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The Wind Coming Over the Sea

Blyth Festival Blyth, Ontario, Canada

Emma Donoghue's first musical, THE WIND COMING OVER THE SEA, gets its world premiere at Blyth Festival this summer (June 26 - Aug 12). A folk musical using the traditional songs of Ireland, England and Scotland to tell the true story of an Antrim couple who emigrated to Ontario during the Famine, THE WIND COMING …

You Work Where? Three Plays of Odd Occupations

Wood's Homes @ Inglewood (1008 14 St SE) 1008 14 St SE, Calgary, Alberta, Canada

Brought to you by Acorn Cap Productions, You Work Where? by Logan Sundquist is a witty off-beat drama-comedy that follows 3 surreal stories of odd jobs, and those who are curiously employed. We visit an existential Bed Bath & Beyond that may hold more than it first appears, an ill-thought-out capitalist plot to turn Antarctica …

$20

Heratio

Guild Festival Theatre The Greek Theatre, Guild Park & Gardens 201 Guildwood Parkway Scarborough, Ontario, Scarborough, Ontario, Canada

What if nothing you thought you knew about Shakespeare’s Hamlet was true? Guild Festival Theatre is proud to present the world premiere of Genevieve Adam's Heratio - a playful re-imagining of Hamlet that picks up the story where Shakespeare left off. Through a delightful blend of humour, mystery and melancholy, Heratio gives the stage to …

$16.25 – $32.50

Madness Lies

kingston Grand Theatre 218 Princess Street, Kingston, Ontario, Canada

Madness Lies by Chloe Whitehorn presented as part of the TK Fringe Festival August 7-17 (various times) at the Baby Grand Theatre. After the death of their father, Lettie and Leah find themselves stuck in a mental wellness centre working through their grief and loss. Struggling to grasp control in a realm where women are …

Port Hope Arts Festival

Port Hope, Ontario Port Hope, Ontario, Canada

The Port Hope Arts Festival will take place on Saturday August 9. The event will feature a 10-Minute Play Series, Art Around Town, an outdoor vendor market, wagon rides, and a community gathering in the park. Marcia Johnson returns along with other playwrights including Dave Carley and Mark Brownell. She will be acting in her …

Free

Rethinking Good Intentions

Intrepid Studio 2-6109 Blanshard Street, Victoria, B.C., Canada

Rethinking Good Intentions by Nancy Edwards This compelling, solo story-telling play transports audiences to the rural villages of Sierra Leone, West Africa in the late 1970s where Nancy worked as a community health nurse for five years. The play is largely based on Nancy's memoir (Not One, Not Even One: A Memoir of Life-altering Experiences …

$13 – $16

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