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Chela Davison is bringing her show A Little Bit Much to the Sanctuary Arts Centre in Dartmouth this weekend. The tag line for the evening on her website says, “Think stand-up meets soulwork. Memoir meets monologue. Cringe meets catharsis.” Davison is based in Vancouver, British Columbia, and for twenty years she worked as a coach working with community builders, artists, authors, CEOs, “and witches,” according to her website, while also always being a writer. Feeling burnt out as she entered her 40s she decided that she needed to prioritize her own deep creative work, and that led to the creation of this piece, and a desire for her to get up on stage and perform it herself. We chatted via Zoom about this transformational time in her life, and how excited she is to bring this work to The Al Whittle Theatre in Wolfville on October 2nd, and to Dartmouth on October 3rd. Read more at the link in bio!
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It’s showtime! Here’s what’s on at Shenkman Arts Centre this week: Monday, September 21 Take It to the Limit - A Tribute to the Eagles Tuesday, September 22 Seven Drunken Nights - The Story of the Dubliners Wednesday, September 23 Seven Drunken Nights - The Story of the Dubliners Thursday, September 24 Take It to the Limit - A Tribute to the Eagles Friday, September 25 25 fois Franco, 25 fois les Jeux Saturday, September 26 Gregório Duvivier em O Céu da Língua Chela Davison - A Little Bit Much Secure your seats today: https://shenkmanarts.ca/en/events ***** Place au spectacle! Voici ce qui est présenté au Centre des arts Shenkman cette semaine. Le lundi 21 septembre Take It to the Limit - Un hommage aux Eagles Le mardi 22 septembre Seven Drunken Nights - The Story of the Dubliners Le mercredi 23 septembre Seven Drunken Nights - The Story of the Dubliners Le jeudi 24 septembre Take It to the Limit - Un hommage aux Eagles Le vendredi 25 septembre 25 fois Franco, 25 fois les Jeux Le samedi 26 septembre Gregório Duvivier em O Céu da Língua Chela Davison - A Little Bit Much Réservez vos billets dès maintenant : https://shenkmanarts.ca/fr/evenements Monday, September 21 Take It to the Limit - A Tribute to the Eagles Tuesday, September 22 Seven Drunken Nights - The Story of the Dubliners Wednesday, September 23 Seven Drunken Nights - The Story of the Dubliners Thursday, September 24 Take It to the Limit - A Tribute to the Eagles
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Cheladavison.com/show this Thursday 17th @ @sweetactiontheatre in Toronto, Friday in Guelph, Sat in St Catherine’s, Ottawa, Wakefield & Nova Scotia to come. PLEASE lemme know what you think of the show!!!! @cheladavison [video description: Marsha, a white lady with brown hair and bangs, wears a lovely white dress with lemons on it and a yellow cardie and speaks by lamplight] #torontoevents #middleagewomanpower #abittoomuch #cheladavison #sweetactiontheatre
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How good can it get? A question I carried through my week. Life really is the small things. The blessings. The get to’s. The more I notice and name them, the more alive I feel to the life already here. Good things this week: • Belly laughs over cotton candy stories. • A gym heart-to-heart with a bestie. • Ocean paddles and river dips. • Evening strolls and skateboards. • Bringing singing bowls everywhere. • A touching community centre opening ceremony. • Catching myself before blaming menopause. • Surprise time with a cross-country cousin. • Rain. (don’t stop) How good can it get? 🌤️ 🌈 🌧️
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We’ve been sold a lie. That if you’re not exhausted, you’re not trying hard enough. That the goal is to do more, have more, prove more. The result: brilliant people running on fumes, building empires they can’t enjoy, reaching goals that feel hollow. This is what burnout actually is. Not from doing too much. It’s self-abandonment masquerading as ambition. I wrote Chasing Enough because I watched myself—and thousands of high-achievers—mistake depletion for dedication. I watched us trade our peace for performance, our capacity for credentials, our presence for productivity. Here’s what I learned the hard way: You cannot build what lasts from empty. Not a business. Not a team. Not a life. This book is about the radical shift that happens when you stop chasing and start choosing. When you measure success by what you’ve created AND what you’ve preserved. When you learn that receiving is a leadership skill. When