre making courses for teens and pre-teens in partnership with local outdoor centres. They currently have two new devised shows for young audiences, While We Wait, a show about change and growth and Lupinder’s Tent, a tiny spectacle for a tiny audience.