LIVING HERITAGE

A Place to Call Home:
Living Heritage at Cupids

Our popular living interpretation experience is back!
A Place to Call Home: Living Heritage at Cupids is a live, interactive journey through the history of Cupids, from 1610 to the mid-20th century. With actors in period costumes, this immersive production blends historical fact with fictional storytelling to explore what “home” has meant to different generations — the battles they fought, the hardships they faced, and the legacies they left behind.

Step into the lives of three fictional characters, each from a different era, whose personal stories of hope, fear, and resilience are woven through 400 years of history. Their voices bring new life to the artifacts — the bricks, the thimbles, the shipwreck fragments — transforming museum pieces into deeply human connections that resonate across time.

This unique experience captivates visitors of all ages, creating a powerful emotional journey that leaves you with a deeper appreciation for our shared past and the cultural fabric of our province.

An exciting, insightful, and inspiring piece of living interpretation

It will inspire the imagination in ways that complements our existing interpretation.  A strong female voice, Kathryn Guy, who has “lived” through the history described in the exhibits and has opinions on them that will give you a deeper appreciation of the human lived experience that began on the shores of this community, province and country many hundreds of years ago.

Together with contributors like Trudy Morgan-Cole and Danielle Irvine of Perchance Theatre*, we have worked hard to create an exciting, insightful, and inspiring piece of living interpretation.

Their story is told through the fictional voices of:

  • Kathryn Guy

    Played by Monica Walsh

    Kathryn’s experiences are loosely based on those of the first English women to settle in Cupids in 1612, and particularly on the “wife of Nicholas Guy” who was the mother of the first English child born in Newfoundland in 1613.

  • Sam Rowe

    Played by George Robertson

    Sam Rowe, a fisherman and sailor. Born in Cupids in 1850, Sam is a fictional character who represents the generations of fishermen who made Cupids their home.

  • Louisa Dawe

    Played by Vic Wells-Smith

    Louisa Dawe, born in Cupids in 1912, went into service in St. John’s at the age of 14 and returned home at 19 to marry a fisherman. Louisa is a fictional character whose life experiences represent those of many of the women of Cupids in her generation.

And it is through the narrative of these characters that we turn our exhibit into a come to life story about building ‘home’ – and how ‘home’ means something different to everyone.

Showtimes:

From July 9th – September 1st. 

Wednesday to Sunday**:  11am; 1pm and 3pm.  

Directed by:  Sharon King-Campbell

* For more information about Perchance Theatre, please visit perchancetheatre.com.

** Regular interpreted tours are still available on demand.

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