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Crawford’s ‘Bed and Breakfast’ set to open Sept. 11
Mark Crawford, the playwright of
last year’s wildly popular The New
Canadian Curling Club, will once
again bring his unique brand of
laugh-out-loud observations of small
town life to the Blyth Festival stage
with Bed and Breakfast – this time,
Crawford also stars in the show,
alongside his real-life partner, actor
Paul Dunn.
Crawford’s play about Brett and
Drew, a young professional couple
who leave the big city to run a bed
and breakfast in the tiny tourist town
where Brett grew up, runs Sept. 11 -
28 at the Blyth Festival. The play is
a slap-down, drag ‘em out comedy
about being truly “out” in small
town Ontario. It’s a heartfelt knee-
slapper about the secrets we keep
and the sometimes-challenging joy
of choosing a place to call home.
“Our audiences love Mark
Crawford’s humour. His connection
to the Blyth Festival audience is
truly something special. At this
point, more than 20,000 people have
attended Mark’s plays at Blyth. The
whole community gets it, and this
will be a special treat to see him and
Paul Dunn do the show together. It’s
a total tour de force, with the two of
them playing more than 20
characters. It’s just amazing,” said
Blyth Festival Artistic Director Gil
Garratt. “This play is a fantastic
conclusion to our 45th season.”
Crawford’s past plays that
premiered in Blyth include the 2016
smash hit The Birds and the Bees,
and 2014’s Stag and Doe, two of the
most produced plays in Canada since
they premiered.
Crawford last appeared as an actor
on the Blyth Festival stage in Vimy,
and most recently performed in Ed’s
Garage at Port Stanley Festival
Theatre. Paul Dunn originated the
role of Drew for the premiere of Bed
and Breakfast at Thousand Islands
Playhouse and has reprised the role
at various theatres since. Dunn also
spent seven seasons at the Stratford
Festival.
The creative team for Bed and
Breakfast is: Ashlie Corcoran,
director; Krista Colosimo, associate
director; Dana Osborne, set and
costume designer; Rebecca
Picherack, lighting designer and
John Gzowski, sound designer.
Stage management by Michael Barrs
and apprentice Zach Grosh.
As part of its 45th season
celebrations, the Blyth Festival is
also hosting the Deeper Roots
Series, a curated series of free talks,
panel discussions, presentations,
receptions and artist talkbacks
across the whole season, each of
them tailored to complement some
of the themes and ideas springing
out of the shows themselves.
On Saturday, Sept. 14 at
4:30 p.m., moderator Rick
Sickinger, the cultural development
officer for the County of Huron, will
lead a panel of entrepreneurs in
discussion entitled “LGBTQ
Community as Entrepreneurs” and
on Wednesday, Sept. 18 at 4:30 p.m.,
Garratt will interview Crawford and
Dunn. These events take place in the
Festival’s lower hall.
CIP rework set says Falconer
After witnessing a presentation to
North Huron by Minto Mayor
George Bridge regarding economic
development, North Huron Council
member and Blyth Business
Improvement Area (BIA)
representative Kevin Falconer is
optimistic that grants for structural
projects could be added to the
community improvement plan (CIP).
Falconer, during the BIA’s Aug. 29
meeting, said that the plan, which
currently covers aesthetic changes
to structures like façade
improvements, could be expanded to
include structural projects for
storefronts.
By following Minto’s example, he
said, it could result in better-looking
and more functional buildings.
North Huron’s CIP has another
intake coming up soon, and Falconer
that he hopes to be able to offer
structural projects as part of that.
Previous intakes of the program,
which offers grants covering
portions of projects for businesses
and commercial building owners,
have seen participation from
Wingham, but not from Blyth or
Belgrave.
For more information on the CIP
or the façade grant program, contact
North Huron Township.
By Denny Scott
The Citizen
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Big day
Students at Hullett Central Public School started off their first day at school with a school-wide
assembly touching on what to expect. After that, students were sent back to their classrooms
to start the 2019/2020 school year. (Denny Scott photo)