Performance Schedules

Last updated: October 1, 2011

New schedules for 2011-2012:

Algoma Fall Festival Schedule 2011

Algoma Fall Festival tickets are now available at the Station Mall Box Office in Sault, Ontario. All the events take place in October. See the website at algomafallfestival.com

Tickets in the Station Mall box office. www.algomafallfestival

Sat., Oct. 1: Chantal Kreviazuk. Pop pianist/singer/songwriter and Juno award winner. Kiwanis Community Theater Center (KCTC), 8 p.m. $41/29.

Sun., Oct. 2: Hank Williams “Live” 1952. Joe Matheson as Hank Williams. KCTC, 7 p.m. $35/25.

Sat., Oct. 8, 1 p.m.: YOU dance. Future stars of the National Ballet of Canada will perform for free. KCTC.

8 p.m.: Monkey Junk. Bluesbased swamp R & B, soul boogie and bedroom funk, Water Tower Inn Pub. $25.

Wed., Oct. 12, 8 p.m.: Michael Kaeshammer with Kellylee Evans. Jazz/boogie woogie, piano and vocals. Water Tower Inn Pavilion. $35.

Fri., Oct. 14, 8 p.m.: Jesse Cook. Rumba infused flamenco guitar w/band. KCTC. $41/25.

Thurs., Oct. 20, 8 p.m.: Beaton Sisters. Traditional Cape Breton step dancing and reels. Loplops Lounge. $15.

Fri., Oct. 21, 8 p.m.: Barra MacNeils. Cape Breton Celtic Music. KCTC. $41/25.

Sat., Oct. 22, 8 p.m.: Ashley MacIssac and Friends. Canadian roots, Cape Breton fiddle player. $41/25.

Fri. & Sat., Oct. 21 & 22, following the evening concerts. At local hot spots: The Colin Grant Band. Lingering between traditional Cape Breton music and rock and funk—Celtic fusion.

Sun., Oct. 23, 3 p.m.: Stuart McLean and the Vinyl Café. KCTC. $41/25.

Thurs., Oct. 27, 8 p.m.: The Art of Time Ensemble with Gregory Hoskins. Popular mainstream music. KCTC. $35/20.

Fri., Oct. 28, 8 p.m.: The Abrams Brothers. Combination of bluegrass, country and folk rock. Delta Waterfront Hotel. $30/20.

Algoma Music Conservatory Concerts 2010-2011

A few tickets are still available for the 2010-2011 season’s Algoma Music Conservatory Concerts. The season:

Fri., Nov. 5, 7:30 p.m.: The Tallis Scholars (Renaissance music)— $35/20.

Sat., Nov. 27, 7:30 p.m.: Guy Few & Stephanie Mara. (Few is a pianist, trumpeter, and singer; Mara, a pianist). $30/10.

Sat., Jan. 22, 7:30 p.m.: Angele Dubeau and La Pieta (string ensemble)—$35/10.

Sat., Feb. 5, 7:30 p.m.: Triple Forte (piano trio)—$30/10.

Sat., Feb. 26, 7:30 p.m.: Classical Spectacular, St. Lawrence String Quartet. $35/10.

Sat., March 26, 7:30 p.m.: Pentaedre (wind quintet). $30/10.

Sat., April 30, 7:30 p.m.: The Elixir of Love (touring opera from Quebec)—$30/10.

Tickets are available at the Station Mall box office (705-945-7299).

Chamber Singers of Algoma

Schedule TBA.

Cheboygan Concert Series 2010-2011

The Cheboygan Arts Council has announced its 2010-2011 Concert Series:

Sunday, Sept. 12—Ricky Nelson Remembered, with Matthew and Gunnar Nelson. ($24/.

Wednesday, Nov. 17—Vienna Boys Choir ($38/$12.50)

Thursday, Jan. 13—Russian National Ballet production of Sleeping Beauty ($38/$12.50)

All concerts are at 7 p.m. in the Cheboygan Opera House. Tickets for the series—$80 for adults; $35 for students—are on sale now at 231-627-5841 or 1-800-357-9408

Family Life Dinner Theater Season 2011-2012

The Family Life Dinner Theatre season has two Norman Foster comedies bracketing a drama. The season begins on October 19, with Opening Night, by Norman Foster, which is billed as “probably the funniest show we have ever presented”. Opening Night plays through October 22.

