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In the mid-1990s, a young actor named Eric Coates began performing at the Blyth Festival - a theatre company he so truly admired - but little did he know that, one day, he would be among the Festival's longest-tenured artistic directors.
The first founder of the Blyth Festival, Keith Roulston had both the dream and the drive to make it happen. The second founder, James Roy, supplied a vision for the future and enough verve to fuel those first few years which meant...
In the barnyard of Blyth Festival artistic directors, there are some who would consider Peter Smith to be a bit of a dark horse, while there are others who might call him a black sheep.
When it came time for Janet Amos to pass the artistic director baton in the mid-1980s after a tremendously successful six-season stint, she turned to Katherine Kaszas, who was still in her 20s at...
Janet Amos can be counted among the most successful artistic directors in Blyth Festival history - and you know that's true because she did it twice.
The first-ever artistic director of the Blyth Festival, James Roy, grew up on a farm in Huron County. His favourite childhood chore was cleaning the eggs produced by his family's coterie of chickens.
As the story goes, James Roy, Anne Chislett, and Keith Roulston came together in the Village of Blyth in 1975 and hatched a radical and innovative idea - to create a rural theatre festival that would enrich the lives of its audience...
Resort to Murder, Birgitte Solem's escape room murder mystery begins, rather expectedly, with the declaration that there's been a murder.
Seaforth Summerfest, which has continued its growth in recent years, marked one of its most successful outings yet last Saturday. The brainchild of Brenda Campbell, with the support of businesses from Seaforth and beyond...
In early August, the 32nd annual Goderich Celtic Roots Festival (GCRF) will be returning to Lions Harbour Park for a family-friendly weekend of music, dance, art and revelry.
Owen Sound-based artist Tony Miller's solo exhibition at the Blyth Festival Art Gallery, entitled "Descendants", is just the latest steps in the journey of an artist who has exhibited all over the province...
As the Blyth Kids Club has continued to expand, offer more interesting programming and bring in young people from all over Huron County, things have continued to get better and better for area youth.
It may be the traditional off-season for The Livery Theatre in Goderich, but the beloved historic space is currently an absolute flurry of activity, which must mean that it's time for the First Time for Everything (FTFE) Festival.
Owen Sound-based artist Tony Miller, left, recently opened his solo exhibition entitled "Descendants" at the Blyth Festival Art Gallery.
When a group of local theatre-goers is heading into Memorial Hall to see any new play by Mark Crawford, they tend to carry themselves with a certain collective sense of surety.
The Blyth Festival will officially name its flagship indoor stage in response to a landmark $500,000 gift from the Margaret and Andrew Stephens Family Foundation of Canmore, Alberta.
It threatened to rain in Goderich early on Saturday morning, which meant that Huron County's 12th annual Multicultural Festival almost had to move most of its festivities indoors. Fortunately, the weather held out throughout most of the day, allowing...
It has been 10 years on the calendar since Blyth Festival Artistic Director Gil Garratt put the stories in his head onto the Memorial Hall stage. He wasn't even the head honcho for that season, Marion de Vries was.
Canada's Largest Travelling Barn Dance had its farewell show on Sunday afternoon, and a fine farewell it was. The sold-out performance was fittingly held at the Wingham Town Hall Theatre on Josephine Street
Once upon a time, when Keith Roulston (one of the founders of the Blyth Festival - heard of him?) and I worked in the same office, we would discuss the plays of the Blyth Festival... though only after I'd written my review of the show.
The film BlackBerry didn't just win big at the 2024 Canadian Screen Awards (CSA) - it won the biggest. With 14 wins, including Best Picture and Best Direction, BlackBerry is now the most awarded film in CSA history.
This fall, Blyth-based Renaissance man Duncan McGregor will be bringing Andy Sparling and James White's ambitious new play The Streamliners to The Livery Theatre.
The second annual Huron County Pride Festival in Goderich on Saturday was a huge success. An impressive number of people came out to celebrate the inclusiveness of which Huron County is capable.
For its sixth and final chapter, The Kingsbridge Chronicles has fittingly decided to close the ring with Where Do We Go From Here? - which tells the tale of the Kingsbridge Centre itself...