Let’s Celebrate Canada Every Year! What happens when Alex Mustakas and David Rogers work together? You get a hybrid: a superior product, by putting two shows together. Mustakas, artistic director at Drayton Entertainment, and Rogers, co-artistic director at Victoria Playhouse, Petrolia, have both created all-Canadian shows in the past. So now they’ve taken the …
Grandparents & Kiddies Alike will Love the Ugly Stepsisters 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 …
Grand Bend’s own crooner, Michael Vanhevel, is back on the beach this summer with his ever-popular big band sound. This year, he is joined by local vocalist, Theresa Wallis-Kneale, and they will be backed by the Jimmy Stahl Big Band, a 17-piece orchestra. Billed as The Smooth Crooner and The Sensational Vocalist, this is the …
An evening of show tunes and fun is planned for Grand Bend’s Rotary Stage on the Main Beach, July 4, 7:00 p.m., presented by Grand Bend’s own Thomas Alderson alongside three other top Canadian musical theatre performers. Joining Thomas on stage will be Tess Benger, Lili Connor, and Lucas Meeuse. All three entertainers have appeared …
Romeo & Juliet set in 1957 New York Romeo and Juliet is one of Shakespeare’s best known tragedies. With that in mind, a creative team including the best in the business – Robbins, Laurents, Bernstein and Sondheim – turned the plot into a musical for the 1950s. But, both Romeo and Juliet and West …
An evening of show tunes and fun is planned for Grand Bend’s Beach, August 2nd, 7:00 p.m., presented by Grand Bend’s own Thomas Alderson alongside three other top young Canadian musical theatre performers. Alderson grew up in the ’Bend and has often appeared on stage at Huron Country Playhouse. He was also seen frequently on …
A Capella on the Beach Keeping things harmonious is the goal of a Barbershop Chorus. And who wouldn’t want to live in a world of harmony? Two of the best Barbershop Choruses in Ontario will be on the Rotary Stage at Grand Bend Beach Wednesday, July 19. The Seaforth Harmony Kings and the Forest City …
All Shook Up: Funny, Corny, but with a Great Message Put Elvis’ music together with the plot of Shakespeare’s Twelfth Night. Then add a message about diversity that we need to hear right now. Love is love is love, no matter the race or sexual orientation. That message comes wrapped in a wonderful package …
Romance is bringing Leisa Way back to Grand Bend. She will be on the beach July 5 with the love of her life. But it won’t be an intimate affair for just the two of them. She expects him to show up, along with about 400 other people! Leisa will be performing her show Oh, …
Wednesdays’ Familiar Favourites Sunset Concerts on the Rotary Stage at Grand Bend’s Blue Flag Beach 7:00 to 9:00 p.m. July 5 – Oh, Canada, We Sing For Thee! – Leisa Way and the Wayward Wind Band, celebrating Canada 150 with great Canadian hits! July 19 – Seaforth Harmony Kings & Forest City Fire …
