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Tourism, Culture and Recreation August 10, 2007 Media Advisory: Minister to Attend Mutiny of 1800 Vignette at Quidi Vidi Battery The Honourable Tom Hedderson, Minister of Tourism, Culture and Recreation, will attend a special vignette performance of The Mutiny of 1800 at the Quidi Vidi Battery provincial historic site in St. John�s today at 2:00 p.m. The performance will mark the launch of a special collaboration between the Government of Newfoundland and Labrador and Corner Boys Productions to feature two exciting new live history programs at the Quidi Vidi Battery and Commissariat House provincial historic sites. Beginning this weekend, the two sites will be presenting the following: Garden Party, written and directed by Mary Walsh, an invitation to the public to take part in a party circa 1830 at Commissariat House; and, The Mutiny of 1800, written and directed by Rick Boland, in which the audience will take part in a plot by the United Irishmen at the Quidi Vidi Battery to overthrow the civil and military administration. The two programs are scheduled for weekends during the month of August: Saturdays at Quidi Vidi Battery and Sundays at Commissariat House. Show times are at 5:30 p.m. and 7:00 p.m. Prices: Adults $12 and children $8. For information and reservations, contact (709) 729-6730. Tickets are available at Commissariat House on Kings Bridge Road. -30- Media contact: 2007 08 10 10:10 a.m. |
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