Tag: Theatre
Mahon: A half century of secret farmland investor rumours
Whether there is old money from Europe, family or institutional, or whether it is someone growing through luck or leverage, whether it is money laundering or a distant pension plan, the rumours have always persisted, absent any real documentation
For sale: ‘The cheapest piece of Hollywood you can get’ â in St. Thomas
A little piece of local Hollywood lore is up for sale now that the childhood home of A-list movie star Rachel McAdams has hit the market. The property at 67 1/2 Chestnut St. in St. Thomas was bought by McAdamsâs parents, Lance and Sandra, in 1980. The 45-year-old actor lived in the three-bedroom, 2 1/2-storey, […]
Owen Sound Little Theatre opens 2024-25 season with The Prom
The director of Owen Sound Little Theatre’s opening production of its 2024-25 season hopes everyone who sees it rethinks what they consider to be normal. The Prom, which opens at the Roxy Theatre on Nov. 14, is a musical with tonnes of humour and great music, but Corry Lapointe said the love story being told […]
LFP ARCHIVES: A ghostly Grand Theatre legend
In the spirit of the Halloween season, we’re reflecting on what’s arguably London’s most notorious ghostly legend â that the Grand Theatre is haunted by its original owner, Ambrose Small. This story was first published in the Oct. 30, 2009 editions of The London Free Press The ghostly gossip surrounding the Grand Theatre isn’t going […]
Q+A: Victor Garber on coming home, embracing film festival honour
London-raised actor Victor Garber, 75, is being honoured with a lifetime achievement award at the Forest City Film Festival this weekend, with screenings of two of his films, Legally Blonde and Titanic, and a brunch celebrating his Hollywood career. He spoke with LFP reporter Beatriz Baleeiro about coming home and embracing the honour. Q: How […]
Swifties left out of sold-out Toronto shows can still party in London
Ticketed dance and video parties are planned in London in the lead-up to mega pop-star Taylor Swift’s six-show Toronto run next month.
Shakespeare meets the Beatles in Grand Theatre comedy mashup
A mashup of two very different cultural icons separated by hundreds of years â William Shakespeare and the Beatles â kicks off the Grand Theatre’s season. Money canât buy love, but it can get tickets to a musical adaptation of As You Like It, where colourful flower power meets the Shakespeare comedy. On the theatre’s […]
Short-term rentals invite guests to unwind and escape to Ontario’s West Coast
Becky Bosma owns and operates four properties near Blyth
Hollywood celebrities line up to honour Victor Garber at London film festival
There’s a little bit of Hollywood touching down in London. The Forest City Film Festival is honouring London-raised screen legend Victor Garber with a lifetime achievement award at its week-long film festival here later this month, and he’ll bring a little Tinsel Town magic with him. As part of the celebration, expect Hollywood celebrities to […]
Cornies: A son digs into his father’s musical history, and a stage play ensues
During the decade following his dad’s death, Andy Sparling became “borderline-obsessed” with his father’s wartime service