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Like Father and Son  Reviewed by Vicki Stokes There are only a few days left to catch this uplifting production of Tuesdays with Morrie at Victoria Playhouse in Petrolia. The team at VPP take this play up a notch with original music and perfect casting. Morrie is dying – but he’s doing a better job […]

No Escape! Reviewed by Debbie McClure Everyone loves a good murder mystery. At least that’s the thinking of the new owners of a lakeside resort who are looking to increase revenue. When Brett and Viv inherit the old family mansion on Lake Huron, they dream of starting a country resort, but the couple have very

Fabulous Footprints Feature in Bigfoot! Reviewed by Patricia Black Myth or real – stories about Bigfoot go back a thousand years. And the story continues with the play Bigfoot! now on stage at Port Stanley Festival Theatre. Researcher–primatologist Dr. Abagail Franklin, Podcast creator Jake Beckett and his intern Leaf Gosling meet deep in the British

Second Star to the Right, and Straight on Till Morning Reviewed by Vicki Stokes Pirates, mermaids, a crocodile, a fairy, a giant dog, and the boy who never grows up! If you weren’t able to catch Peter Pan: The Panto at a Drayton theatre last year, you can head to Huron Country Playhouse, Grand Bend

She Sees Dead People Reviewed by Debbie McClure Maggie Pollock loves her simple life on the farm with her brother and neighbours for company. Nothing strange about that. However, Maggie has a gift and she’s generous with sharing it with others. That is until she’s accused of witchcraft. In the early 1900s, witchcraft wasn’t much

Finding Gabi Reviewed by Mary Alderson The Queen of Cabaret has returned to Port Hope, and this time she is actually performing in her own autobiographical cabaret. Gabi Epstein is on stage at the Sculthorpe Theatre, upstairs at Port Hope’s Capitol. Gabi is no stranger to Port Hope: Last year she had a one-day cabaret

Hurry to Port Stanley to see this Charmer Reviewed by Sookie Mei The novel idea of staging a play about curling in the middle of the summer turns out to be a good one, in the case of Port Stanley Festival Theatre’s latest production.  Hurry Hard, by Canadian playwright Kristen Da Silva, is hilarious, touching,

Taking It All Off Reviewed by Mary Alderson What does a guy do when he’s unemployed, has no money, and his ex-wife threatens to cut him off from his son because he’s behind in support payments? Well, in this case, he gets together with his unemployed friends, and puts together a group of male dancers

A Crowd Pleaser Reviewed by Vicki Stokes Drayton Entertainment has been giving Ontario audiences plenty of opportunity to see Jersey Boys, beginning with the Hamilton Family Theatre from March 27th to April 21st, and now at Huron Country Playhouse. Then it moves on to Kings Wharf Theatre from August 8th to September 1st. This is

Live, Love, Laugh in the Home Reviewed by Vicki Stokes Aging alone isn’t easy. It’s much more fun with friends and lovers. Doris and Ivy in the Home explores aging, friendship and love with a copious amount of humour. Having completed a run at St. Jacobs Country Playhouse, this Norm Foster play has now opened