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Suitcase in Point Arts Performances enriches the community through original sketch comedy, fostering laughter and connection while celebrating local talent and creativity. Their mission is to create engaging performances that reflect and entertain the diverse experiences of their audience.

<span fr-original-style="font-size:11pt;font-family:Arial,sans-serif;color:#000000;background-color:transparent;font-weight:400;font-style:normal;font-variant:normal;text-decoration:none;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre;white-space:pre-wrap;" style="font-size: 11pt; font-family: Arial, sans-serif; color: rgb(0, 0, 0); background-color: transparent; font-weight: 400; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap; box-sizing: inherit;">In the Soil Arts Festival 2026 is a celebration of new theatre, sharing 3 distinct voices in 3 original plays.&nbsp;<span fr-original-style="font-size:11pt;font-family:Arial,sans-serif;color:#000000;background-color:transparent;font-weight:400;font-style:normal;font-variant:normal;text-decoration:none;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre;white-space:pre-wrap;" style="font-size: 11pt; font-family: Arial, sans-serif; color: rgb(0, 0, 0); background-color: transparent; font-weight: 400; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap; box-sizing: inherit;">As Suitcase in Point celebrates 25 years, we are digging deep into our roots to focus on showcasing what it is that we started this whole thing for - making theatre and celebrating theatre creators.&nbsp;

In the Soil Arts Festival 2026 - THEATRE EDITION

Join us Wednesday, April 15th for a hometown rip of Deanna Jones&rsquo; sharp, hilarious and unexpectedly heartfelt one-woman show, A Brief History of Smoking Cigarettes. This one-night-only performance is part of Suitcase in Point&rsquo;s 25th Anniversary Season, and all proceeds from the evening will go toward our fundraising campaign to raise 25K for 25 years!&nbsp; To help make this an extra special celebration, we&rsquo;ve partnered with the good folks at Helliwell Hall and Di&rsquo;s Pizza Pies to offer a great night with food and drinks in AN INCREDIBLE NEW VENUE. (Food and drinks subject to additional costs at event).&nbsp; After the show, stick around for a post-show rip of rock anthems and catchy originals from local band Lego Money. All in all, a pretty great night out. Schedule for the night:6PM - Doors / Pizza Service / Pre-show entertainment&nbsp;7:30PM - Show9PM - 11PM - Post Show Entertainment / Pizza Service About the show:A Brief History of Smoking Cigarettes is a dark comedy that follows Deanna&rsquo;s personal history with cigarettes - and quite impossibly, THE ENTIRE GLOBAL HISTORY of cigarettes.Using puppets, live music, video and playful audience interaction, this one-woman show explores how one of the biggest (and ugliest) industries in the world shaped history and influenced Deanna&rsquo;s life.Through the polarizing puff / pull of a cigarette, the play dives into it all, while imagining just how SPECTACULAR the play will be when it eventually gets funded by &ldquo;Big Tobacco.&rdquo;

A Brief History of Smoking Cigarettes at Helliwell Hall

<span fr-original-style="font-size:11pt;font-family:Arial,sans-serif;color:#000000;background-color:transparent;font-weight:400;font-style:normal;font-variant:normal;text-decoration:none;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre;white-space:pre-wrap;" id="isPasted" style="font-size: 11pt; font-family: Arial, sans-serif; color: rgb(0, 0, 0); background-color: transparent; font-weight: 400; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap; box-sizing: inherit;">It&rsquo;s time to ring in the holiday season with an all original, all hilarious Suitcase in Point sketch comedy show! Join us on&nbsp;December 5th and 6th as we celebrate 25 years of comedy and more! This special cabaret will have you in stitches with old favourites and new zingers.&nbsp; Don&rsquo;t miss St. Catharines&rsquo; favourite annual comedy party, where we come together to laugh at ourselves and the wild world we live in. <span fr-original-style="font-size:11pt;font-family:Arial,sans-serif;color:#000000;background-color:transparent;font-weight:400;font-style:normal;font-variant:normal;text-decoration:none;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre;white-space:pre-wrap;" style="font-size: 11pt; font-family: Arial, sans-serif; color: rgb(0, 0, 0); background-color: transparent; font-weight: 400; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap; box-sizing: inherit;">Yule laugh! Yule cry! Yule want to come twice! Doors 7:30pm / Show 8:00pm

