a knitting cabaret

Excitement! Drama! Romance! And... knitting?

An award-winning cabaret of the “lost” knitting songs of WWI and WWII from Canada, Britain, America, and France. Feel free to bring your knitting (or crochet) and stitch along to these funny, poignant, toe-tapping, needle-clicking tunes. Come out and have a ball!

During the two World Wars, millions of women knit for the soldiers. Popular music often reflected the trends of the time, and mere days after the first bullet was fired, dozens of knitting-themed songs started to appear. These songs ranged from heartfelt, sentimental ballads, to brisk marches, to novelty tunes that offered a humourous, tongue-in-cheek look at the wartime knitting craze).

After the wars these songs were essentially lost, and this concert is the first time that many of them have been performed in 100 years. Some of the songs were very close to disappearing forever, and with Stitch in Time, this music — a clever, sweet and entertaining footnote in history — has been preserved, and given a chance to live again.

Songs in the show include: “Each Stitch is a Thought of You,” “The Knitting Itch,” and “More Power to Your Knitting, Nell!”

Stitch in Time has been performed around the world, from Algeria to Australia, and has sold out a run at the Edinburgh Fringe. It has received over a dozen 4- and 5-star reviews and has been featured in The Guardian, a national UK newspaper.

Starring Melanie Gall, a writer, theater historian, and performer, whose solo performance career has spanned from Lincoln Center and Carnegie Hall in New York to Royal Albert Hall in London. Melanie has toured to over 25 countries, won several awards, and has sold out numerous runs at the Edinburgh Festival Fringe.

“Amazing!” The Guardian ***** Glam Adelaide ***** Southside Advertiser ****FringeFeed

“Gall’s gorgeous voice wraps around you like a cozy afghan,” CBC Canada