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After a five-year break from the stage, Alex Mustakas is making a triumphant return in one of musical theatre’s most iconic roles.

In the romantic wartime drama Mary’s Wedding, a Canadian soldier and a British woman form a deep connection during a time of historic turmoil.

Although this moving tale is fictional, true stories of wartime love that crossed an ocean were fairly common, just like real-life couple Percy and Hilda Bodaly.

Get a look behind the scenes at Set Designer Douglas Paraschuk's beautiful design for this touching story that pulls in the colours of the prairies and marries them with farm building accents.

Melba White and her family have loved musical theatre since her now-adult children were kids. August's 50/50 winner is looking forward to this fall's panto extraganza.

Given playwright and actor Stephen Massicotte’s formative years, it was perhaps inevitable that his interests in military history and the arts would join forces when he created Mary’s Wedding.

Bittergirl - The Musical director and co-creator Mary Francis Moore shares the importance of friendships, relationship advice for border guards, and why she's grateful for the man who dumped her.

In an un-traditional twist, Drayton Entertainment’s production of the beloved family musical Fiddler on the Roof will showcase the exceptional talents of award-winning fiddler Jesse Grandmont.

Take three women who are suffering post-break-up despair, add some girl group harmonies from the 60s and 70s, mix with a healthy dash of tears, laughter and sisterhood, and you have the comical cocktail of hilarity, Bittergirl – The Musical. To whet your appetite, here are some fun facts about the history of the hysterical comedy.

"I was kind of in awe. I never thought I would ever win this big," says August's winner, Ken Cook from Shakespeare.

Neil Aitchison has come back home to perform in Drayton as a part of Sh-Boom! Life Could be a Dream.

Drayton Entertainment is looking to cast a children’s chorus for the November production.

From a humble genesis, the colourful rags-to-riches biblical tale became more successful than its creators ever dreamed possible.

While it's a country that's famous for its frigid winter weather, Canada is also celebrated around the world for its warm, welcoming heart.

Announcing the Blue Team Youth Ensemble for Joseph and the Amazing Technicolor Dreamcoat at the King's Wharf Theatre!

Announcing the Red Team Youth Ensemble for Joseph and the Amazing Technicolor Dreamcoat at the King's Wharf Theatre!

Drayton will be awash in the sounds of the ’50s as it stages the musical Sh-Boom: Life Could be a Dream

This laugh-out-loud matrimonial farce has audiences rolling in the aisles at the intimate St. Jacobs Schoolhouse Theatre.

A space dedicated to theatricality was all business July 14 as the federal government presented Drayton Entertainment with a grant of more than $1 million. The funding supports the recently opened Youth Academy in Waterloo.

Neil Aitchison’s familiar, booming voice is returning to the Drayton Festival Theatre this summer as he joins the cast of jukebox musical Sh-Boom: Life Could Be A Dream. 

“Mom screamed in the phone” after receiving the news, says Stratford’s Stacey Heinbuch.

‘We thought it was for a couple of weeks, max. People left things in their dressing room. They didn’t take stuff to their car’

Michael Vanhevel is coming home to the Grand Bend area as the star of the musical, The Crooner, at Huron Country Playhouse.

The award-winning show about love, acceptance and community finally struts onto the stage after its pandemic-era delay.