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Buddy Back at the Bend The Buddy Holly musical is so popular that this marks the third time in 10 seasons that it has been on stage at Huron Country Playhouse. It’s a crowd-pleaser with great music that will always sell out. And it serves one important purpose: it attracts new people who otherwise wouldn’t […]

A Weekend at the Cottage – Summer Fare for Grand Bend Take a young couple in the 20s, and another couple in the 50s and throw them together in a cottage for a weekend. That’s probably all you need to know about Weekend Comedy, now on stage at Playhouse II in Grand Bend. It’s typical

You Can Take the Girls out of the Country… Blyth Theatre goers are used to having a laugh at the expense of city folk who wander into the country and get lost. We love to laugh at urbanites who just don’t get it. Well, Yorkville ~ The Musical has turned that scenario inside out. This

Updating a Piece of Rural History To fully appreciate Beyond the Farm Show, one must know the history of the original Farm Show. In the early seventies, a troupe of Toronto actors came to rural Huron County to research and write about farm life. They volunteered to work on farms to learn more about it.

Young Talent featured in The Fantasticks Victoria Playhouse’s artistic directors, David Rogers and David Hogan, have again made decisions about their line-up of shows based on the talented young people they find. Their latest offering, The Fantasticks, features two fresh young singers from the area: Jonathan Gysbers from Strathroy and Rebecca McCauley of London. The

Spamalot – Always Look on the Bright Side of Life Reviewed by Mary Alderson *Disclaimer: the reviewer’s son is in the cast. Monty Python’s Spamalot, now on stage at Huron Country Playhouse, bears the warning “irreverent adult content”. Here’s the good news: the irreverence is based on equality: the ridicule reaches out to all people

Death’s Wake-up Call Mitch Albom’s Tuesdays with Morrie at Playhouse II in Grand Bend is a superior production of this popular best-selling book. This two-hander (two character play) has been very popular in recent years, with many professional theatres and community groups staging it. I’ve had several opportunities to see it. I can easily say

Felix and Oscar still at it If you have fond memories of the old TV show with the inimitable Tony Randall as Felix Unger and Jack Klugman as Oscar Madison, then you’ll enjoy this play on which the show was based. The TV show exploited the volatile relationship between the neat freak and the slob,

The Hills are Alive The Sound of Music can be a daunting production to mount — it’s Rodgers and Hammerstein’s most familiar musical. Everyone knows story: a carefree, young nun is sent to be governess to the seven children of a very strict navy captain in Austria. She teaches the children how to sing, and

Playing that Silver Ball There was plenty of buzz in the audience for Tommy at Stratford’s Avon Theatre on opening night. Pete Townshend (The Who) and Randy Bachman (The Guess Who), both guitarists extraordinaire, were in the audience. Then the orchestra hits that first loud note of the rock opera, the buzz ends, and the