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What Happens When the Person You’re Looking After is No Longer Reviewed by Mary Alderson Community caregivers and personal support workers are unsung, underpaid heroes. They look after the elderly, allowing them to stay in their homes and avoid nursing homes. They do the dirty work that no one else wants to do. In some […]

A Show You Won’t Soon Forget Reviewed by Tori Laird and Sandi Laird Experience the World Premiere of Deadly Memories at Port Stanley Festival Theatre (PSFT), written by Canadian playwright Steven Gallagher, who attended the opening night show. (Gallagher also acts – you may have seen him recently in Come From Away at the Grand

A Real Barn Burner! Reviewed by Vicki Stokes Welcome to Tootsies Bar, based on a real establishment in Nashville, Tennessee. Loaded with instruments, barstools, photos of country music stars, barrels, cowboy boots, and a set of swinging doors, Tootsies is the birthplace of the careers of some of country music’s finest writers and performers. Nashville

Passing Judgement on a Blind Date Reviewed by Mary Alderson What do you do when you want to meet someone new, fall in love, and settle down with them?  That’s what Aaron wants. Casey says that’s what she wants, too, but then she seems to sabotage every prospect. What to do?  Go on a blind

Bowling for Dollars and Bragging Rights Reviewed by Mary Alderson Opening Night Excitement: After preparing her usual delicious dinners for theatre goers prior to the performance, director Sarah Quick made an important announcement. Not only was it opening night on Bobcaygeon’s Globus stage for a new comedy, Sore Losers, it was actually a world premier! 

Pitch Perfect Reviewed by Debbie McClure The year is 1953, and the women’s baseball league from the Kroehler Furniture Factory in Stratford is determined to get to the regional championships. This means everyone on the team needs to step up their game, but there’s a problem. The star batter is having trouble actually hitting the

Can Sugar Road be saved? Can lost love be rekindled? Reviewed by Sandi Laird & Tori Laird One thing we love about Port Stanley Festival Theatre is the proximity of the audience to the stage and actors. It’s up close and heartening. As the scene opens at Sugar Road, an amusement park in small town

Cast of Brilliant Performers Fly Us Away to Gander Reviewed by Mary Alderson Come From Away is certainly the best production we’ve seen on the Capitol Theatre’s stage since the Covid closure. It is essentially sold out, but if you call right now, you might be able to pick up a single seat here or

I’m Feelin’ It, Take Me Back! Reviewed by Marilu Murphy First impressions set the tone for me.  Victoria Playhouse in Petrolia hasn’t once disappointed me.  The stage set at the opening production of Good Vibrations is bright and colourful with round paper lanterns strung high across the width of the stage. The lighting smartly simulates waves on the back wall

 We are Hopelessly Devoted to You Reviewed by Mary Alderson The singing, the dancing, the high energy! That’s what theatre-goers are saying as they leave Thousand Island Playhouse after seeing the just-opened production of Grease. Grease, the musical, originally opened on Broadway in 1972. At that time, it was described as “a raunchy, raw, aggressive,