It's hard not to get overwhelmed when considering the impact that Keith Roulston has had not just on the world at large, but what he has meant to Huron County over the past 60 years.

It's tough to beat the original, so when Artistic Director Gil Garratt decided that the Blyth Festival would remount Anne Chislett's Quiet in the Land this season, he went back to where it all began for the show's lighting: Louise Guinand.

Throughout the entire school year, the co-op program at Central Huron Secondary School (CHSS) helps students figure out what they want to do after high school.

A history of Howson and Howson on the eve of its 150th anniversary.

Last Thursday, you may have seen Ed Talone about town in Blyth. He would have been difficult to miss, in a green vintage Toronto hockey jersey and ball cap, sporting a very large backpack...

Building a better organic goat farm in Brussels keeps bio-dynamic farmers Erik and Edda Boettcher's hands full more often than not, but these days, their schedule is even more packed than normal!

Students at Hullett Central Public School show their skills and sportsmanship during the school's annual Track and Field Day on Thursday, June 12.

After continuing reports of damage and vandalism at historic Ball's Bridge - which joins Central Huron and Ashfield-Colborne-Wawanosh (ACW) - Central Huron Council has voted to close the bridge permanently...

Now with several years as its associate artistic director under her belt, Severn Thompson again has a crucial role to play in this year's Blyth Festival season, directing Anne Chislett's Quiet in the Land, which, in many ways, feels like the...

Set designer Sean Mulcahy is coming to the Blyth Festival for the first time this summer and before him sits a monumental task, designing the world of Quiet in the Land, Anne Chislett's masterpiece...

When Oren Bowes entered the theatre program at the University of Guelph, he was of a mind to either become a director, or an actor. Now, finally he's landed a lead role - as the Blyth Festival's new head carpenter!

One never knows what will make a hit play - a play that truly resonates with audiences all over the world - not even Anne Chislett, who has written one such play. If she knew, she said, she would have done it again and again.

The 2025 season will not be actor Michelle Fisk's first rodeo with the Blyth Festival, but it has been a while since she's graced the Memorial Hall stage, and she's happy to be back and ready for the challenges that the season is sure to bring.

This season will be Flávia Martin's first with the Blyth Festival when she assumes the role of stage manager for Emma Donoghue's The Wind Coming Over The Sea and she already feels at home.

Landon Doak is returning to the Blyth Festival after a first season for the ages - as part of last year's The Farm Show: Then and Now cast - and is now tackling another legendary work in the Festival canon: Anne Chislett's Governor General...

After a successful first season with the Blyth Festival in 2024, Shelayna Christante is back with a full slate of work for the 2025 season, starring in The Wind Coming Over The Sea and as part of the cast for Quiet in the Land and Radio Town: The Doc...

While famed Irish-Canadian author Emma Donoghue has bestselling books, several prestigious literary awards and even an Academy Award nomination to her name, it is penning a play for her beloved Blyth Festival that she describes as being the project...

Costume designer Meghan Choma studied technical theatre production and costume design at Fanshawe College, which is where she first heard about a bustling summer stock theatre in a small Ontario village.

For the 2025 season of the Blyth Festival, Vinetta Strombergs is directing Sir John A: Acts of a Gentrified Ojibway Rebellion, by Drew Hayden Taylor.

The 2025 season will be James Dallas Smith's fourth with the Blyth Festival. He no longer considers himself new, but he is always grateful to come back and wishes he could spend more of his family's time in the community the Festival calls home.

When actor Richard Comeau got the call requesting he come to Huron County to be part of the Blyth Festival's 2025 season, it was an offer he couldn't refuse. "I've always wanted to work at Blyth," Comeau confessed.

As part of its 2025 season, the Blyth Festival has chosen to tackle the notion of our nation's shared heritage head-on with by staging Drew Hayden Taylor's 2017 satire, Sir John A: Acts of a Gentrified Ojibway Rebellion.

After marking so many milestones last year - the 50th anniversary of the Blyth Festival, his 10th year at the helm and the return of The Farm Show to Huron County chief among them - it's back to business as usual for Artistic Director Gil Garratt.

One of the highlights of being a reporter for The Citizen is writing a review of the annual play at the Kingsbridge Centre. Last year marked the sixth and final installment of The Kingsbridge Chronicles...