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Huron Hospice's annual No Place Like Home Concert telethon starts at 6:30PM tomorrow night, Saturday Sep 23. Huron Residential Hospice
This is a great cause, and we are so proud that our very own Gil Garratt is co-hosting the event with Ally Anderson and Huron-Bruce MP Ben Lobb!
You can watch the show live at the Kingsbridge Centre, or from home on TCC, Hurontel, Eastlink Cable and www.huronhospice.ca
Call 519-525-7352 for Tickets ($50), also available at the door.
Huron Hospice has a free shuttle to the concert. Call to reserve 519-525-7352.
Celebrate everything home at the NO PLACE LIKE HOME CONCERT supporting Huron Hospice.
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Thanks, Gil and thanks to the whole team at The Blyth Festival. This is our fourth Telethon concert and this year we are fully live at Kingsbridge. Virtual or live the event is a success because we have people like Gil on stage with us.
Only a few tickets left to the final performance of The Donnellys: A Trilogy – Handcuffs: Part III on Sunday, September 3, at 8:00PM.
Here's what Christopher Hoile of Stage Door, one of the most respected theatre websites in Canada, wrote in his review of The Donnellys: A Trilogy:
"The present heroic staging at Blyth not only gives Canadians a rare chance to see this great work but also a chance to experience theatre-making at its finest...
Garratt portrays the massacre itself without sensationalism.
Garratt is an extraordinarily imaginative director. Scene after scene is filled with just enough information to suggest what our imagination can fill in.
The chances of seeing The Donnellys: A Trilogy are so rare, much less in such a beautifully acted and directed production, that no one with an interest in Canadian drama should let the chance go by to see it. "
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These were as astonishing as I had remembered them from decades ago and were even more moving, and I can't imagine a better theatre to stage them in than the Harvest Stage and a better community in which to see them. It was such a privilege to share them with my wife and with the wonderful audience, too. Thank you.!
Feel very lucky to have experienced the trilogy last weekend. Bravo!
Seeing the Donnelly Trilogy at the Harvest Stage was an amazing experience! Such a talented and dedicated cast and crew who worked on this production for the past several months! Congratulations on a wonderful season!
The Trilogy was so amazing. The final show brought tears..so well done..
I laughed, I cried, I was mesmerized and enthralled. Best show in a lonnnnng time. <3 Oh, and thank you for the blankets !!!
So thrilled to read that this fantastic series of shows received such well-deserved praise! Congratulations to Gil Garatt, James Dallas Smith, the entire truly stellar cast, and the whole creative team! Thank you for bringing this important story to the stage for us to see!
Accurate!
The weather didn’t cooperate for the first 2 shows of the Donnelly Trilogy but the cast still gave 2 tremendous shows. Fortunately the last show was offered outside and it was a fitting finale to a very sad part of our local history. Bravo and many thanks!
Great show!
Extraordinary Actors and Actresses In This Trilogy! I'm In Awe Of The Character Changes Costumes and Set. Throughly Enjoyed This Trilogy I Stand With The Donnelly Family Such A Shame On The Justice System. These Actors Should Make This A Movie! Phenomenal 👏👏👏👏
It's Christopher HOILE. It's a shame he saw "Handcuffs" on a rainy night. He missed one of the neatest bits of stagecraft I've ever seen at Blyth.
When we lived in Bayfield we loved going to the Blyth Festival!
All of these comments make me wonder why I saw nothing about this extraordinary event in either the Star or the Globe and Mail. Maybe real coverage of the arts is too much to expect these days, but considering the place these plays occupy in the history of Canadian theatre, considering how rarely they're performed, and considering how powerfully they continue to speak to audiences, someone ought to have taken notice in the city that claims to be the country's cultural centre.
Use the coupon code LABOURDAY for a limited time and save 50% off tickets to see The Real McCoy at the Blyth Festival!
You'll save and see the original Canadian true story of inventor Elijah McCoy (1843-1929), whose name became a byword for quality, as in “the real mccoy.”
Born in Colchester ON to runaway American slaves, McCoy showed so much promise as a boy in school that he won a scholarship to study mechanical engineering at Edinburgh University, where he developed an abiding love for large steam engines.
Here's what the critics are saying:
"The Real McCoy is a spectacular work."
– Ari Lipsey, Stage Door
"First-rate… a thoughtful yet quickly paced examination of the man who became 'the real McCoy.'"
– Kate Pederson, NOW Magazine
The Real McCoy's cast of seven includes top actors with experience at Stratford, Drayton and many TV programs.
Get the best seats before they're gone!
Save 50% off tickets to see The Real McCoy
on September 2, and 6.
Use coupon code LABOURDAY.
Code expires at 11:59 p.m. on Monday, September 4.
This offer is only available for purchase online.
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Just loved this play today. A wonderful cast and expert acting. Very impressed!
The cast of The Real McCoy did a post-show talk back to a packed house.
Want to know more about how award-winning playwright Andrew Moodie created the story of Ontario born Elijah McCoy (1843-1929), whose name became a byword for quality around the world, as in “the real mccoy?”
Don’t miss the latest episode of The Blyth Festival Podcast. It’s available for free on Spotify. Apple Podcasts and wherever you listen to podcasts. It’s also on our website.
blythfestival.com/show/the-real-mccoy/2023-08-06/
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Fabulous production. Brilliant acting. Loved this SO much. YOU must go to Blyth and catch this production before it is gone for good. You'll be glad you did.
You know when a production is good, when you laugh and then you cry. It was wonderful. The actors portrayed sooooo many different characters. Ends the season with a BANG, go and get tickets, you will not be disappointed
We love our Performance Host sponsors SO much! Thank you Home & Company for being your classy, wonderful, community-minded selves! 🎸We are so proud to have had your incredible support at Sticks & Stones the other night! Brava!
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Enjoy Canadian history? You'll love our new production of The Real McCoy.
Born in Colchester, ON to runaway American slaves, Elijah McCoy showed so much promise as a boy in school that he won a scholarship to study mechanical engineering at Edinburgh University, where he developed an abiding love for large steam engines.
Here's what the critics are saying:
"The Real McCoy is a spectacular work."
– Ari Lipsey, Stage Door
"First-rate… a thoughtful yet quickly paced examination of the man who became 'the real McCoy.'"
– Kate Pederson, NOW Magazine
The Real McCoy's cast of seven includes top actors with experience at Stratford, Drayton and many TV programs.
Get the best seats before they're gone!
The Real McCoy is on now at the Memorial Hall until September 9.
Performances are at 2pm and 8pm.
Book your tickets by calling 1-877-862-5984 or book online by heading to our website.
Video: York Lane Art Collective
York Lane Art Collective
Andrew Moodie
Blyth Festival Art Gallery
Blyth Ontario
Huron Chamber of Commerce - Goderich, Central and North Huron
Chatham-Kent Black Historical Society & Black Mecca Museum
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Absolutely the best show, the best cast, the best directing I've seen on stage this year!
Brilliant, beautiful, heartbreaking. Get your tickets today - don't be disappointed.