Night Must Fall, a thriller by Emlyn Williams plays February 15 through 18, 2012, and the second Norman Foster Comedy, Mending Fences, plays March 28 through 31. All are directed by Michael Hennessy and staged at the Great Northern Hotel and Conference Center, 229 Great Northern Road with dinner at 6:30 and the show at 8 p.m. The Family Life website is www.familylifetheatre.com

For tickets and information on bookings, call 705-253-9851.

Sault Musical Comedy Guild

The Sault Musical Comedy Guild will present Mel Brooks’ The Producers in May; and Annie in November of 2011. Tickets are $44.80/32 before January 1 (a 20% saving); $47.60/34 after January 1 (a 15% saving).

Dates for The Producers are May 11 through 14; for Annie, November 23 through 26.

Order tickets by e-mail (info@musicalcomedyguild.com), fax (1-877-641-9230) or by mail: Musical Comedy Guild of Sault Ste. Marie, 44 Great Northern Road, P.O. Box 22032, Sault Ste. Marie, Ontario, P6B 6H4.

Sault Symphony 2011-2012 Season

Tickets are now available for the Sault Symphony’s 2011-12 season, with a special inducement to buy your season ticket early. If you buy before February 15, 2011, the special September 24th concert—A Celtic Celebration with John McDermott, for $10 off.

Sat., Sept. 24: John McDermott in “A Celtic Celebration”. $45/18/105 (family).

Sat., Nov. 12: Musical Mayhem, with special guest Quartetto Gelato. $34/15

Dec. 7 through 10, at 8 p.m. and Sunday, Dec. 11, at 2 p.m.: The King and I, directed by Timothy Murphy—a full stage production. $37/15.

Sat., Feb. 11: Klassical Kaleidoscope. $34/15.

Sat., April 21, at 8 p.m. at Kiwanis Community Theater Center and Sun., April 22, at 2 p.m. at LSSU’s Art Center: Once Upon a Time: A Night of Fairy Tales. $34/15.

Both season tickets and individual concert tickets are available online at the www.saultsymphony.com website, or at the Sault, Ontario Station Mall box office. Season ticket packages come in 4-Packs and 3-Packs. 4-Packs are $278 for a family; $115 for adults and $48 for students. 3-Packs are $218 for a family; $90 for adults and $38 for students.

All concerts begin at 8 p.m. at the Kiwanis Community Theater Center in Sault, Ontario, unless otherwise noted. For more information call the symphony office at 705-945-5337.

Sault Theatre Workshop 2011-2012 Season

The Sault Theatre Workshop has announced its 2011-2012 schedule, which begins with Albertine in Five Times by Michael Tremblay, a joint production with the Chippewa Theatre Guild in October. Lee Ann Pearson will be the director. Production dates are October 12 through 16, in Sault, Ontario and November 4 through 6, in Sault, Michigan. (Audition dates are Chippewa Theatre Guild (Eureka Street) Monday August 29 and Thursday, September 1, 7 p.m. to 9 p.m. and Sault Theatre Workshop Studio Theatre (Pittsburg Avenue) Tuesday, August 30 and Wednesday August 31, 7 p.m. to 9 p.m. See Artistic Opportunities for details).

Robinson Crusoe, the Pantomime by Steve Shaw, plays November 30 through December 4 and December 8 through 11. Kristy Wilson will direct.

The Sugar Bean Sisters by Nathan Sanders plays February 22 through 26, with Val Horsepool directing.

Over the Tavern, by Tom Dudzik plays April 25 through 29.

The season ends with Studio Gems, an evening of one-act plays June 6 through 10, and the Quonta one-act festival workshop.

The Sugar Bean Sisters and Over the Tavern are both comedies. Albertine is “a powerful exploration of the life of one woman during five distinct period in her life”.

Tickets are available from the Sault Theatre Workshop, either individually or as part of a “package” of either three or five shows. Individual show tickets are $20/18 and 7 (student). Call (705) 946-4081 or (705) 946-4513 or visit http://www.saulttheatre.com/boxoffice.html.

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