Daytripping Spring 2023
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Our 2nd Section begins in Canada’s Victorian Oil Town - PETROLIA<br />
Don’t Miss<br />
One of Petrolia’s<br />
Best Gift Shops!<br />
Art & Craft Supplies<br />
Canadian-made Fat Paint Chalk Paint<br />
and Bennett brushes<br />
In Petrolia's Restored,<br />
Historic Post Office<br />
Wednesday is<br />
SENIOR’S DAY!<br />
20% OFF* for<br />
Customers 60+<br />
Over 40 vendors of<br />
unique handmade items.<br />
Art Classes<br />
available for all ages!<br />
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226-738-0911<br />
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Treat<br />
Yourself<br />
at the<br />
Olde Post<br />
Parlour!<br />
Seasonal Home Decor<br />
Pine Furniture • Scented Candles<br />
• Repurposed Furniture<br />
• Birdhouses, Signs & Much More!<br />
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• Wedding • Birthday<br />
• Baby • Home Decor<br />
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Following a triumphant 2022, the<br />
Victoria Playhouse Petrolia (VPP) is<br />
gearing up for an even more celebratory<br />
<strong>2023</strong> season. With six extraordinary<br />
productions hitting the stage from May<br />
until October, there is something for<br />
every theatre goer to enjoy. <strong>2023</strong> marks<br />
the Golden Jubilee for the VPP, bringing<br />
professional productions to Lambton<br />
County for 50 years. It also marks the<br />
10th season (and 12th year, thanks to<br />
the pandemic) for beloved Co-Artistic<br />
Directors, David Hogan and David<br />
Rogers, along with Resident Musical<br />
Director, Mark Payne.<br />
“We always value the feedback our<br />
patrons provide, and our <strong>2023</strong> season<br />
has been curated with the things they<br />
most love here at the VPP,” Hogan said.<br />
“We are known across the country for<br />
our world-class concerts, and we are<br />
thrilled to bring some VPP favourites<br />
back to the stage this season. In addition,<br />
we have a Canadian musical premiere,<br />
a celebrated Norm Foster comedy and<br />
a breathtaking musical<br />
to close out this<br />
momentous season.”<br />
Kicking off the<br />
season is JESSE’S<br />
COUNTRY JUBILEE,<br />
running from May<br />
2-21. Patron favourite<br />
Jesse Grandmont leads<br />
a cast of musicians<br />
in this big ol’ country<br />
music jubilee! Country standards and<br />
fiddling gems are sure to have audience<br />
members tapping their toes. Grandmont<br />
looks forward to the <strong>2023</strong> Season getting<br />
underway, saying, “I’m so honoured to<br />
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PETROLIA • 519-882-0400<br />
Steps away from Victoria Playhouse Petrolia<br />
2776 LaSalle Line, Petrolia<br />
Between Mandaumin & Waterworks Rd.<br />
(Enter St. Clair, Ontario in your GPS)<br />
519-882-8740<br />
Wed. 10-5 / Thurs. 10-6 / Fri. 10-5 / Sat. 10-3<br />
www.country-yarns.com<br />
So Much to Celebrate at the Victoria Playhouse in <strong>2023</strong>!<br />
David Rogers and David Hogan<br />
get to host the first show of this historic<br />
season at the VPP. I’m even more excited<br />
to get to do so while playing some of my<br />
favourite country music! It’s going to be<br />
such a blast to welcome our audiences<br />
back to the VPP’s 50th Season with a<br />
show that we know will get everyone<br />
dancing in the aisles!”<br />
Next up is the Canadian premiere<br />
of WHERE THE HEART IS, an original<br />
musical written by Mark Weatherley,<br />
with music by Kale Penny. Starring Alex<br />
Baerg and Leah Grandmont, the story<br />
follows a former musician (Grandmont)<br />
who happens upon a street busker<br />
(Baerg). The characters connect over<br />
their love of music in this inspiring and<br />
heartfelt story about never giving up on<br />
