Saturday, January 4, 2025

New Year, New Me! My yearly update...

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 It has been awhile since I wrote in this space but you know how it is when you retire...oh it will get done tomorrow!  But I thought I shou...
Saturday, August 3, 2024

Foster Festival chooses not to simply "mail it in"...

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 Back in July I was contacted by my old business contact and friend Emily Oriold about their upcoming World Premiere of Norm Foster's pl...
Friday, July 26, 2024

A farcical feast at the Shaw Festival this season

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 As mentioned earlier in my review of the Shaw Festival's "My Fair Lady", the big musical has a big job this season...put bums...
Wednesday, July 17, 2024

Walking in the snow in July...in Elora

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 I made my annual trek to lovely Elora this past Saturday afternoon, and in spite of a plethora of traffic on the way up there, which appear...
Saturday, June 29, 2024

The 45th season of the Elora Festival set to get underway

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For some, the number 45 now has a bad rap.  Unfortunately it is now forever tied to a certain bombastic U.S. Presidential candidate and as s...
Thursday, June 20, 2024

The one show to see at Shaw this season? My Fair Lady!

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 The Shaw Festival in Niagara-on-the-Lake needed a blockbuster musical this season to offset their surprise financial setback after last sea...
Tuesday, May 28, 2024

Shaw Festival season gets underway with fun in the courtroom

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 I must admit to having become a big fan of Dame Agatha Christie, the prolific writer who during a lengthy career made mystery whodunnits he...