“The indomitable William Moysey, composer, choreographer, sound designer, poet, theatre technician and performer extraordinaire, is gone,” his partner Varya Rubin informed Coast Reporter this week. Moysey, 57, of Gibsons, had been ill for some time, but died unexpectedly on Aug. 9, Rubin said. “We are heartbroken. It’s hard to imagine our lives without his brilliant mind, unique gifts, passion for life and most of all, his big, beautiful heart,” she said. A trouper to the end, Moysey had just finished producing the musical theatre revue, A Little Bit of Broadway, directed by Rubin, which ran at the Heritage Playhouse on Aug. 6 and 7. He leaves Rubin, their son, Lyric, 16, and daughter, Cadence, 14.
Festival available online
The Sunshine Coast Festival of the Written Arts ended last weekend with a Sunday evening concert by local singer-songwriters Keely Halward, Jo Megasonic, Sarah Noni, and Daniel Wesley. Congrats to the organizers who, thanks to the pandemic, had to re-jig the festival’s format from a three-day convention of writers and readers into a seven-week set of mini-conventions instead. And it worked. The entire festival will soon be online, for a limited time. Passes for the virtual version are on sale now at writersfestival.ca, with access to all 12 events, which can be viewed from Sept. 15 to 30.
Turning the wheel
Master potter Patricia Forst is offering pottery lessons at her Gibsons studio, for beginners and intermediates, over six Tuesdays, with a choice of mornings or evenings, from Sept. 7 to Oct. 12. Forst is known for her signature, clay wall murals as well as her pottery and will also host a weekend workshop on that form on Sept. 25 and 26. Contact Forst at forststudio.com.
Sheila’s show
Gibsons artist Sheila Weaver has a new exhibition of photographs along with a few of her paintings on at One O One Office Supply in Sechelt. Works by Laurie Machale are also on display at the shop, which generously offers its limited wall space to local artists.
Live music
We could fill Art Beat with nothing but live music listings right now. Check out the Coast Reporter Community Calendar and the Coast Cultural Alliance’s suncoastarts.com for a more complete rundown.
Here’s just a sampling: The Sechelt Summer Music Series has Katrina Bishop followed by The Widdershins on the library lawn stage starting at noon on Saturday, Aug. 21.
The Mystic Paradis ensemble, with vocals, percussion, harp, cello, and a belly dancer, brings an evening of world music to High Beam Dreams on Saturday, Aug. 21 from 6:30 to 9 p.m.
The Sara Fitzpatrick Trio performs “transformative and healing powers of music and groove with original songs and fresh interpretations of standards,” at Music in The Landing at Winegarden Park on Saturday, Aug. 21, starting at 6:30.
It’s Creek Daze in Roberts Creek on Sunday, Aug. 22 with bands and performers from 11:30 a.m. to 7 p.m. at the Mandala. Slow Sundays up at the library, meanwhile, has another packed lineup from noon to 6 p.m.
