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Alex Mustakas of Drayton Entertainment Awarded Meritorious Service Medal

Alex Mustakas, founding and current Artistic Director of award-winning Drayton Entertainment, was honoured by Her Excellency the Right Honourable Mary Simon, Governor General of Canada, with the prestigious Meritorious Service Medal (Civil Division).   He received his medal during a ceremony held earlier today at Rideau Hall in Ottawa, following a series of in-person delays and postponements caused by […]

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Billy Bishop Goes to War

Canada’s Top Flying Ace Brought to Life Reviewed by Vicki Stokes A top-notch performance of Billy Bishop Goes to War is being staged at St. Jacobs Schoolhouse Theatre. Created by Canadian writer-composer-performer John Gray with Canadian actor Eric Peterson (Street Legal, Corner Gas), it has been performed internationally and is a recipient of the Governor

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Gaslight

Manipulating Madness Reviewed by Mary Alderson The production of Gaslight, now on stage at the Royal George Theatre in Niagara-on-the-Lake should make the Shaw Festival very proud. One of their own, actor and playwright Patty Jamieson along with Johnna Wright, has created a new version of Gaslight. Originally written in 1938, the play was dated

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Damn Yankees

The Devil Made Me Do It Reviewed by Mary Alderson Many Toronto Maple Leaf fans will understand the premise of Damn Yankees.  I’m sure there are plenty of Leafs’ fans who would sell their soul to the Devil in exchange for a Stanley Cup.  In Damn Yankees, we meet Joe Boyd, a fanatical fan of

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