Local entertainment was as good as it gets last weekend. More in store for the city.

artsblue 100x100By Pepper Parr

July 18th, 2106

BURLINGTON, ON

People enjoyed the city over the weekend – and there was a bit of a breeze.

The audiences for the KooGle Theatre Company production of the 25th Annual Putnam County Spelling Bee were very good as was the audience for The Taming of the Shrew at Thinkspot in Lowville.

Hamlet - Lowville Festival - people on grass

Shakespeare in Lowville.

The Shrew production was an incredibly different and innovative take on what the bard wrote. The Driftwood Theatre Company is  known for doing thought provoking, at time hilarious productions of Shakespeare’s work. Thinkspot has become known for bringing them to the city.

The Thinkspot event has been for just the one evening in an outdoor theatre.  The audience this year was larger than last year.

KooGle cast

Spelling Bee cast talks to the audience after its opening last week.

The Spelling Bee runs for an additional week at the Performing Arts Centre – two of the four nights the first week were sold out. Book your tickets now for this one. Fun evening.

The Mayor is reported to have been able to spell some of the words he was given but even he was eventually led off the stage by Muscle Bound Mike.  You need to see the play to fully appreciate that actor.

The Bandits took a licking on the baseball diamond.

The Bandits will play again this weekend – hopefully they will do better.

The Lowville Festival begins on Friday the 22nd at the Anglican Church in Lowville where a 60+ member choir will be entertaining.  This is the Second Annual Lowville Festival – an event that is finding its legs and adding to the locally based entertainment program.

City council meets this evening – then they are off for their summer break.  This Council is at the halfway point of their current term of office.  All were re-elected last time around.

Lowville Festival schedule:

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