you understand that your biggest breakthroughs don’t come from doing more—they come from being resourced enough to see what’s actually possible. If you’re tired of the hamster wheel. If you know you are made for more and sick of the endless chase to “arrive”. If you’re ready to redefine what “enough” means. If you want to build something that lasts without burning yourself down in the process. If you are ready to stop performing your life so you can start actually living it, This is for you. Pre-order now and get early access to the full audiobook as of August 1st. Comment ENOUGH below or head to ➡️ enough.mandybalak.com to order. The book launches September 20 in Canada, October 20 in the US. You’re going to want this. ❤️Mandy
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an embarrassment of riches (pt 1) I spent most mornings in the wedding lead-up, wandering outside with sentimental playlists in my ears, visualizing and refining so many details, making a thousand tiny decisions. Trying to feel some of the love and monumental moments in advance so I could maybe keep it together on the day-of. (Spoiler alert: I did not.) And even I just wasn’t prepared for such a profound, transformative, life-quaking experience of love in so many forms. First, to my love. There were many years that I wasn’t even really sad that a wedding probably wasn’t in the cards for me. I knew it would have to be a very specific person that I wasn’t even certain existed anywhere or I wouldn’t do it. He is better than that. He is more interesting and thoughtful and insightful and funny and willing to catch horses and chop all the firewood and let me, no, help me be who I really am than even the hazy dream I had in my head. Committing to be with him always was the easiest and simplest part of the whole thing. I wrote a 9 page thank you letter to the attendees because of course I did and I won’t try to duplicate that here, but I do want to give some very public credit and it’s gonna take a part two to really get my feelings out. Photos (and so much more) @anastasiachomlack Floral design (the star of the show) @prairieridgeflowers Decor @lethbridgeeventrentals @freddysonmain @gmajanielee @mrssmerrill (and me ;) Dress @vensalonab Makeup @modelreadymakeup Dinner @lagloriayql Video @aid.scott Officiant @chelseabelleb Emcee @cheladavison
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Join us for SPEAK THE SPARK on May 9th for a 2SLGBTQIA+ storytelling workshop with The Playful Void at the Evergreen Hall in Melmore Rd. 📣
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💥 This week has something for everyone…even the mermaids in your life! New adaptations of Drama Desk nominated musicals, living legends, charity events, community service, rock n’ roll…and, yes, even a mermaid! 🎟️ Get tix today at www.TheBeechman.com 🙌 Jeemell Green Applause and Amen ✨ Mon, March 23 • 7 PM Green explores the space where ambition, faith, and artistry meet 🌸 Chela Davison A Little Bit Much ✨ Tues, March 24 • 7 PM Tired of trying to “have it all” and “be someone” - this is for anyone who’s ever been told they’re “a little bit much” 🧜 Merman Michael
Voyage of the Little Merman ✨ Wed, March 25 • 7 PM Join us under the sea for a story of dreams, self-discovery, and transformation. 🌈 Lorna Luft The Beechman Residency ✨ Fri, March 27 • 7 PM She belts out your favorite standards and has fascinating stories of Hollywood, Mama, Broadway…she’s Lorna Freakin’ Luft…what more do you need?!? 🌇 Olivia and Audrey Out of the Ashes ✨ Fri, March 27 • 9:30 PM After a building fire destroyed their apartment, a group of talented friends are raising their voices to help Olivia and Audrey raise funds to regroup and rebuild! 💫 Rising Stars of Rusherford Hosted by Kally Duling Sat, March 28 • 1 PM ✨ Kally Duling (Fun Home) is bringing her vocal students, and future Broadway stars, from Rutherford, NJ to the Beechman! 💅 Kizha Carr, Jackie Cox and Jan Sport
Drag Brunch ✨ Sun, March 29 • 1 PM These queens are doing Communi-Tea Service and bringing Drag Brunch back to Hell’s Kitchen! 💌 Children’s Letters to God ✨ Sun, March 29 • 7 PM Farah Alvin, Jenn Gambatese, Ryan Silverman, Pablo Francisco Torres, Jason SweetTooth Williams star in this re-imagined take on the Off-Broadway classic musical. 🤘 Michael Shaw Fisher Music & Lyrics ✨ Sun, March 29 • 9:30 PM Sex, Horror, and Rock N’ Roll is promised. Join the composer and lyricist of Exorcistic and The Amazing Sex Lives of Rabbits - along with some insanely talented friends - for a night of big laughs, bold songs, and delicious danger! 