your dreams, on stage June 6-25.<br />
Celebrating noteworthy years in<br />
music history is nothing new for the<br />
VPP’s creative team, and they bring their<br />
unique humour, musical arrangements<br />
and storytelling to YESTERDAY ONCE<br />
MORE; 1973, running July 4-23. This<br />
concert gathers<br />
some of our<br />
country’s top<br />
singers to journey<br />
back to 1973,<br />
through the<br />
year’s memorable<br />
music, including<br />
hits from Elton<br />
John, The Rolling<br />
Stones, Gladys<br />
Knight and more!<br />
Known for his warm-hearted<br />
comedies, Norm Foster’s JONAS &<br />
BARRY IN THE HOME takes the stage<br />
August 8-27. Following the unlikely<br />
friendship between two men living in<br />
a retirement home, this lighthearted<br />
comedy about living life<br />
to its fullest is sure to<br />
delight.<br />
By popular demand,<br />
VPP Musical Director<br />
Mark Payne brings the<br />
sequel to his 2018 recordbreaking<br />
sell out (East<br />
Coast Kitchen Party), with<br />
MARK PAYNE’S KITCHEN<br />
PARTY LEFTOVERS, on<br />
stage September 5-24.<br />
With even more singin’,<br />
steppin’, and kissin’ the<br />
cod than the original, this<br />
musical extravaganza of<br />
East Coast music is sure<br />
to delight audiences.<br />
Mark Payne<br />
For Payne, it is a true joy to share his<br />
heritage again with VPP crowds, saying,<br />
“I couldn’t be more excited about the<br />
sequel to the East Coast Kitchen Party.<br />
It’s going to be an even bigger party<br />
than the first one. There was so much<br />
amazing music I wanted to showcase in<br />
the first one, but we ran out of time, so<br />
if you thought you had fun the first time<br />
out, make sure you come check out ‘the<br />
leftovers’! You don’t want to miss it. I<br />
can’t imagine a better way to celebrate<br />
10 incredible years at the VPP.”<br />
Closing out the <strong>2023</strong> season is<br />
the award winning musical, Lerner<br />
and Loewe’s CAMELOT. This fresh<br />
and exciting take on the legendary<br />
production, starring local favourite<br />
Michael Vanhevel as King Arthur,<br />
features a beloved and glorious score,<br />
including songs such as If Ever I Would<br />
Leave You, What Do the Simple Folk<br />
Do? and, of course, Camelot. Vanhevel<br />
looks forward to bringing<br />
his unique take to the<br />
character, saying, “It’s<br />
no exaggeration to say<br />
the legends of Camelot<br />
are some of the most<br />
celebrated and enduring<br />
stories ever told. The<br />
influence that the<br />
characters and of course,<br />
their triumphs and trials<br />
have had on classic and<br />
modern fantasy literature,<br />
tv, movies and pop culture<br />
really can’t be overstated<br />
and so of course, there’s<br />
an unbelievable amount<br />
of personal excitement<br />
in having the privilege to be the VPP’s<br />
King Arthur. I have to say, that on a<br />
personal note, Camelot was one of the<br />
first musicals I ever saw and no doubt<br />
helped to lead me down my own path<br />
to the stage so getting to revisit the<br />
show as a part of its cast is a beautiful<br />
way for me to come full circle!” Don’t<br />
miss it, running October 10-29.<br />
As the <strong>2023</strong> Summer Season<br />
concludes, there is always much<br />
anticipation for the VPP’s Christmas<br />
productions. Don’t miss STARBRIGHT<br />
CHRISTMAS, on stage November<br />
24-December 10 and THE VPP HOLIDAY<br />
JAMBOREE, playing for three days only,<br />
December 15-17. Tickets are on sale<br />
now by calling the box office at 1-800-<br />
717-7694 or by visiting www.thevpp.ca<br />
Join the VPP for an unforgettable season<br />
with SO MUCH TO CELEBRATE!<br />
<strong>Spring</strong> <strong>2023</strong> Chuck Norris does not use an umbrella. Raindrops dodge him.<br />
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