Brantford performance of Fatty Legs at Sanderson Centre for the performing arts
Brantford performance of Fatty Legs at Sanderson Centre for the performing arts
Touring 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