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Theatre Review – 4th Line Theatre/Sky Gilbert’s St. Francis of Millbrook

Sky Gilbert writes timely plays. St. Francis of Millbrook is about growing up gay in rural Ontario. Gilbert provides a good dose of humour to make his message of acceptance and tolerance more palatable, but the scene where the father savagely beats his teenage son for being gay is a sobering moment. The fact that […]

Theatre Review – 4th Line Theatre/Shirley Barrie’s Queen Marie

Marie Dressler was a force of nature whose fascinating life was crying out to be made into a play.  The Oscar-winning actress/comedienne was born in Cobourg and raised in Lindsay, and that made her the perfect subject for a 4th Line Theatre production. The company only does original plays anchored in Northumberland and Peterborough counties […]