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Port Stanley: The Port Stanley Festival Theatre announces its 2025 season
Tuesday, November 5, 2024
The Port Stanley Festival Theatre has announced its 2025 season running May 21 to September 13:
Dump Guys
by Simon Joynes
21 May - 31 May
Duane and Ted thought they’d be Best Friends Forever, then along came Maggie. Two estranged BFF’s have to reunite under extraordinary circumstances and “take out the trash” … literally.
It’s a dumpster full of laughs, a couple of likeable fellas, and a whole lot of baggage to unload. Don’t miss your opportunity to experience this entertaining yet heartfelt story about friendship, garbage and second chances!
Leisa Way’s Opry Gold
Hits of the Grand Ole Opry Featuring The Wayward Wind Band
03 Jun - 14 Jun
Opry Gold is a toe-tappin’, roof raisin’ salute to the greatest tunes in the history of Country music.
Enjoy country legends like Johnny Cash, Patsy Cline, Kenny Rogers, Dolly Parton, Willie Nelson, Taylor Swift, and Tammy Wynette to name just a few.
Y’all better catch this show celebrating country legends and contemporary country artists who have been topping the charts for decades!
Doris And Ivy In The Home
by Norm Foster
18 Jun - 12 Jul
This is not your average retirement home; Whoopee cropping up in the compost heap, some sordid gossip, unlikely friendships and a touch of romance all rolled into a riotous romp. This is Foster at his hilarious best.
Doris, a brassy retired prison guard has just moved to Paradise Village, a retirement home in Canmore, Alberta.
There she meets Ivy, a former championship skier, and this unexpected duo become fast friends.
Add in the dashing Arthur, a former professor, and life might actually begin at 65!
Liars At A Funeral
by Sophia Fabiilli
16 Jul - 02 Aug
A brilliantly penned modern farce full of grudges, curses, secrets, and hilarity.
The whole family has been reunited for Grandma Mavis’s funeral, only to be trapped in a funeral home due to an ice storm.
Can this clan of liars survive all the secrets about to be unearthed, or will this be the final nail in the coffin for this dysfunctional family?
Featuring five actors playing nine characters, it’s a laugh-out-loud romp full of uproarious comedy!
The Kitchen Witches
by Caroline Smith
06 Aug - 23 Aug
Saucy chefs Dolly and Isobel have their own live cable-access cooking shows, each with dwindling ratings. So, what could possibly go wrong if they joined forces? EVERYTHING!
Their thirty-year feud unfolds on live TV and the insults are flung harder than the food! Mix in a pinch of audience participation and you’ll agree that Caroline Smith has whipped up a knee slapping comedy you’ll want front row seats for! It’s spicy!
goldfish
by Steve Ross
27 Aug - 13 Sep
WORLD PREMIERE
This is a moving tale of two lonely people who didn’t know how much they needed each other. Until they did.
Walter, a retiree, lives a quiet life. He sits on his porch and watches the world go by day after day until Shannon, a busy mom of two moves in across the street and opens a daycare. Join these two unlikely buddies as they sit and talk about life, death, and CATS, the musical.
If only Walter could remember her name or what happened the day before.
LOCATION:
Port Stanley Festival Theatre
302 Bridge St., Port Stanley, ON N5L 1C3
For tickets visit psft.ca