Boy Beatle

written by Richard Sheridan Willis
directed by Janet Irwin

In co-operation with Easy Street Productions.
​Meet Robin, a man who once dreamt of being a Beatle, now overwhelmed by life's relentless twists and turns. Once his passion and solace, music has slipped away, leaving him adrift. But hope isn’t lost! Enter The Haven, a whimsical sanctuary filled with eccentric characters—like James, who’s convinced he’s the next James Bond, and Andrew, perpetually saving imaginary damsels from perilous submarines. Guided by the spirited therapist Faith, Robin embarks on a fantastical journey back to his childhood, seeking to restore the harmony that once filled his life. A heartwarming, humorous, and unforgettable exploration of rediscovery and resilience! Richard Sheridan Willis returns to Theatre Kingston with his second solo play Boy Beatle. He last appeared as Henry Irving in Theatre Kingston’s 2022 production of These Deeds. The play is directed by veteran Canadian director, Janet Irwin.

Boy Beatle
OCT 9 opening- Oct 19, 2024 at the Baby Grand Theatre

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Alice and the World We Live In

Written by  Alexandria Haber
directed by Rosemary Doyle
Starring Helen Bretzke and Sean Roberts


​Alexandria Haber has created “a relevant expression of our upside-down world”, as Montreal Theatre Hub’s Desiree Goldwater puts it. Alice, through the experiences of its titular character, asks questions many of us don’t want to consider: how do you deal with the unexpected loss of the person you love most? When you are mired in grief, what gives you the strength to go on? Is it better to have loved and lost than never to have loved at all?

Alice and the World We Live In
Oct  24 - Nov 16 2024 at the Baby Grand

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John D. Huston's Christmas Carol by Charles Dickens.

Written by  Charles Dickens
Starring John D. Huston

​For the past thirty three Decembers, veteran solo performer, John D. Huston has packed his trunk, grown his beard and trundled off to towns and cities recreating the tours and performances of Victorian author, Charles Dickens to full houses and standing ovations.

In this unique performance, every character comes to life with their own voice; each scene woven with the actor's words. The beloved story grows from the interplay of Dickens's richly-crafted text and Huston's bravura performance. "The audience and I share the story," Huston says, "they bring their memories of it, from movies, from theatre, from reading the book, even from seeing me in previous years. Together we create a memory, a new layer of the story as we revisit it together. Dickens asked his audiences to imagine they were assembled in a friend's house hearing the story told and I ask mine to do the same."
“Vivid and lively...a consummate storyteller...mesmerising.” Winnipeg Free Press
After more than 750 shows Huston has no plans to retire. "I've been very fortunate: nearly three decades of touring and I'm still in love with this wonderful story and magnificent characters."

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Big Ticket

Written by  Jim Garrard
directed by Rosemary Doyle

 Annie was recently a young person, now a grown woman and mother, but not quite an adult in all respects. She's a modestly successful Toronto real estate agent and  works as a junior member of a team.
Dave is a bit of a hunk, a brute but a bit soft in the centre. He owns his towing and mechanics business but doesn't run it perfectly.
Neither is well-educated, but both are hard workers.

Dave has Annie's Car. She wants it back.

Starring Susan Del Mei and Reece Presley.

BIG TICKET - Tickets!

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Parent's Night

Written by  George F. Walker
directed by Ian Malcolm

Parents Night (2014)
Parents Night is a scathing, bold and hilarious look at the inside of an elementary school classroom. Turning his incisive eye towards the crumbling education system, Walker finds an exciting new arena for the trademark characters that only he can create — flawed, dynamic, and fully human. John, heartbroken and humiliated by a recent betrayal, arrives at his son’s classroom for parent’s night to find Nicole, an over worked educator on the brink, no longer content to dole out platitudes when it comes to her students and how certain she is that their parents are screwing them up. Enter Rosie, another parent, who exists so far outside John’s upper middle class bubble that she calls into question everything he thought he knew and believed. As the story erupts in real time, John, Rosie & Nicole  find themselves unraveling. Secrets are revealed, their pre-conceptions of one another fall away, and what’s left are three damaged, fully human individuals on the brink. A teacher, trying to do her best under impossible circumstances, a father, trying not to let his anger and pain consume his son, and a mother, hoping that her own mistakes don’t spell the fate of her daughter.

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Family Container

Written and Directed by by  Seymour A. Irons.

In co-operation with Wake Up.
The play follows Tara. a single Black mother who’s living in a women’s abuse shelter in Toronto,  with her five children, and a sixth on th way.  A dramatic comedy about family resiliency in hard times.
Family Container will warm your heart, and have you thinking about the plight of others in this world where we often take square footage for granted. 
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