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BOOM Premieres Off-Broadway! @ 59E59 in NYC from Jan 10-Feb 23 2020

Posted on: Wednesday, September 4, 2019

After over 330 performances in Canada, the USA and France, Rick Miller's multimedia solo show is getting its Off-Broadway debut. Take a trip to NYC to see BOOM at 59E59...

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Rick and Craig's Excellent APAP Adventures!

Posted on: Tuesday, January 10, 2017

We came, we saw, we sold our shows! Craig Francis and Rick Miller, the creative directors of Kidoons, spent Jan 6-9 2017 at the APAP Conference in New York City's Midtown...

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Kidoons Onstage at APAP!

Posted on: Tuesday, January 10, 2017

Kidoons and WYRD Productions will be at APAP January 7-9 in New York with 3 amazing shows for any Performing Arts Centre: an award-winning solo show, a sensational family...

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"MAGICAL!... JAW-DROPPING!..." (NY Times review for Twenty Thousand Leagues Under The Sea)

Posted on: Monday, October 3, 2016

"Theatergoers, there’s no need to pack scuba gear or even a snorkel mask to plunge into the ocean deep. In Craig Francis and Rick Miller’s “Twenty Thousand Leagues Under...

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BOOM wins Sterling Award in Edmonton.

Posted on: Tuesday, July 12, 2016

In a lovely cap to 2015-16, where BOOM toured across Canada for 251 performances, Kidoons/WYRD were proud to accept a Sterling Award in Edmonton for Best Multimedia Design....

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WATCH: A Nautilus Leak! Hal Whitehead on Whales and Ocean Sounds

Posted on: Thursday, February 4, 2016

This new episode in our "Nautilus Leaks" series was created in partnership with the Whitehead Lab of Cetacean Research at Dalhousie University in Halifax, NS....

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BOOM Reviews and Stories from Vancouver

Posted on: Wednesday, January 27, 2016

The reviews are in for BOOM's 5 week run in Vancouver, at PuSh/Arts Club (Granville Island stage), to Feb 13 2016. “A MIRACULOUS mirage… solo tour-de-force. Miller is a...

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TFO 24.7 à Halifax: Rick Miller recherche les acadiens

Posted on: Monday, January 11, 2016

L'artiste multidisciplinaire Rick Miller est en tournée partout au Canada pour présenter son spectacle BOOM. De passage à Halifax, ou ses ancêtres se sont établis dans le...

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BOOM in Halifax!

Posted on: Thursday, October 22, 2015

After big runs in Victoria and Edmonton (with a whip through Whitehorse), the Kidoons/WYRD multimedia show BOOM heads to the other Canadian coast. Rick Miller's previous...

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WATCH: Make a Splash! Grandfather Frog joins a group of RCS students at Toronto's Humber River

Posted on: Thursday, September 24, 2015

Grandfather Frog joins a group of RCS students at Toronto's Humber River. Urban rivers face challenges from pollution, overfishing, and industrial development. With a...

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Congratulations to our EARTH DAY Battery Hero Winner Demetrios!

Posted on: Monday, May 25, 2015

This Earth Day, think about how you can reduce waste, like recycling your dead batteries. We were thrilled to receive over 750 design submissions for the "EcoKids Battery...

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BOOM at The Grand: London Free Press, Mayor Attends, Amazing Buzz

Posted on: Monday, May 25, 2015

The London Free Press gave Rick Miller the cover, and gave his one-man show BOOM a glowing review. The paper wrote of the KDOONS and WYRD co-production, “Toronto actor and...

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Montreal student contest winner's drawing turned into a Battery Hero guest star on Kidoons​

Posted on: Monday, May 25, 2015

The world has a new superhero, one who promotes battery recycling and prevents batteries from filling up our landfills. The hero’s name is ‘Battery Bob’, and he was created...

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Tickets now on sale for 20K World Premiere! Rick Miller to guest star as Captain Nemo!

Posted on: Monday, May 25, 2015

Don't miss Twenty Thousand Leagues Under The Sea's World Premiere, July 11-15 2015 at Daniels Spectrum in Toronto. 5 shows only! Limited seating, so order your tickets...

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