🎭 Laurie Beechman Theatre @ West Bank Cafe
📍 407 W 42nd St | Hell’s Kitchen
🎟️ TheBeechman.com
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FR : Achetez vos billets dès aujourd’hui pour voir le spectacle d’humour hilarant de Chela Davison, A Little Bit Much ! — EN: Buy your tickets today to see Chela Davison’s hilarious comedy special, A Little Bit Much! Billets/tickets: https://app.amilia.com/store/en/cwlp/shop/activities/6738464
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🔥 A Little Bit Much? 🔥 Perfect. So Are We. On Tuesday, March 24, the stage at the Laurie Beechman Theatre belongs to Chela Davison and her fearless, funny, and fiercely honest one-woman show: A Little Bit Much. ✨ Part confession ✨ Part comedy ✨ Part spiritual side-eye at the whole “having it all” myth Chela dishes on a life packed with ideas, jokes, sex, drugs, travel, hairdressing, dating, marriage, kids, coaching…and relentless personal growth. It’s a hilarious and heartfelt look at what it means to be told you’re “too much”… and deciding that might actually be the point. Come meet the woman behind the mic, the mess, and the monologue.
She’s got questions. And maybe a match. 🔥 ⚠️ Mature language & content (14+)\
 ⭐️ CHELA DAVISON ⭐️ A Little Bit Much 🗓️ Tues, March 24 at 7PM
🎭 The Laurie Beechman Theatre at West Bank Cafe 📍 407 W 42nd St | 9th Ave | Hell’s Kitchen 🎟️ www.TheBeechman.com 👉 Follow @TheBeechman for the latest shows, stars, ticket deals, and more!💋
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🎭 Originally called “The Downstairs Theatre Bar,” and led by Rand Forrester and Lewis Black, over 1,500 one acts were staged here in the early years. New works by Aaron Sorkin, Warren Leight, Peter Hedges and more premiered on this stage, starring Nathan Lane, Mary Testa, Tony Shalhoub, and countless others. 🎉 Now known as The Laurie Beechman Theatre, we proudly carry on that tradition with bold new works, original plays, musicals in concert, parodies, song cycles, and more. 🍸 ENCORE! - Finding Dorothy Parker – Compiled & directed by Douglas Carter Beane, starring a bevy of Broadway’s funniest broads! Check the website for dates and casts! ☠️ The Trouble With Dead Boyfriends - Campy new horror musical! Dream prom date turn into prom nightmares! Tues, March 10 🫧 Pearl Deluxe - 1980s Dallas, a pearl-selling empire, ambitious business women, and the promise of “having it all”. Fri, March 13 🏒 Heated Rivalry: The Unauthorized Musical Parody - need we say more. 6 performances beginning Sat, March 14 📝 Children’s Letters to God - The Drama Desk-nominated musical grows up with a new concept featuring an all-star GROWN UP cast! Sun, March 29 + Mon, March 30 🩸 Forever Noon: A Twilight Saga Musical Parody. Whether you’re Team Edward or Team Jacob, this one’s for you! 2 Performances Sat, April 4 🇺🇸 inhaleEXHALE - a new play from Rodney Hicks, offering an unflinching look at the intersections of race, gender, sexuality, and history. Mon, April 6 (Livestream Avail) 📺 RealityTown: A New Musical - from the mind of showrunner Danny Salles (Life on the D-List) and Billy Recce (Fowl Play) comes a new musical diving into the seven layers of reality TV hell! Thurs, April 23 + Fri, April 24 🎶 Nash: A New Musical - When your singer/songrwiter dreams don’t play out as planned, resilience and one last shot are all you need! Mon, May 4 
🎭 The Laurie Beechman Theatre at West Bank Cafe 📍 407 W 42nd St
🎟️ Tickets at TheBeechman.com 👉 Follow @TheBeechman for the latest shows, stars, ticket deals, and more!!
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