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Just “Desserts” in a Delicious Comedy Playwright Collen Curran first wrote Cakewalk for the Blyth Festival in 1984.  Then it made the rounds of area theatres, and I was fortunate enough to see it in 1985 at the old Victoria Playhouse in Petrolia.  So it was interesting to see its return 35 years later. I […]

There’s Still Magic in the Updated Brigadoon The Legend of Brigadoon lives on in the Shaw Festival’s current production.  Brigadoon retains its magic as the village in Scotland that disappears into the misty moors, and only reappears once every hundred years. The disappearing village is actually a German myth and originally the creators, Lerner and

The Show Must Go On, Even When the Big Attraction Dies Taking their cue from the city of St. Thomas, the Blyth Festival is celebrating its 45th season with an unusual opener.  They are examining the death of Jumbo, the biggest circus elephant to ever live.  But he happened to die in St. Thomas, a

An Inspiring Story AND Hockey Choreography A heart-warming, all-Canadian hockey story is now on stage at Playhouse II in Grand Bend.  Some feisty young women on the Preston Rivulettes baseball team lose to their arch rivals, the Port Dover Sailorettes.  With the end of the baseball season and winter coming, they need a way to

Star Power Comes to Grand Bend At first glance, she’s an evil villain, kidnapping young women and selling them into human trafficking.  It might be seen as a politically incorrect role, perpetuating a racist stereotype.  And in the wrong hands, it could be. But Drayton Entertainment has brought star power to Huron Country Playhouse:  Cindy

Where were you in ’69?    Fifty years ago, who knew that the summer of 1969 would go down in history as one of the best years for music?  So many hits from that year remain popular today, and thanks to Artistic Directors David Rogers and David Hogan we can relive that classic summer.  The Davids

Are the Merry Wives the Real Housewives?    The Merry Wives of Windsor, currently on stage at Stratford’s Festival Theatre, takes us back to the good old days of the 1950s when kids played outdoors all day, Mom was always at home being a good wife, and Dad was the sensible bread winner.  You know,

Little Shop of Horrors Provides More Laughs than Horror!   Following on the fantastic popularity of The Rocky Horror Show on the Avon stage last year, Stratford Festival plans to attract the same crowd with another horror musical.  They should be successful because this production of Little Shop of Horrors is presented with the same