ONstage Openings

Theatre opening across Ontario in the next week:

In Ottawa and Eastern Ontario:

On Apr. 9, Breath Of Spring at Lennox Community Theatre (Selby)
On Apr. 9, The Caverners at the Regent Theatre (Picton)
On Apr. 13, Facts at Great Canadian Theatre Company (Ottawa)
On Apr. 14, Uncle Vanya at Algonquin College Theatre Arts (Ottawa)
On Apr. 15, Hedda Gabler at Algonquin College Theatre Arts (Ottawa)

In Northeastern Ontario:

On Apr. 14, Outlaw at Sault Theatre Workshop (Sault Ste. Marie)
On Apr. 16, See How They Run at Theatre Cambrian (Sudbury)

In South Central Ontario:

On Apr. 13, Cabaret at Theatre Sheridan (Oakville)
On Apr. 14, Disney's Beauty And The Beast at Marquee Theatrical Productions (Newmarket / Vaughan)
On Apr. 15, The Sisters Rosensweig at Burl-Oak Theatre Group (Oakville)
On Apr. 15, Over The River And Through The Woods at Georgetown Little Theatre
On Apr. 15, Oberon (A Midsummer Night's Musical) at Theatre Sheridan (Oakville)
On Apr. 16, Einstein's Gift at The Curtain Club (Richmond Hill)
On Apr. 16, Caught In The Net at Theatre Burlington

In Southwestern Ontario:

On Apr. 9, An Ideal Husband at the Shaw Festival (Niagara-on-the-Lake)
On Apr. 9, The Tempest at Theatre Intrigue Society (Windsor)
On Apr. 9, The Drawer Boy at Theatre Woodstock
On Apr. 15, Lend Me A Tenor at Elgin Theatre Guild (St. Thomas)
On Apr. 15, The Tailor Made Prince at Kitchener-Waterloo Little Theatre
On Apr. 16, Wingfield's Folly at Blyth Festival

In Toronto:
On Apr. 10, Cock-A-Doodle-Dandy at George Brown Theatre School
On Apr. 12, This Is What Happens Next at Canadian Stage
On Apr. 12, Clerembard at George Brown Theatre School
On Apr. 12, Dis Place at New Harlem Productions
On Apr. 15, Moonlight And Magnolias at Amicus Productions
On Apr. 15, Bye Bye Birdie at Randolph Academy for the Performing Arts
On Apr. 16, The Queens at Alumnae Theatre Company

In Central Ontario:

On Apr. 14, The Odd Couple at Blackhorse Village Players (Tottenham)
On Apr. 15, I Hate Hamlet at Owen Sound Little Theatre
On Apr. 16, The Long Weekend at Nortumberland Players (Cobourg)
On Apr. 16, Fiddler On The Roof at Victorian Operetta Society (Cobourg)

For all the theatre current playing across Ontario or to add/update your listing, visit ONstage on the Theatre Ontario website.

Next Self-Producing Workshop Scheduled For May 12

Our next "Self-Start: The Basics Of Producing" workshop has been scheduled for May 12 at 2pm. If you want to do a show but have never produced before, and if you want to know what questions to ask first, this session is for you! Self-Start is a practical seminar facilitated by Tim Chapman, Professional Theatre Coordinator. Read about the workshop on the Theatre Ontario website.

Trying to make sense of HST

by John Goddard, Executive Director

There has been a great deal of confusion over the introduction of Harmonized Sales Tax into Ontario, as well as a great deal of misinformation. I am going to try and clarify some of that for our members, but I also encourage each member organization to consult with their own accountant or auditor to consider their own specific situation.

I will start by saying that I have found that the best way to remove the confusion is to change your mind set—that is how I was able to get a much clearer picture and maybe it will work for you. If you try to understand HST by imagining that it is a combination of PST (Provincial Retail Sales Tax) and GST (Goods and Services Federal Tax) you will give yourself needless frustration. The best way to understand HST is to realize that PST has been abolished (hurrah!) and coincidentally, at the same time GST has been increased from 5% to 13% (boo!)

The Bulletin Board

New this week...

Artists and arts workers can support ArtsVote Toronto at The Second City on April 11 and April 25.

Free symposium on the use of fog on theatre stages at York University on April 12.

Oshawa Little Theatre is looking for directors, producers, choreographers, and musical directors.  Deadline is April 17.

Playwrights Guild of Canada is posting for a new Executive Director.  Deadline is April 23.

Tarragon Theatre in Toronto is accepting applications for the Urjo Kareda Residency Grant for an Emerging Theatre Artist.  Deadline is April 30.

Coming up this week...

Acting for the "mature theatre lover" at Ottawa Little Theatre begins April 8.

Tarragon Theatre's Directing Class with Richard Rose begins April 12.

For more information about these opportunities, and more listings, please visit The Bulletin Board on the Theatre Ontario website.

ONstage Openings

Publishing a day earlier this week for the long weekend.  Here is some of the theatre opening across Ontario in the next week.

In Central Ontario:
On Apr. 8, Eighteen Wheels at Theatre Orangeville

In Ottawa and Eastern Ontario:
On Apr. 1, Red Letter Day at Domino Theatre (Kingston)
On Apr. 7, The Comedy of Errors at the National Arts Centre (Ottawa)
On Apr. 8, The Mousetrap at Belleville Theatre Guild
On Apr. 9, Breath Of Spring at Lennox Community Theatre (Selby)
On Apr. 9, The Caverners at the Regent Theatre (Picton)

In Northwestern Ontario:
On Apr. 8, Skin Flick at Magnus Theatre (Thunder Bay)

In South Central Ontario:
On Apr. 1, Enchanted April at Mississauga Players
On Apr. 2, Remember Me at Theatre Aurora
On Apr. 8, Joseph And The Amazing Technicolor Dreamcoat at Brampton Music Theatre

In Southwestern Ontario:
On Apr. 1, Pearl Gidley at Lost And Found Theatre (Kitchener)
On Apr. 1, Harvey at the Shaw Festival (Niagara-on-the-Lake)
On Apr. 8, The Dixie Swim Club at Galt Little Theatre (Cambridge)
On Apr. 8, Much Ado About Nothing at Guelph Little Theatre
On Apr. 8, Maggie's Getting Married at Simcoe Little Theatre
On Apr. 9, An Ideal Husband at the Shaw Festival (Niagara-on-the-Lake)
On Apr. 9, The Tempest at Theatre Intrigue Society (Windsor)
On Apr. 9, The Drawer Boy at Theatre Woodstock

In Toronto:
On Apr. 1, Titanic, The Musical at Curtain Call Players
On Apr. 2, 9 to 5 at Bad Dog Theatre Company
On Apr. 3, The Golden Goose at Solar Stage Children's Theatre
On Apr. 8, Giiwiden at Native Earth Performing Arts
On Apr. 8, Casting For Murder at Scarborough Theatre Guild

For all the theatre current playing across Ontario or to add/update your listing, visit ONstage on the Theatre Ontario website.