There’s No Place Like Home London’s Grand Theatre, apparently, has a plan to produce Wizard of Oz every seven years. It was their Christmas musical in 2002 and again in 2009. As former Artistic Director Susan Ferley pointed out, seven years is a lifetime for their target audience. And so, for the third time in […]
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Blyth Festival In announcing the shows of the 2017 summer season at the Blyth Festival, Gil Garratt, Artistic Director, says “On the heels of our wildly successful 2016 season, we are continuing to push boundaries, break rules, and blow our own horn to celebrate this incomparable country. And this year the ribbon will be cut
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The Ugliest Step-Sisters Drayton Entertainment has hit the mark again, with a panto that offers lots of fun for the wee ones and enough laughs to keep Mom & Dad or Grandma & Grandpa entertained. Caroline Smith, the same playwright who brought us the Aladdin and Snow White pantos is back with her tried
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It’s Fabulous, Baby! A fake nun with a big heart changes the future of a dying parish – it’s a good story, a great movie and an even better live musical. On stage now at the Dunfield Theatre in Cambridge, Sister Act is a well-polished presentation with lively entertainment, guaranteed to make you smile. When
Cooking with Acrobats In 2002, seven self-described circus artists came together in Montreal to form Les 7 Doigts or The 7 Fingers. Following on the success of Cirque de Soliel, they have been gathering acrobats, gymnasts and trapeze artists from around the world and putting together shows for the last 15 years. Their latest
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“Our stories on our stages” – That’s how the Grand Theatre’s new Artistic Director Dennis Garnhum described his plan called Compass. Garnhum held his first press conference this morning, after just five weeks in his new position, and the atmosphere in the Grand’s poster lounge was crackling with energy. “This is a very exciting time
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Drayton Entertainment’s Seven Theatres I’m excited about Drayton’s plans for 2017 — some old favourites such as Joseph and the Amazing Technicolour Dreamcoat — along with a new Norm Foster comedy, Jonas and Barry in the Home. Also there’s an usual choice, not the usual Drayton “music and laughter” fare: Death of Salesman is slated
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Stratford Festival Musicals are my favourites, so I’m excited about Blythe Wilson and Alexis Gordon in Guys and Dolls, on the Festival stage in 2017. I am also thrilled about Jennifer Rider-Shaw and Mark Uhre, both incomparable triple threats, in Gilbert and Sullivan’s HMS Pinafore. Romeo and Juliet is always popular: It’s the show I’ve
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Shaw Festival, Niagara-on-the-Lake There are some interesting shows coming up at the Shaw next season: Me and My Girl, inspired by Pygmalion — will it be as good as their 2011 My Fair Lady? I am also very intrigued by 1979. Who would have thought there would be a play about Joe Clark’s brief interlude
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Victoria Playhouse Petrolia VPP has opted to stay with their tried and true musical revues, and in 2017 they will have something to please everyone. And, they have also added a hilarious comedy — The Birds and the Bees by Glencoe’s own Mark Crawford. I saw different productions of The Birds and the Bees this
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