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For her Blyth Festival debut, Vancouver-based actor Masae Day made a big impression in 2023's The Donnellys: A Trilogy, in which she played as both Maggie Thompson and Bridget Donnelly.
When actor and playwright Nathan Howe first came out to Huron County, he'd just moved to Toronto from Saskatoon. It being his first time travelling around the province, he trusted Google to get him there.
In selecting a director for the world premiere of Nathan Howe's new play, Radio Town: The Doc Cruickshank Story, Blyth could do no better than Festival veteran J.D. Nicholsen. Luckily, Nicholsen himself couldn't agree more.
Actor and musician George Meanwell is back in Blyth, and he's brought some of his favourite instruments along with him. The veteran is taking on quite a few roles this season, even by Blyth's standards.
In his capacity as one of the Blyth Festival's all-time favourite thespians, Randy Hughson has been it all - heroes, villains and everything in between.
Madeline Kennedy is an actor and lifelong student of the arts who has spent her life immersed in some of Ontario's finest theatrescapes.
This season at the Blyth Festival, two of the three founders are seeing some of their most celebrated works produced. For Keith Roulston's Powers and Gloria, it's only fitting that one of the most accomplished directors in Canada brings his special...
It's hard not to get overwhelmed when considering the impact that Keith Roulston has had not just on the world at large, but what he has meant to Huron County over the past 60 years.
It's tough to beat the original, so when Artistic Director Gil Garratt decided that the Blyth Festival would remount Anne Chislett's Quiet in the Land this season, he went back to where it all began for the show's lighting: Louise Guinand.
Throughout the entire school year, the co-op program at Central Huron Secondary School (CHSS) helps students figure out what they want to do after high school.
A history of Howson and Howson on the eve of its 150th anniversary.
Last Thursday, you may have seen Ed Talone about town in Blyth. He would have been difficult to miss, in a green vintage Toronto hockey jersey and ball cap, sporting a very large backpack...
Building a better organic goat farm in Brussels keeps bio-dynamic farmers Erik and Edda Boettcher's hands full more often than not, but these days, their schedule is even more packed than normal!
Students at Hullett Central Public School show their skills and sportsmanship during the school's annual Track and Field Day on Thursday, June 12.
After continuing reports of damage and vandalism at historic Ball's Bridge - which joins Central Huron and Ashfield-Colborne-Wawanosh (ACW) - Central Huron Council has voted to close the bridge permanently...
Now with several years as its associate artistic director under her belt, Severn Thompson again has a crucial role to play in this year's Blyth Festival season, directing Anne Chislett's Quiet in the Land, which, in many ways, feels like the...
Set designer Sean Mulcahy is coming to the Blyth Festival for the first time this summer and before him sits a monumental task, designing the world of Quiet in the Land, Anne Chislett's masterpiece...
When Oren Bowes entered the theatre program at the University of Guelph, he was of a mind to either become a director, or an actor. Now, finally he's landed a lead role - as the Blyth Festival's new head carpenter!
One never knows what will make a hit play - a play that truly resonates with audiences all over the world - not even Anne Chislett, who has written one such play. If she knew, she said, she would have done it again and again.
The 2025 season will not be actor Michelle Fisk's first rodeo with the Blyth Festival, but it has been a while since she's graced the Memorial Hall stage, and she's happy to be back and ready for the challenges that the season is sure to bring.
This season will be Flávia Martin's first with the Blyth Festival when she assumes the role of stage manager for Emma Donoghue's The Wind Coming Over The Sea and she already feels at home.
Landon Doak is returning to the Blyth Festival after a first season for the ages - as part of last year's The Farm Show: Then and Now cast - and is now tackling another legendary work in the Festival canon: Anne Chislett's Governor General...
After a successful first season with the Blyth Festival in 2024, Shelayna Christante is back with a full slate of work for the 2025 season, starring in The Wind Coming Over The Sea and as part of the cast for Quiet in the Land and Radio Town: The Doc...
While famed Irish-Canadian author Emma Donoghue has bestselling books, several prestigious literary awards and even an Academy Award nomination to her name, it is penning a play for her beloved Blyth Festival that she describes as being the project...