Local One host Shaunessy Sinnett speaks with Blyth Festival Artistic Director Gil Garratt about the 45th season. (Click on full screen to display.)
NEWS: Blyth Festival grows in 2019
The goal of the Blyth Festival has always been to reflect the character of the community. And that hasn’t changed, writes Bob Montgomery, of Blackburn Radio, in an article posted online today. Artistic Director Gil Garratt said next year will mark the 45th year for the Blyth Festival. “We had an incredible season this year,” said Garratt. “We had 8,000 …
Blyth Festival announces epic 2019 Season
BLYTH, ON – The 2019 Season of the Blyth Festival promises to be even more successful than this past season, which saw more than 26,000 visitors come to see five mainstage productions. “This will be a season on an epic scale, a season of triumphs, trials, tolerance, team work…and…tusks,” said Blyth Festival Artistic Director Gil Garratt, announcing the 2019 Season …
Kick up your heels at country-style fundraiser for Blyth Festival’s New Play Development
BLYTH, ON – An upcoming evening of Southwest-themed barbecue, fiddle music, dancing, and a live auction will raise funds for the Blyth Festival’s New Play Development program, which has helped to make possible such plays as The Pigeon King, The New Canadian Curling Club, Prairie Nurse, The Last Donnelly Standing and more than 135 other world premieres. The Blyth Barn …
REVIEW: Blogger finds plenty to keep her entertained in Blyth
Blyth, the little village that could. This is no blip on Huron County Road 4. Blyth is so much more than a wee village in rural Ontario. It’s full of history and passionate artists, and is home to the Blyth Festival, writes Stephanie in her blog, The World As I See It. The Blyth Festival is not your average theatre …
107.1 Juice FM’s Eddie Mathews interviews playwright Mark Crawford
107.1 Juice FM’s morning host Eddie Mathews talked this morning to the playwright of The New Canadian Curling Club, which opened the Blyth Festival’s 2018 season. The wildly popular play has been extended for one week, Sept. 18 to Sept. 21. Listen here: Photo credit: Marcia Johnson as Charmaine Bailey, Parmida Vand as Fatima Al-Sayeed, Matthew Gin as Mike Chang, Omar …
REVIEW: “I highly recommend this rather cathartic show”
There’s an unusual little show playing at the Phillips Studio in Blyth, right across the intersection from the Festival theatre. Singer Jane Miller wants you to come and actually enjoy an evening of sad songs, says Mary Alderson, on her blog, Entertain This Thought. Entitled These are the Songs that I Sing When I’m Sad, the hour-long show not only offers …
Podcast of panel discussion on 1837: The Farmers’ Revolt
Did you miss the panel discussion about 1837: The Farmers’ Revolt, held at the Huron County Museum recently? Listen to our artistic director, Gil Garratt, and local historian David Yates, from the comfort of your own living room, courtesy of The Title Block Podcast, Michael Kruse and Beth Kates. Tune in here. Cutline: William Lyon Mackenzie (Matthew Gin), with help from his …
REVIEW: Where history and story meet
The Blyth Festival’s last two of four main-stage productions of 2018 examine roots and identity. Both 1837:The Farmers’ Revolt and Wing Night at the Boot have deep ties to the theatre and to the community. Similarly, both meet at the crossroads of history and story, says Rob Reid of Reid between the lines. Pairing Wing Night with 1837 was a programming masterstroke by festival artistic director Gil Garratt, …
REVIEW: “An incredible story, perfectly told”
“Nothing is more historic and memorable than a good fist fight at the local bar. Such is the raucous and bawdy tale of the history of the Blyth Inn, beautifully captured in the Blyth Festival Theatre’s Wing Night at the Boot,” says Liz Dadson of the Kincardine Record. To read the full review, please visit her online site. Cutline: Wing Night …