Secret City - Old Strathcona
Commissioned by Blarney Productions for the 2019 Found Festival
This edition is expected to take 75 minutes. Recommended age: 12+
Secret City: Old Strathcona takes place on the ancestral and traditional lands of the Cree, Dene,
Blackfoot, Saulteaux, Nakota Sioux, and Métis peoples now known as Treaty 6 territory.
Mural at 83rd & Gateway Blvd, in the heart of Old Strathcona created by renowned Spanish artist Okuda San Miguel
Transform your ordinary
into someone else’s extraordinary.
Grab your smart phone and some headphones and explore the neighbourhood of Old Strathcona while listening to original PodPlays based on true events that took place there. It will change the way you see the pedestrian world around you in a most unexpected way.
Don’t have a smart phone or a data plan? No problem! Our amazing partners at the Strathcona Branch of the Edmonton Public Library have a small supply of MP3 players to loan so you can still enjoy Secret City. Check out the details on how to borrow one at www.epl.ca/secretcity!
Listening Location:
Remedy Cafe
8631 109 St NW
the former site of The Movie Studio
1. Insert corny movie quote here
Created by Erin Leflar
Based on memories provided by Amanda Brodie
Listening Location:
the east side of 107th Street,
just south of 85th Avenue
2. this gentle business
Written and performed by Robert Benz
Based on an anonymously provided memory
With special thanks to Bobbi Goddard and Sheldon Elter
Listening Location:
the south side of 83rd Avenue,
between 106th and 105th Streets
3. parade
Written and performed by Darrin Hagen
Based on a personal memory
Listening Location:
10549 82nd Avenue
the former site of Rebar night club
4. HOney, I love you
Written by Mac Brock
Based on an anonymously provided memory
Performed by Ellen Chorley and Sydney LaRose
Music by Captain Tractor
Listening Location:
Dream Tea House
in the Old Strathcona Shopping Plaza
7912 104 St NW
5. the taste of dream tea house
Written and performed by Nisha Patel
Based on a personal memory
Music by Musmaster
We would like to thank the Edmonton Arts Council, Wayne Paquette, the Dart Sisters, Gal Minnes, Nicole Sander,
and the fine folks at Common Ground Arts and the Found Festival for their contributions to Secret City: Old Strathcona.