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by Andrew Moodie   Aug. 24-Sept. 9 Memorial Hall This play tells the biography of the inventor Elijah McCoy (1843-1929), whose name became a byword for quality, as in “the real McCoy.” The play tries to explain why we’ve all heard the expression and yet hardly any of us know why… And in answering that question, reclaims a fascinating man’s life ...

by Matt Murray   August 3-18 The play follows Erin, a passionate, retired history teacher, who has convinced the City of Sarnia to create a 100-year time capsule for future generations to open. She organizes a town-wide meeting for community input, with a replica of the capsule itself, ready to momentously unveil. But in spite of homemade Nanaimo bars, only her ...

by Marie Beath Badian.    July 12-July 29 The Waltz is a gentle romance about a young man on his way to University in BC, who stops for one fateful night under the Prairie stars, and meets a girl he will never forget.  Produced by Factory Theatre and directed by Nina Lee Aquino, (the newly-minted Artistic Director of English Theatre at ...

By Sophia Fabiilli   June 14-July 8   World Premiere The first show indoors is the premiere of Liars at a Funeral. This play was originally slated to open our 2020 season. Liars at a Funeral is the hilarious story of a grandmother who fakes her own death in a last-ditch hope to get her dysfunctional family in one room, but with ...

by James Reaney, adapted and abridged by Gil Garratt. A Quintessential Canadian Classic Reimagined It’s been twenty years since the fairgrounds in Blyth resounded with horse hooves, and were lit up with fateful fire in the night. And in 2023, the local legend continues in three landmark productions in an unparalleled setting. The three plays, Sticks and Stones (June 22-Sept. ...

Photo by Terry Manzo. Pictured Randy Hughson as Angus, Cam Laurie as Miles, Jonathan Goad as Morgan Essential Canadian Classic True story: Fifty years ago this very summer, a group of actors made a pilgrimage of sorts from downtown Toronto to Huron County. They were bent on learning all they could about farming and rural life and turning what they ...

Photo by Terry Manzo. Pictured Kelly McIntosh as Maureen Poole and James Dallas Smith as Arthur Copper.  Comedy/Political Satire Maureen loves her cottage. She and her husband worked hard for it. A long dock, a glass of chardonnay, sunset, bbqs. She can’t wait to teach her grandkids to waterski in the wide open channel. Arthur loves wild rice.  He worked ...

For Immediate Release August 2, 2022 Blyth, ON Gil Garratt announced today that the Blyth Festival is cancelling the entire run of their third show of the season, The Waltz by Marie Beath Badian. Caught in Ontario’s seventh wave, with Covid 19 spreading in the company, the Blyth Festival was twice forced to delay the beginning of rehearsals, and after ...

Photo by Terry Manzo. Pictured Janelle Cooper as Mildred Ware and Twaine Ward as John Ware Photo by Terry Manzo. Full Company pictured: George Meanwell, Janelle Cooper, Madeleine Eddy, Twaine Ward, Graham Hargrove & Warona Setshwaelo Original Music by Miranda Martini and Kris Demeanor Drama/History/Folk Music Joni loved everything about cowgirl life. From her checkered shirt, to her fringe vest, ...

Playwright, Joan MacLeod A breath-takingly beautiful, funny and heart breaking play about a young couple who buy a cattle ranch in Alberta and set about the farm life they’ve always wanted. To pay the mortgage, her husband takes a job in the oil patch for half the year. When he’s offered the chance to work on a rig in Newfoundland, ...