{"id":663856,"date":"2026-05-12T06:06:42","date_gmt":"2026-05-12T06:06:42","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/663856\/"},"modified":"2026-05-12T06:06:42","modified_gmt":"2026-05-12T06:06:42","slug":"the-little-mermaid-goes-under-the-sea-onto-the-stage-in-iqaluit","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/663856\/","title":{"rendered":"\u2018The Little Mermaid\u2019 goes under the sea, onto the stage in Iqaluit"},"content":{"rendered":"

News<\/a>\u00a0\u00a0May 7, 2026 \u2013 5:11 pm EDT<\/p>\n

Aqsarniit Middle School musical runs Friday and Saturday<\/p>\n


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Mer-sisters Dorcas John, left, Naja Williamson-Bathory, Sarah-Laura Tunraluk and Laivi Morrison-Mike pose following Thursday\u2019s matinee performance of The Little Mermaid at Iqaluit\u2019s Aqsarniit Middle School. (Photo by Daron Letts)<\/p>\n

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\n\t Daron Letts<\/a><\/p>\n

The Aqsarniit Middle School gymnasium is diving under the sea as students prepare for three public performances of The Little Mermaid this weekend.<\/p>\n

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Chef Louis, played with dramatic flourish by Lukassie MacRury-Noah, earned plenty of laughter and applause from the audience on Thursday at Iqaluit\u2019s Aqsarniit Middle School. (Photo by Daron Letts)<\/p>\n

The students have already put on three shows for students from other schools this week.<\/p>\n

\u201cI was a little nervous at first,\u201d said Iris Lessard-Michielsen, who plays the lead role of Ariel.\u00a0<\/p>\n

She overcame her nerves during Thursday\u2019s matinee performance, in front of a packed crowd of visiting students and teachers from other local schools.<\/p>\n

\u201cI got into character and showed off how hard I worked and everyone else worked to put on a big show,\u201d she said.<\/p>\n

That big show featured dozens of students with elaborate colourful costumes designed by school staff.<\/p>\n

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The most curious costumes \u2014 two eels \u2014 were worn by Cynthia Sheaves-Kilabuk and Viivi Morrison-Mike.<\/p>\n

Designed by teacher Danielle Jeddore, the eels were adapted from dinosaur hand puppets and long green cloth that snakes around the actors\u2019 shoulders and down the other arm.<\/p>\n

\u201cIt\u2019s kind of cool because the puppet is like a living cartoon,\u201d Morrison-Mike said.<\/p>\n

Other props included six jellyfish fashioned from translucent pale-blue umbrellas and waves made from silk-like textiles.<\/p>\n

A chorus of mer-sisters in a rainbow of floor-length sequined dresses sang harmonies that earned peels of applause from Thursday\u2019s packed audience.<\/p>\n

Vice-principal Joselyn Morrison and teacher Brittany Rosborough directed the musical.<\/p>\n

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Public performances will be held at the school at 7 p.m. on Friday and Saturday, with a 2 p.m. matinee Saturday. Doors open 30 minutes before showtime. Tickets are available at the door.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"News\u00a0\u00a0May 7, 2026 \u2013 5:11 pm EDT Aqsarniit Middle School musical runs Friday and Saturday Mer-sisters Dorcas John,…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":663857,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[22],"tags":[49,48,295,66],"class_list":["post-663856","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-environment","tag-ca","tag-canada","tag-environment","tag-science"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/663856","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=663856"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/663856\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/663857"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=663856"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=663856"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=663856"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}