2013
Tradition of Summer Theatre Continues
Bancroft Summer Theatre is happy to announce its line-up for the 22nd season of live theatre at the Bancroft Village Playhouse. The season starts with a hilarious farce by Marcia Kash and Douglas E. Hughes called Too Many Cooks. The Simcoe Reformer recently reviewed this play and declared it "A hilarious comedy... a huge success."
The play is set in Niagara Falls in 1932, with the rum-running business at its peak. In the aftermath of the Crash, Irving Bubbalowe and his daughter, Honey, have risked everything they have to open a new gourmet restaurant. When their star - the renowned singing chef François LaPlouffe - fails to appear, the grand opening is suddenly placed in jeopardy. The pace quickens steadily as do the laughs.
Too Many Cooks will run Tuesdays to Saturdays at 8 pm starting on July 2 and will close on July 20 with a matinee show on Saturday July 13.
Next up is a play by Richard Harris called Stepping Out. This is a rollicking comedy about the attempts of some working class amateurs to overcome their inhibitions and left feet in a low-rent dance studio in North London. Mavis, a former professional chorus girl tries her hardest to teach the bumbling amateurs some tap dance skills for an upcoming recital. But before the dancing begins Mavis must mediate the dramas that erupt among this motley but loveable crew on their way to triumph at their recital.
Stepping Out will run Tuesdays to Saturdays at 8 pm starting on July 30 and will close on August 17 with a matinee show on Saturday August 10.
Tickets are still just $20 each. Dinner theatre packages are also being offered on July 4 and 18 at 6 pm for Too Many Cooks and on Aug 1 and 15 for Stepping Out. Enjoy a homemade cold dinner buffet at St. Paul's United Church before the show. Tickets for dinner theatre are $32.
Tickets for all shows will be available at the box office which opens on June 12 at 2 pm. Box Office will be open Wed. to Sat. from 2 until 6 pm in June, then on Tuesdays to Saturdays from 2 to 8 pm in July and August. Tickets can be ordered in person or through our toll-free number 1-877-322-4682.
Storm Warning
Laugh Lines Theatre
2011
That Darn Plot
Blackfly Summer Theatre
2008
Vaudevillian Hoopla
Happy Medium Theatre
2011
The Foursome
Laugh Lines Theatre
2009
Laugh Lines 2007-2010:
2010
- The 39 Steps by Patrick Barlow
(Blackfly Summer Theatre)- Storm Warning by Norm Foster
(Laugh Lines Theatre)- Vaudevillian Hoopla
(Happy Medium Theatre)2009
- Having Hope at Home by David S. Craig
- See How They Run by Philip King (in association
with Blackfly Summer Theatre)- The Foursome by Norm Foster
- The Un-Scene Story (musical revue)
2008
- Jasper Station by Norm Foster & Steve Thomas
- That Darn Plot by David Belke (in association with
Blackfly Summer Theatre)- The Love List by Norm Foster
2007
- Looking by Norm Foster
- Perfect Wedding by Robin Hawdon
Theatrics Summer Theatre 1992-2006:
2006
- Key for Two by John Chapman & Dave Freeman
- Murder at the Howard Johnson's by Ron Clark &
Sam Bobrick- Academia Nuts by Gregg Kreutz (in association with
Laugh Lines Theatre)2005
- The Mystery of Irma Vepp by Charles Ludlam
- Lucky Stiff by Lynn Ahrens & Stephen Flaherty
2004
- Out of Order by Ray Cooney
- Sylvia by A.R. Gurney
2003
- The Last Resort by Norm Foster & Leslie Arden
- Culture Shock by Lorne Elliott
2002
- Deathtrap by Ira Levin
- Black Comedy by Peter Shaffer
2001
- Cash on Delivery by Michael Cooney
- Bermuda Avenue Triangle by Renee Taylor
& Joseph Bologna- Rick Fines & Friends Celebration Concert
2000
- Ned Durango Comes to Big Oak by Norm Foster
- The Housekeeper by James Prideaux
1999
- Rumors by Neil Simon
- Whose Under Where? by Marcia Kash & Doug Hughes
1998
- The Shooting of Dan McGrew by Jim Betts & John Bertram
- Funny Money by Ray Cooney
1997
- Corpse! by Gerald Moon
- Lettice and Lovage by Peter Shaffer
- Booster McCrane, P.M. by David S. Craig
1996
- Lend Me a Tenor by Ken Ludwig
- Shirley Valentine by Willy Russell
- The Long Weekend by Norm Foster
1995
- Little Shop of Horrors by Howard Ashman & Alan Menken
- The Affections of May by Norm Foster
- Nunsense by Dan Goggin (in association with Early
Times Theatre)1994
- Marriage is Murder by Nick Hall
- Salt Water Moon by David French (in association with
Quarrie Productions)- Bingo by Allan Stratton
1993
- Sinners by Norm Foster
- Sea Marks by Gardner McKay
- Nurse Jane Goes to Hawaii by Allan Stratton
1992
- True West by Sam Shepard
- My Darling Judith by Norm Foster
