Squamish singer Heather Feeney isn’t afraid to include a little humour to the toughest teenage issues.
Mean friends, pregnancy, obtaining higher and dealing along with ridiculous parents are a few of the topics she delves in to in higher School and Beyond at the Brackendale Art Gallery when it come to June 17 and 18.
Feeney is singing 21 songs, accompanied by Scott Knight when it come to piano. The lyrics have actually a comedic touch that covers regular higher school encounters – the two great and bad.
“These topics have actually been about for a rather lengthy time, however they’re now in the forefront much more and more,” said Feeney. “In my parents’ time, if you got pregnant while in higher school, you were shipped away and you either adopted or didn’t return to school. No one talked concerning it.
“There is additionally a song concerning suicide. That’s being talked concerning much more now compared to it joined the past.”
Well known in the Brand-new York musical theatre scene however most likely Brand-new to Squamish theatre-goers, the songs Feeney sings deal along with very first crushes, very first sex, living in a crappy town, entitlement, last exams, senior prom and teachers, the two adored and dreaded. One more song explores the complications that go along along with being gay higher school student.
Performing with each other for higher School and Beyond, Feeney and Knight have actually been the duo behind Brackendale Broadway for 5 years. the two musicians are Jessie Award nominees and with each other play a number of songs from the “much more edgy” contemporary musical theatre genre.
Admittedly a little a “prude” in higher school, Feeney had friends and classmates that dealt along with numerous of the topics in the songs.
“I loved higher school. I don’t bear in mind placing a lot of initiative in to my classes, however I loved my social studies class, chemistry and obviously drama. I actually love the teachers that taught these classes,” she said. “These days, teachers grab to understand the students better. There is much more of a degree playing field, along with teachers there to motivate the students.”
The songs in higher School and Beyond begin of at the start of higher school, as quickly as students are about 13 years old, and keep on in to university and college. Feeney, that has actually carried out in Squamish, Vancouver, Calgary and Brand-new York, has actually been functioning when it come to the selection for about 3 years.
She recommends higher School and Beyond for grownups and older higher school students that have actually talked previously along with their families concerning the topics in the songs. The reveal is specified for Friday and Saturday at 8 p.m. the two evenings. Tickets are readily available at Xoxo Westcoast Chocolates and at the Brackendale Art Gallery.
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