Brantford performance of Fatty Legs at Sanderson Centre for the performing arts
Sanderson Centre 88 Dalhousie Street, BrantfordTouring Production Opens Dialogue about Residential Schools Brantford – Sanderson Centre for the Performing Arts presents the acclaimed stage adaptation of the book Fatty Legs on Tuesday November 7 at 7:30 PM. The production tells the story of one young girl’s experience in Indian Residential School and is touring Southern and South-Eastern Ontario. Based on the book Fatty Legs by Margaret Pokiak-Fenton and Christy Jordan-Fenton with illustrations by Liz Amini-Holmes, the show retells Margaret’s true story, including the five-day journey from her home in the high arctic to the school, having her name changed by the nuns, and the itchy red wool socks a teacher made her wear as an example of her “unworthiness.” The socks make Margaret’s legs appear bigger than they were, and in turn make Margaret the