The Emperor's New Clothes (December Family Play)

This year the children's Christmas production is an exciting retelling of the classic story by Hans Christian Anderson, The Emperor's New Clothes.

It's a funny whimsical tale written by Robert Ainsworth and directed by Gillian Wilson. The play also features some original songs written by Rod Crawford especially for this production.

For ticket information see the boxoffice.

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Each year many people buy PTG silver memberships as Christmas gifts.

A silver membership purchased as a Christmas gift would include:

• A Silver Membership Gift Certificate.


• A letter introducing the recipent to the PTG.


• Free tickets to the remaining 2 plays, The Constant Wife and Marion Bridge, and to the spring musical, City of Angels. The number of free tickets to each production depends on the type of membership purchased.


• A copy of the PTG newsletter before each production.


• The opportunity to purchase additional tickets before they go on sale to the general public.

Cost

Silver memberships may be ordered by:

• Visiting or phoning the box office during box office hours. (5:30 PM to 8:00 PM Wedesday to Friday)
• Downloading and either faxing (745-9698) or mailing a silver membership application to the PTG.

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Twelfth Night Wins 7 Ontario Theatre Awards

The PTG production of Twelfth Night won 7 of the 15 awards presented at Theatre Ontario Festival 2009 which took place in Kanata from May 13th to May 17th, 2009.

PTG awards:

• Adjudicator Award, the gift of EODL: awarded for Scene Changing, to the Peterborough Theatre Guild for Twelfth Night
• Adjudicator Award, the gift of The Curtain Club: awarded to a juvenile, Megn Walker, for the role of Viola in Twelfth Night.
• Adjudicator Award, the gift of QUONTA: awarded for Costumes to the Peterborough Theatre Guild for Twelfth Night
• Outstanding Performance by a male, the gift of Kanata Theatre: Brian McDonald in the role of Feste in Twelfth Night
• Outstanding Visual Presentation, the gift of Espanola Little Theatre: Peterborough Theatre Guild for Twelfth Night
• Outstanding Coordinated Production as chosen by the Festival Stage Manager. the gift of the Jourard family: Peterborough Theatre Guild for the transfer of Twelfth Night from Peterborough to Kanata
• Perry Short Award for best set design, the gift of Janet Short: Eric Jackson for Twelfth Night

Other PTG nominations:
• Outstanding Performance by a male in a Supporting Role: Sebastian--Justin Boyd
• Outstanding Technical Achievement—Voice: Chris Jackson

See the full results

See coverage in:

The Peterborough Examiner
Peterborough This Week

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Twelfth Night Awarded Best Production in Eastern Ontario Community Theatre

The Peterborough Theatre Guild Production of Shakespeare’s “Twelfth Night” has collected five awards at the Eastern Ontario Drama League (EODL) Festival in Kemptville on March 29, 2009. Twelfth Night was nominated for 12 of the 15 awards available at the Festival.

The EODL Festival brings together the best of community theatre in Eastern Ontario. The festival is designed to allow community theatre volunteers to learn and improve their skills through professional adjudications. This year the festival, which was held in Kemptville, drew from five community theatres in Ottawa, Kingston and Peterborough. The festival featured a touring adjudicator, who reviewed each play at the home theatre of each company during the play’s normal run.

As winner of the “best production”, “Twelfth Night” will be the EODL entry in to the Theatre Ontario Festival next month in Kanata. The Theatre Ontario festival will feature the best plays from four regional drama groups representing Eastern, Western, Central and Northern Ontario.

The award has received coverage in the Peterborough Examiner

Congratulations to the entire production team and cast of the show.

EODL Awards for Twelfth Night:

Nominations:

The adjudicator’s comments can be found here

Full Awards Details (PDF file opens in a new window)