by Rod Urquhart | Jun 24, 2021 | News
Have you heard about it? It’s big! In fact, it's sensational! It's coming soon! ‘Coming Out of Covid Vac-Scene’ Gala And you’ll learn all about it by tuning into 102.7 CHOP FM on June 29 at 6 p.m. or July 4 at 11 a.m. Newmarket’s Man...
by Rod Urquhart | Mar 14, 2021 | News, Plays
Finally some ‘good’ news! Due to Covid-19 restrictions, the Very Useful Theatre Company has had to shift dates of its prestigious Newmarket International Festival of One Act Plays, but we announce loud and clear the ‘show will go on’. The Very Useful Theatre Company,...
by Rod Urquhart | Jan 19, 2021 | News
Large theatre companies, medium-sized theatre companies and small town theatre troupes are still in a quandary as to what to plan for their 2021 seasons.All of these companies plan their seasons a year in advance, after all there is picking the scripts, casting,...
by Rod Urquhart | Jan 8, 2021 | News
Newmarket has a very intriguing theatre history, especially in the 1970s and early 1980s, when two community theatre groups existed in town – the Newmarket Theatre Centre and the Old Town Hall Players (formed 1981). In earlier installments, I gave the early...
by Rod Urquhart | Jan 4, 2021 | News
Newmarket has a very intriguing theatre history, especially in the 1970s and early 1980s, when two community theatre groups existed in town – the Newmarket Theatre Centre and the Old Town Hall Players (formed 1981). In earlier installments, it gave the early...