Eatdrink #63 January/February 2017

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№ 63 | January/February 2017
The Port Stanley Festival Theatre runs
a winter program and will warm your
soul with some Billy Joel on January 14th
(two shows). Billy Joel and the Piano Men,
starring Bruce Tournay as Joel, is a romp
through the 1970s and ’80s and includes
performances of songs by Elton John, Burton
Cummings and more.
If the ’50s and ’60s are more your style,
Port Stanley Festival Theatre heats things
up for Valentine’s Day with Buddy Holly’s
Rockin’ Valentine’s Party on February 11th
(two shows). Starring Jeff Giles, this show is
a follow-up to Giles popular performance in
The Buddy Holly Story.
What could be a more Canadian way to
kick off Canada’s 150th in Southwestern
Ontario than with a Norm Foster play? The
Palace Theatre in London’s Old East Village
and the London Community Players present
Jeff Giles as Buddy Holly at Port Stanley
Festival Theatre on February 11
Company in the Covent Garden Market,
London. Many local and professional actors
got their start at OKTC — think Rachel
McAdams — and for hundreds of other local
kids it is a great way to learn confidence,
acting skills and have fun performing.
Peter Pan Jr. runs March 9th to 18th and is
sure to get your toes tapping all the way to
Neverland.
JANE ANTONIAK is a regular contributor to eatdrink
magazine. She is also Manager, Communications & Media
Relations, at King’s University College in London.
Jenny’s House of Joy, a look back at prostitution
in 1870 Kansas. The play runs January
12th to 22nd. In February, the London Community
Players at the Palace turn to a more
serious drama, A Raisin in the Sun, which
was performed on Broadway in 1959. The
show runs February 9th to 19th.
Finally, if you might have some kids under
foot during the upcoming March Break and
are looking for entertainment, check out
Peter Pan Jr., by The Original Kids Theatre
The Original Kids Theatre Company
presents Peter Pan Jr. March 9–18