In the long, hot summer of 1972, a group of barefoot Toronto actors made their way to an abandoned farm house in Clinton, Ontario. There they began a theatrical experiment that would result in a collective creation known as The Farm Show.Quite

2024 Blyth Festival Season Preview with Kelly McIntosh

Apr 23rd, 2024 41m 33s

Need help choosing what to see at Blyth this summer? We've got you covered!Playwright, actor, and avid Huron-County historian Kelly McIntosh walks us through all six shows on Blyth's 2024 playbill in this episode. Kelly has appeared on stages a

A Huron County Christmas Carol: A shockingly relevant re-telling of the Dickens classic

Nov 23rd, 2023 35m 24s

Have you ever thought A Christmas Carol is just a bit … quaint? Old fashioned? A nice period piece, but without much relevance to the modern world?Well, buckle up. The Blyth Festival’s Huron County Christmas Carol drops the classic story right

A Huron County Christmas Carol: A shockingly relevant re-telling of the Dickens classic

Nov 23rd, 2023 35m 24s

Playwright Andrew Moodie and the story of Canada's Real McCoy

Aug 28th, 2023 33m 52s

Actor Andrew Moodie burst onto the scene as a playwright in 1995 with Riot, an exploration of the 1992 Yonge Street Riot that followed the Rodney King uprisings in LA. Since then, Andrew has written many more plays bringing Black Canadian stor

Artistic Director Gil Garratt: MORE Things Donnellys, Part 2

Aug 16th, 2023 26m 49s

Part two of our in-depth conversation with Blyth Festival Artistic Director Gil Garratt about his revival of James Reaney’s landmark Donnelly trilogy.Today Gil tells us about the design and staging of his new productions, and about the changes

Artistic Director Gil Garratt: All Things Donnellys, Part 1

Aug 15th, 2023 27m 18s

In the wee small hours of February 4, 1880, an angry mob descended on a farmstead in Lucan. An hour later, five people were dead, and the farmhouse was in flames. This shocking piece of Canadian history – known as the Donnelly Massacres – was

Playwright Matt Murray on his new comedy, Chronicles of Sarnia

Aug 15th, 2023 24m 44s

Matt Murray started writing plays and musicals after a 20-year career as a musical-theatre performer – and he’s never looked back. His new comedy, Chronicles of Sarnia, opened this summer at the Blyth Festival. Matt and host Joanne Wallace dis

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