Mary’s Musings

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, […]

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.

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, 

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

With the 2024 season not quite complete, Port Hope’s Capitol Theatre is announcing their 2025 season. The theatre hosted a special event offering the unusual combination of champagne and popcorn (What? No caviar?). But there was a gala atmosphere with entertainment live on stage, as well as videos from some upcoming performers. Artisitic Director Rob

By Mary Alderson If you know any little ones who want to be on stage some day, here’s the perfect gift for them – Victoria’s Playhouse! It’s an excellent children’s book for those who want to work in theatre some day, whether on stage or at one of the many fascinating behind-the-scenes professions. Victoria’s Playhouse

By Mary Alderson Congratulations to Artistic Director Tim Porter and the whole team at Tweed & Co on their stellar season at their theatres: The Marble Arts Centre in Actinolite north of Tweed, The Outdoor Stage in Tweed, and the Village Playhouse in Bancroft.  In promoting the three venues, Tweed & Co has published a

What? Audience Participation is Welcome? by Mary Alderson When I go to the theatre, I want the audience to be quiet. No talking, no loud whispering, no phones buzzing. The great musical theatre star Patti LuPone has actually halted Broadway shows when audience members were making noise, calling them out for their lack of theatre

At Three Venues: the Bancroft Village Playhouse, the Marble Arts Centre, and the Tweed Outdoor Stage. The main stage season’s theatrical performances will kick off in June, starting with the Ontario premier of DEAR RITA. A musical celebration of Cape Breton’s iconic songstress and storyteller Rita MacNeil, audiences will be transported through her music and

An Evening with Mark Whelan: Raised on Songs & Stories A Boy’s Dublin in the Rare Old Times May 10, 11 & 12 Join us for an intimate performance by superb singer and storyteller Mark Whelan The Dating Game by Peter Quilter May 29 to June 8 World Premiere romantic comedy full of dating disasters