UPDATE: The Foster Festival announced on September 28 that Taran Bamrah, will maker her Foster Festival debut in the role of Delilah Rasheed in Danny and Delilah at Ravine Vineyard Ravine Vineyard in St. Davids will play host to Canada’s most prolific playwright on Oct. 5 when Norm Foster premiers a new play, Danny and Delilah, in a lunchtime reading. With almost 70 … [Read more...] about Reading at Ravine introduces new Foster play
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Events present reflection on truth and reconciliation
Indigenous relations and understanding are at the core of two events happening next week to mark Orange Shirt Day. Niagara-on-the-Lake resident Tim Johnson, director of Landscape of Nations 360°, has curated a concert event entitled “Treaty” to take place next Thursday, Sept. 29 at at 6 p.m. at the Niagara Parks Power Station Plaza. That will be followed the next day with a … [Read more...] about Events present reflection on truth and reconciliation
Shaw announces 16 productions for 2023 season
With the announcement of Shaw Festival’s 2023 lineup this week, Tim Carroll cements his reputation as an artistic director who is willing to take chances while also honouring the sense of tradition that goes along with a 61-year-old theatre company. Works by the company’s namesake playwright and his contemporaries Edith Wharton and J.M. Synge find space on the playbill next … [Read more...] about Shaw announces 16 productions for 2023 season
NOTL actor transitions from theatre to TV, film
To Niagara-on-the-Lake resident Gray Powell, who has a major supporting role in the CBC series Sort Of, none of the accolades the show is receiving are at all surprising. In his online review of the CBC Television series “Sort Of”, John Powers of NPR (US media organization National Public Radio) says the “low-key gem is funny, tender and humane”. Patricia Karounos of … [Read more...] about NOTL actor transitions from theatre to TV, film
Celebration of Nations honours matriarchs
The theme for this week’s sixth annual Celebration of Nations, “Honouring our Matriarchs: Restoring the Balance,” is near and dear to the heart of artistic director Michele-Elise Burnett. “Our matriarchs are really at the centre of most of our Indigenous communities,” she explains on the phone from her Wainfleet home. “Even if they’re not matriarchal-based societies, they … [Read more...] about Celebration of Nations honours matriarchs
