{"id":208,"global_id":"livebiennale.ca\/2023?id=208","global_id_lineage":["livebiennale.ca\/2023?id=208"],"author":"14","status":"publish","date":"2023-09-01 09:54:27","date_utc":"2023-09-01 16:54:27","modified":"2025-11-19 16:40:50","modified_utc":"2025-11-20 00:40:50","url":"https:\/\/livebiennale.ca\/2023\/event\/a-tender-engine\/","rest_url":"https:\/\/livebiennale.ca\/2023\/wp-json\/tribe\/events\/v1\/events\/208","title":"Megan Arnold &#8211; A Tender Engine","description":"<div style=\"width: 1920px;\" class=\"wp-video\"><!--[if lt IE 9]><script>document.createElement('video');<\/script><![endif]-->\n<video class=\"wp-video-shortcode\" id=\"video-0-1\" width=\"1920\" height=\"1080\" preload=\"metadata\" controls=\"controls\"><source type=\"video\/mp4\" src=\"https:\/\/livebiennale.ca\/2023\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/7\/2023\/09\/A-Tender-Engine-Trailer-medium-1-1-1-1-1.mp4?_=1\" \/><a href=\"https:\/\/livebiennale.ca\/2023\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/7\/2023\/09\/A-Tender-Engine-Trailer-medium-1-1-1-1-1.mp4\">https:\/\/livebiennale.ca\/2023\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/7\/2023\/09\/A-Tender-Engine-Trailer-medium-1-1-1-1-1.mp4<\/a><\/video><\/div>\n<p>Doors at 8:00 pm &#8211; Performance at 8:30 pm<\/p>\n<p>A Tender Engine is a queer re-imagining of the romance between the Flying Scotsman steam locomotive and her first caretaker, Alan Pegler. Like, come on &#8211; they were obviously in love! Throughout this 50-minute show,\u00a0<span class=\"il\">Megan<\/span>\u00a0Arnold simultaneously performs the roles of each character, the narrator, and the stage crew.\u00a0Expect a lip-sync, a love song, multiple millionaires bankrupted, and flying trains. This performance art\/experimental theatre\/alternative comedy hybrid by Megan Arnold was developed and first presented during her final year in the Master of Fine Arts program at the University of Guelph.<\/p>\n<blockquote><p><strong>About the Artist<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><strong>Megan Arnold<\/strong> (she\/they) is a Filipinx-Canadian artist currently based on Treaty 3 Territory in so-<br \/>\ncalled Guelph, ON. Recently, she has exhibited\/performed at Galerie Nicolas Robert (Toronto),<\/p>\n<p>Chopped Liver Comedy (Toronto), PINCH Cabaret (Waterloo), Kazoo! Fest (Guelph), and<br \/>\nEntertainment Club (Salford, UK). They have participated in artist residencies in Ontario, the<br \/>\nUK, Iceland, and Newfoundland. Megan obtained a BFA from the University of Western Ontario<br \/>\nin 2015 and an MFA from the University of Guelph in 2023. 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