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Victoria Playhouse Petrolia


 

Petrolia
Robert More, Artistic Director

 

     

box office 519-882-1221, admin 519-882-4763

 

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Seating: 400
Season: May through September
Tickets: $22.00-32.00
Facilities: Air Conditoning, Universal Access, Hearing Impaired,

Broad range of quality professional summer theatre and other cultural and entertainment events. Professional Summer Theatre: the spirit of music and comedy!

 

Current Season

Forever Plaid

Musical
By: by Stuart Ross

 

Opening Night: 5/20/2010
Runs:
5/18/2010 to 6/5/2010

     

A hit around the world, this high-energy musical comedy tells the story of four singing high school chums who are granted one last chance to perform the concert of their dreams. Featuring an inspired calypso medley, the entire Ed Sullivan Show done in 3 minutes and 11 seconds, and a parade of 29 timeless hits from the 50’s with such classics as: “Three Coins In The Fountain”, “Moments To Remember”, “Sixteen Tons”, and “Love Is A Many-Splendoured Thing”.

39 Steps

Comedy
By: by Patrick Barlow

 

Opening Night: 6/10/2010
Runs:
6/8/2010 to 6/26/2010

     

This comedy sensation has been wowing them on Broadway, and will bring a high-octane brand of entertainment to VPP. With the famous Alfred Hitchcock movie woven into the plot, this is a brilliant evening of theatre which features four actors doing 150 parts! “A Tony Award Winning Comedy”

Altar Boyz

Musical
By: Kevin Del Aguila, Gary Adler & Michael P. Walker

 

Opening Night: 6/29/2010
Runs:
6/29/2010 to 7/10/2010

     

Limit: 85 words

Ivanka: The True Story

Comedy
By: by Jo-Ann Waytowich

 

Opening Night: 7/13/2010
Runs:
7/13/2010 to 7/17/2010

     

Yes, Canada’s favourite comic spirit from Slobjev, West Carpathia, is back! to share her many nuggets of down-home wisdom about love, life, and shopping. After playing to sell-out houses in Petrolia in 2007 and 2008, crowd favourite, actress Jo-Ann Waytowich, is once again ready to have you rolling in the aisles. “Ivanka: Not just Another Pretty Perogy”

Cowgirls

Musical
By: Book by Betsey Howie Music/ Lyrics Mary Murfitt

 

Opening Night: 7/22/2010
Runs:
7/20/2010 to 8/7/2010

     

A New York hit and many national tours. Three female classical musicians get mistakenly booked into a country bar and have to learn to sing country. Very funny, great energy. A joyous honky-tonk romp! “A hand-clappin, knee-slappin, toe-tappin delight”

See How They Run

Comedy
By: by Phillip King

 

Opening Night: 8/12/2010
Runs:
8/10/2010 to 8/28/2010

     

Classic, timeless farce, written to entertain Londoners during the Blitz in World War II. Wonderful comic spirit, and non-stop laughs. “A laugh-out-load evening of full-steam-ahead fun!”

Leisa Way in Sweet Dreams: Tribute to Patsy Cline

Musical
By: Conceived by Leisa Way

 

Opening Night: 8/31/2010
Runs:
8/31/2010 to 9/11/2010

     

The music of Patsy Cline returns to Petrolia in this fresh, new concert celebrating one of the greatest singers of our time. Backed up by some of the best musicians in the country, singer Leisa Way's wonderful voice will stir your soul and warm your hearts. “A parade of popular hits”