OSAC Performing Arts in Schools

Dr. Professor is on a quest for an answer to the question, “Is it ok to make mistakes?” When taking their research to the young experts of the classroom, more than a few foibles cause the Doctor to continuously fail. With help from the students, together they uncover how mistakes can help us learn and make new discoveries. Award-winning inter-arts aficionado Candice Roberts shares this fun and clever story about growth mindset and the creative process through a seamless weaving of shadow

puppetry, original music, tap dance and physical comedy in this fun and interactive theatrical experience.

This show is great for grades K-8. Candice takes time to connect with the grades 6-8 as they are entering the gym to introduce herself as a professional artist and to see who else is an arts appreciator. The older students are the ones who take the principal volunteer roles in the experiments that test creativity. In this 60-minute presentation, Candice uses character, physical and improvised theatre, tap dance, and shadow puppetry to explore the question, “Is it OK to make mistakes?” Oopsie uses multidisciplinary arts to investigate the neuroscience of failure, growth mindset, creativity, and well-being. Part workshop, part performance, this presentation includes interaction with the students in the form of questions, call and response, and hands-on demonstrations. The intention of this performance is to support a culture with young folks of celebrating mistakes, creative risk-taking, and mistake-friendly environments. A study guide will be provided.

Candice Roberts is 5th generation settler and artist on the ancestral and unceded territories of the xʷməθkwəy̓əm (Musqueam), Skwxwú7mesh (Squamish), and Səl̓ílwətaʔ/Selilwitulh (Tsleil-Waututh) Nations.

She is the band leader of the critically acclaimed Myrtle Sisters, is a founding member of the Jessie Award-nominated Dusty Flowerpot Cabaret Society, and the artistic director of Candy Bones Theatre.

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Her original theatrical works and film shorts interweave physical theatre, music, mask, movement and clown to create stories that investigate the humour, heartbreak and the trials and tribulations of our human conditions.​

Candice has received numerous awards at the Vancouver and Edmonton Fringe Festivals, in addition to a 2014 Mayor’s Arts Award for her work in community building through the arts. Candy Bones Theatre is dedicated to creating and sharing innovative and original inter-arts theatre works of artistic excellence for young audiences.