Artistic Director Tim Carroll reveals the Shaw Festival playbill for next season. Beginning April 9, 2025, the Festival’s upcoming season kicks off with a journey back to Narnia in a new adaptation of The Lion, the Witch and the Wardrobe. The season continues with long-beloved favourites and farces; a thrilling murder mystery or two, a timeless toe-tapping musical, […]
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The Drayton Entertainment Youth Academy is pleased to announce Children’s Chorus auditions for Cinderella: The Panto and Evita, which will take place at the Huron Country Playhouse (70689 B Line, Grand Bend) on Sunday, March 30 from 1:00 – 3:00 pm. Registration begins at 12:30 pm. Cinderella: The Panto will be on stage this June in Grand Bend and Evita will be on stage this July in Grand Bend.
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Is it a Movie? Is it a Play? Reviewed by Kim Kaitell Glitzy, glamorous, edgy, sexy. The only thing missing from Heist now playing at The Grand Theatre was a high speed car chase! The moment I entered the theatre I was gob-smacked by the edifice of movie screens towering to the rafters and surrounding
By Mary Alderson in collaboration with Vicki Stokes, Sookie Mei, Debbie McClure, Kim Kaitell and Hazel Fowler. Now that 2024 is behind us, Entertain This Thought has a round-up of favourite shows we saw over the year. With nominations from our team, Vicki Stokes, Sookie Mei, Debbie McClure, Kim Kaitell, and junior reviewer Hazel Fowler,
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Rapunzel Rocks at The Capitol Reviewed by Mary Alderson It’s not a hairy experience but a frightening witch makes it a hair-raising experience. This year’s panto at Port Hope’s Capitol Theatre is fun for adults at the naughty version and also fun for adults watching the children react to the nice version. Rapunzel – A
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Something Good Reviewed by Kim Kaitell There aren’t many souls in our contemporary world who haven’t seen or at least heard of the film, The Sound of Music, but did you know that it was originally produced in 1959 on Broadway and has been performed around the globe and translated into many languages? It is
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Life is so Difficult for Nobility Reviewed by Mary Alderson Someplace around Bobcaygeon, there’s a secret location where many members of the nobility like to hang out. In fact, they meet at a secluded luxury home, called Lakeview Manor, each year for the Snowball Ball, which kicks off the winter season in the village of
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The Lion Comes Roaring Back to Toronto Reviewed by Mary Alderson (Extended to August 30, 2025) Pride Rock has been moved to Toronto, and the lions have come roaring back, nearly 25 years after their first visit. The Lion King first opened at the Princess of Wales Theatre in April of 2000, and stayed for
From left: Jonathan Goad as Lawrence, Shakura Dickson as Christine Colgate and Liam Tobin as Freddy Benson, Dirty Rotten Scoundrels. Stratford Festival 2025. Photo: Ted Belton. Stratford Festival Artistic Director Antoni Cimolino is proud to announce the 2025 season, a playbill of classic and new texts, that celebrates harmony and examines the forces that enhance it or work
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The Legend of Gordon Lightfoot Reviewed by Mary Alderson When Gordon Lightfoot was only four-year-old, he sang in front of an audience at his family’s church in Orillia. The song? “I’m a Little Teapot”. And from those humble beginnings, he went on to stardom. This is the kind of information you can learn about Canada’s
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