Bright Red Pants - A Holiday Sketch Comedy Cabaret

Deanna Jones brings her latest show, A Brief History of Smoking Cigarettes to Toronto&#39;s legendary Cameron House for an intimate and very limited run this November 18-19.&nbsp; A Brief History of Smoking Cigarettes follows Deanna&rsquo;s personal history with cigarettes, and, quite impossibly, THE ENTIRE GLOBAL HISTORY of cigarettes, in a touching and hilarious one-woman show that uses puppets, live music, and video to convey how SPECTACULAR the play will be when it eventually gets funded by &ldquo;Big Tobacco.&rdquo;&nbsp; Sharing true stories, wide-reaching musings and playful audience interaction, this multi-dimensional show shines a light on how one of the biggest and ugliest industries changed the world and influenced Deanna&rsquo;s life. Through the polarizing puff\pull of a cigarette, this play explores themes of colonization, capitalism, and the commodification of a sacred natural resource. Some important details:<ul fr-original-style="" style="box-sizing: inherit;"><li fr-original-style="" style="box-sizing: inherit;">Cash only bar! ATM inside venue.&nbsp;</li><li fr-original-style="" style="box-sizing: inherit;">Show running time is approx. 75 minutes.</li><li fr-original-style="" style="box-sizing: inherit;">Green P Parking lots close by: 10 Soho St, Toronto, ON M5T 1Z6 + 15 Denison Ave, Toronto, ON M5T 2M4</li><li fr-original-style="" id="isPasted" style="box-sizing: inherit;">Post-show musical guests to be announced!</li></ul>The Team:&nbsp;Creator/Performer: Deanna JonesDirector: Karen HinesLighting Design: Andre du ToitStage Manager: Laura MaieronArtistic Collaborators: Cole Lewis, Lisa Marie Diliberto, Dienye Waboso Amajor, Natasha Pedros, Charles Ketchabaw, Annie Wilson

A Brief History of Smoking Cigarettes

<span fr-original-style="font-size:11pt;font-family:Arial,sans-serif;color:#000000;background-color:transparent;font-weight:400;font-style:normal;font-variant:normal;text-decoration:none;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre;white-space:pre-wrap;" style="font-size: 11pt; font-family: Arial, sans-serif; color: rgb(0, 0, 0); background-color: transparent; font-weight: 400; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap; box-sizing: inherit;">In the Soil Arts Festival 2025 is a reimagined, two-part celebration of local artistry and bold, multi-disciplinary creation. In June we dug deep into the artistic process for Part One: Tilling the Soil. This September 12-13, we return to showcase what&rsquo;s grown at Part Two: Harvesting the Soil. See bold ideas, raw experimentation, and local storytelling come to life in downtown St. Catharines.<span fr-original-style="font-size:11pt;font-family:Arial,sans-serif;color:#000000;background-color:transparent;font-weight:400;font-style:normal;font-variant:normal;text-decoration:none;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre;white-space:pre-wrap;" style="font-size: 11pt; font-family: Arial, sans-serif; color: rgb(0, 0, 0); background-color: transparent; font-weight: 400; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap; box-sizing: inherit;">This year, we&rsquo;re digging deep into our roots to focus on the&nbsp;<span fr-original-style="font-size:11pt;font-family:Arial,sans-serif;color:#000000;background-color:transparent;font-weight:400;font-style:italic;font-variant:normal;text-decoration:none;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre;white-space:pre-wrap;" style="font-size: 11pt; font-family: Arial, sans-serif; color: rgb(0, 0, 0); background-color: transparent; font-weight: 400; font-style: italic; font-variant: normal; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap; box-sizing: inherit;">process<span fr-original-style="font-size:11pt;font-family:Arial,sans-serif;color:#000000;background-color:transparent;font-weight:400;font-style:normal;font-variant:normal;text-decoration:none;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre;white-space:pre-wrap;" style="font-size: 11pt; font-family: Arial, sans-serif; color: rgb(0, 0, 0); background-color: transparent; font-weight: 400; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap; box-sizing: inherit;">&nbsp;of making art. It&rsquo;s not just about the finished product (because what even is that, really?)&mdash;it&rsquo;s about the messy, magical, in-progress moments that get us there.After a summer of growth, we are excited to share the harvest with you.&nbsp;

In the Soil Multi Arts Festival Part Two: Harvesting the Soil

We are thrilled to announce that this year&rsquo;s In the Soil Arts Festival has been reloaded and will be delivered in two parts! Part One: Tilling the Soil, June 19 &amp; 20, 2025. Part Two: Harvesting the Soil, September 12, 13, 14 2025. In the Soil Arts Festival brings Niagara and visiting artists together, from a range of disciplines, to provide unique audience experiences. The festival nurtures the creation of new work, encourages innovation and offers intimate and uncommon platforms for artists to take risks, share thought provoking experiences, stories, workshops, installations, and more.

In the Soil Multi-Arts Festival Part One: Tilling the Soil

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UPDATE: There are no longer tickets available for this event. It is SOLD OUT! Look out! We’re kicking off this season with a Suitcase in Point CabaRAGER on December 13 and 14! Don't miss this sweet sketch comedy tradition and celebration of what we do best—bringing people together to make fun of ourselves and this wild world we live in.Doors 7:30pm / Show 8:00pmLibations (alcoholic and non-alcoholic) will be available from our sweet friends at Wandering Spirits!

Suitcase in Point Arts Performances

Suitcase in Point Arts Performances

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Past events

In the Soil Arts Festival 2026 - THEATRE EDITION

A Brief History of Smoking Cigarettes at Helliwell Hall

Bright Red Pants - A Holiday Sketch Comedy Cabaret

A Brief History of Smoking Cigarettes

In the Soil Multi Arts Festival Part Two: Harvesting the Soil

In the Soil Multi-Arts Festival Part One: Tilling the Soil

A Brief History of Smoking Cigarettes (WorkingTitle)

SOLD OUT - Holiday Comedy CabaRAGER!

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