The Knitting Pilgrim with Kirk Dunn

Name: The Knitting Pilgrim with Kirk Dunn
Start: 2024-10-04T12:30:00-03:00
End: 2024-10-04T14:00:00-03:00
Location: PEI Fibre Festival at the Delta Hotels by Marriott Prince Edward

Schedule

Fri Oct 04 2024 at 12:30 pm to 02:00 pm

UTC-03:00

Location

PEI Fibre Festival at the Delta Hotels by Marriott Prince Edward | Charlottetown, PE

The Knitting Pilgrim is a one-hour, one-man interdisciplinary show, followed by a 30-minute talkback. You will meet Kirk Dunn as he knits in front of three large projection screens. He will welcome you and suggests he teach you how to knit – a gentle entry into a conversation about Kirk’s life as a churchgoer, actor and knitter, and how, prompted by the tragedy of 9/11, he found himself knitting a triptych of tapestries, designed in the style of stained-glass windows, which explore the commonalities and conflicts of the Abrahamic faiths.
The show, which theatre critic Lynn Slotkin called “a stunning piece of theatre… glorious and so moving,” combines personal storytelling, image projection and three huge, knitted panels, designed in the style of stained-glass windows, that look at the commonalities and conflicts of the Abrahamic Faiths: Judaism, Christianity, and Islam.
For more information, go to the website: https://peifibrefestival.com/2024-festival/special-events/