Tag: Village Playhouse

The 25th Annual Putnam County Spelling Bee musical opens at Village Playhouse

The show combines music with comedy and audience interaction – bringing four local celebrities on-stage to compete in the spelling bee alongside the cast.

Village Playhouse hosting drag bingo

Three drag performers are hosting, including Betty Baker from Young’s Point, just outside Peterborough.

Tweed and Company named to FEO Top 100 list for fourth consecutive year

Tweed and Company Theatre has made the Top 100 Festivals and Events Ontario list for the fourth year in a row.

100 Women Who Care January meeting coming up

The first meeting of the new year for Bancroft’s 100 Women Who Care is coming up.

Tweed & Co. receives 20 nominations for Broadway World awards

The nominations span a total of 14 categories, including best musical, best ensemble, best performer in a musical, best choreography, and favourite local theatre.

‘The one time in the world where there’s more love than hate’: Canyon and Pritchett bring holiday message

The stop in Bancroft is part of their Coast-to-Coast Cowboy Christmas tour, promoting their new single called “Children Believe.”

‘Let’s do the time warp again’: Rocky Horror hits Village Playhouse stage

Science fiction meets horror meets romance in this cult classic.

What does peace mean to you? 3rd annual peace awards in Bancroft

The Canadian Peace Museum held their third annual Stories of Peace award ceremony this past weekend at the Village Playhouse.

100 Women Who Care selecting new charity to support

Bancroft’s 100 Women Who Care are holding a meeting tomorrow night to vote on a new charity to support.

The Manhattan Project’s local cast receives warm reception from local audience

The Manhattan Project was filmed around Maynooth and Barry’s Bay, and features a number of local faces as cast members and extras.

Tough themes, warm community feel in Village Playhouse presentation of The Manhattan Project

The Village Playhouse in Bancroft is showing The Manhattan Project as part of their TIFF series this week.

Arts scholarship applications closing Sunday

Applications for the Joel MacMeekin Memorial Scholarship through Tweed & Company Theatre close on Aug. 31.

Overdose Awareness Day film screening tomorrow at Village Playhouse

A film screening is being held at the Village Playhouse this Wednesday to honour International Overdose Awareness Day.

Jersey Boys wows audience with nostalgic tunes and powerful vocals

The Tony award-winning musical, originally written for Broadway, is presented by Tweed & Company Theatre.

Jersey Boys extended at Village Playhouse to end of August

The run of the Broadway musical Jersey Boys has been extended at the Bancroft Village Playhouse until Aug. 31.
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Survey shows municipal election candidates strongly oppose ALTO rail project

A group opposing the federal government’s proposed high-speed rail project has released preliminary survey results showing significant opposition among municipal election candidates in Eastern Ontario.

Sharing can alleviate ever increasing community cupboard numbers

Officials at the community cupboard say food bank and meal program numbers are continually climbing and they need support to keep up with ever-growing needs.

Give some thanks to safe driving this holiday weekend

Police say Thanksgiving weekends have the second highest number of fatalities among all long weekends in Ontario.

Take precautions to prevent mosquito and tick bites throughout the fall

As the weather gets colder, health officials say there will be fewer mosquitoes, but ticks can be found at any time of the year.
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