2024-25
Season
An extraordinary season awaits...
Friday, Sept 27 & Saturday, Sept 28
Showtime: 7:00 pm
MARKET HALL
VITALS
by Rosamund Small
An enhanced staged reading of the multiple-award-winning drama comes to Peterborough!
Vitals is the unforgettable story of Anna, a no-nonsense paramedic in Toronto who reaches her breaking point. Based on in-depth interviews with EMS workers, Vitals is masterfully written, and anchored by an incredible performance from Katherine Cullen who originated the role in Toronto.
Vitals has been widely praised by paramedics and other first responders for offering civilian audiences a real glimpse into the life of an EMS worker, and the unseen toll the work can take on the people we count on to save our lives.
Content advisory: Vitals contains intense scenes, themes of suicide, and coarse language. Not for children.
PRESENTED BY:
Sandbagger Hard Seltzer
Peterborough Optometric
Sunday, November 17
Showtime: 7:00 pm
MARKET HALL
WHAT’S IN YOUR SONGBOOK
Hosted by Ryan deSouza
New Stages brings you a charming and interactive evening of songs, laughs, and behind-the-scenes stories about life on the stage in Canada.
Ryan deSouza
Hailey Gillis
Mike Nadajewski
Music Director Ryan deSouza (Shaw Festival, frequent New Stages collaborator) hosts an intimate and interactive evening starring Hailey Gillis, star of Toronto's smash hit Natasha Pierre and the Great Comet of 1812, and Mike Nadajewski, who has headlined both Stratford and Shaw Festivals. A one-of-a-kind event for New Stages!
PRESENTED BY:
Barrick Real Estate/Royal LePage
Get your tickets now for an intimate and interactive evening filled with music.
Wednesday, Dec 11 - Sunday, Dec 15
Showtimes: Vary
MARKET HALL
A CHRISTMAS CAROL COMEDY
by Katie Leamen
Starring Linda Kash as Scrooge
and Kerry Griffin who will play... Everyone Else!
Based on Charles Dickens' classic tale, A Christmas Carol Comedy is an irreverent holiday production for the whole family. Mixing shades of Monty Python with the Ghosts of Past, Present, and Future, this comedy is perfect for anyone aged 5 to 95 looking for a bit of festive fun.
Kerry Griffin
Linda Kash
The US premiere of this play was fully sold out for the last 2 years, so don’t be a humbug – get your tickets now! “Absolutely brilliant, and so, so funny!” – myFM
PRESENTED BY:
Community Foundation of Greater Peterborough
Silver Bean Cafe
Get your tickets today for this irreverent holiday production for the whole family
brand new
STAGES
FESTIVAL
Tuesday, Feb 25 - Sunday, Mar 3
MARKET HALL
Enjoy a week-long festival of exciting new work (4 plays in 6 days!)
Tuesday, Feb 25
Showtime: 7:00 pm
MARKET HALL
FIRESIDE MUNSCH
Stories by Robert Munsch
Adapted and performed by M. John Kennedy.
Directed by Dahlia Katz.
A bonus Brand New Stages show featuring beloved stories for kids (of all ages!), Fireside Munsch is a high-energy, captivating show that was nominated for 8 Dora Awards.
PRESENTED BY:
East City Builders
Get your tickets today for this high-energy, captivating evening of fun for the whole family.
Thursday, Feb 27
Showtime: 7:00 pm
MARKET HALL
MAGIC LIES:
AN EVENING WITH W.O. MITCHELL
by Orm and Barbara Mitchel
A fond remembrance of the life and work of beloved Canadian writer W.O. Mitchell, Orm’s father. A delightful and enriching staged reading full of tall tales, Canadiana, and lots of laughs.
PRESENTED BY:
East City Builders
Get your tickets today. A delightful and enriching staged reading.
Friday, Feb 28
Showtime: 7:00 pm
MARKET HALL
SUDDENLY
50
Written and performed
by Nicolle Nattrass
Directed by T.J. Dawe
A funny and authentic staged reading about a woman coming to terms with a mid-life crisis as she enters "Season" 50 of her incredible life..
PRESENTED BY:
East City Builders
Peterborough Optometric
Get your tickets today for this funny and authentic staged reading.
Saturday, March 1st
Showtime: 7:00 pm
MARKET HALL
CLOWN
FISH
Written and performed
by Paul Tedeschini.
Directed by T.J. Dawe.
An immersive theatre experience that transports you to another world. Writer, clown, and sound designer Paul Tedeschini takes the insular, isolating experience of grief and anxiety and transforms it into a love story.
PRESENTED BY:
East City Builders
Get your tickets today for this immersive theatre experience
Saturday, May 3rd
Showtime: 7:00 pm
MARKET HALL
THE BOY IN
THE MOON
by Emil Sher, based on the book by Ian Brown
New Stages proudly presents a staged reading of The Boy in the Moon by Emil Sher, based on the book by Ian Brown. This is the unforgettable, Dora-Award-winning play about life and parenthood and so much more—based on the true story of the life of Walker, son of renowned Canadian writers Ian Brown and Johanna Schneller.
This deeply moving play tells the story of a couple raising a child born with the rare cardiofaciocutaneous syndrome. Emotionally honest without veering into sentimentality, this play has received overwhelming acclaim and is a remarkable gift for audiences.
Recommended audience: 14+
PRESENTED BY:
Sandbagger Hard Seltzer
Get your tickets today. Don’t miss this unforgettable, Dora-Award-winning play.
Saturday, June 14th
Showtime: 7:00 pm
MARKET HALL
SERVING
ELIZABETH
by Marcia Johnson
New Stages concludes our 2024-25 season with a delightful staged reading of Serving Elizabeth by Marcia Johnson. Inspired by--and in direct opposition to--an episode in the Netflix series The Crown, Serving Elizabeth re-imagines from a Kenyan perspective the story of when a young Princess Elizabeth visits Kenya and learns that she has become Queen of England.
A crowd-pleasing, thought-provoking hit at the Stratford Festival, Serving Elizabeth is all about our fascination with the royals, the impacts of colonialism, and the unseen biases that influence how stories are told today.
Recommended Audience: 12+
PRESENTED BY:
Arising Collective
Central Smith
Get your tickets today. Don’t miss this delightful staged reading.
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