a Witch at Hart, a Tale of the Seasons Too

If you are looking for the previous shows don't look further but look here !

November 21 - Blood Moon Eclipse

October 24 - Samhain, the in-between space

Samhain (pronounced "Saw'n" or /ˈsɑːwɪn, ˈsaʊɪn/) marks the liminal space between the autumn equinox and winter solstice. As Delica Cee will tell you: "the veil is thin" at this time; especially when your Wondrous Witch of East Van casts to the four winds and seals the circle.

According to Irish mythology, Samhain (like Bealtaine) is a time when the 'doorways' to the Otherworld opened, allowing supernatural beings and the souls of the dead to come into our world. While Bealtaine was a summer festival for the living, Samhain "is essentially a festival for the dead" [wikipedia]. We staved off the dying long enough to cheer on the very lively performers.

We joined Delica Cee, The Witch of East Van, as she led us through a ritual for the season and had everyone forgetting to breathe with her poetry.

Juano Andreas “The King That Sings": Drag king, genderblender, queer, Latine.

Magic and belief strong enough to hold up a Queen.

Lorelai Lwyd (they/them lor•uh•lye lw•oyd) performer/photographer/singer/poet.

Belladonna VonShade delivered an energetic extravagant dance performance and owned the room, the stairs, and the space. And we had a chance to celebrate their birthday !

Thanks Jem, twospirit Deninu K’Ue & Finnish actor, writer, makeup artist, and cool mom.

And who can forget Delica's classic song about amazing dexterity? Followed by a song to send a bird safely home, sang by all.

Two new (to me, at least) vocal performers joined the chorus - elphin Lorelei Lwyd with more vibrato control than anyone should have, and

the super sexy sultry-voiced Juano Andreas who stayed supremely cool under audio challenges and delivered heart-felt deep-voiced sound.

Grateful to these otherworldly creatures that challenged our imagination and warmed our souls yet again this evening. Happy Samhain!

Oh, and Happy Birthday Belladona Vonshade!

Big THANKS to the one of the many HATS - the unimitable Sleepy Queers productions' Dust Cwaine

We Acknowledge that this show took place on the unceded, occupied, ancestral and traditional lands of the xʷməθkwəy̓əm (Musqueam), Skwxwú7mesh (Squamish) and Səl̓ílwətaʔ/Selilwitulh (Tsleil-Waututh) Nations.