There’s no place like home... by PSFT Artistic Director Liz Gilroy
The world keeps spinning and life keeps moving on, so onwards and upwards we go! It is time to make new traditions in our new home and at the theatre. Christmas is always a time for traditions, and we have a couple of new ones at PSFT this Novem- ber and December. A Chist- mas Carol will have two per- formances on Saturday, No-
Little did I know last November that a year later I would find myself living in Port Stanley, but here we are. After a wonderful, yet hectic year at The Port Stanley Festival Theatre, I have finally been able to take a breath and unpack our lives in our new home in the village. For seven years we called the small hamlet of Cloyne home. It was a huge change for this Toronto gal when we left ‘the big smoke’ for a rural property on the water. Cloyne came with new challenges -- septic system, a well, a massive lawn to cut, a long driveway to be plowed, dropping off the garbage at the dump, the black flies (I had no idea!), beavers, a dodgy cell signal (Port ain’t much better}, chopping wood for the wood stove and piling and storing wood for the season; I could go on....... When Simon Joynes, Artistic Director at PSFT for 18 years, was not well after Christmas last, I came to Port 3 days a week and then drove the five-hour commute home to ensure that we kept the theatre running smoothly. I was also visiting Simon once a week in Port Dover so we could chat about the next season and the day-to-day logistics of running the theatre. Those were tough visits as Simon was quite sick by then, but looking back, I thank my lucky stars we had that time together. We lost Simon in February, and the next few months were difficult and sad, to say the least. Now suddenly it’s November and my whole life has changed, not to mention the view I wake up to every morning.
vember the 23rd at 1 pm and 7 pm; it is going to be magical, so don’t miss out. On December 6th and 7th we are thrilled to welcome award-winning vocalist Denise Pelley and The Big Bandemic, all seventeen of them, playing their swinging tunes. That Big Band sound is gonna be sweet. I hope you and your family can join us for these two fabulous shows this winter -- we would love to see you this holiday season. This year I’ll be adopting a new tradition; Christmas morning biscotti from scratch. A wise man once told me it was the perfect way to start Christmas morning.
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