Lighthouse Festival Theatre announces 2025 season, curated by incoming artistic director Jane Spence
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Lighthouse Festival Theatre, located in Port Dover and Port Colborne, has announced its jam-packed 2025 summer season.
Curated by incoming artistic director Jane Spence, the season will feature a blend of genres, including two plays by fan favourite playwright Norm Foster.
“I am absolutely thrilled to join Lighthouse Festival as the new artistic director,” said Spence in a press release. “This theatre has a rich history of bringing exceptional performances to our communities, and I can’t wait to be a part of that tradition. Our 2025 season is focused on making people laugh, and I believe that laughter is a universal language that brings us together, helps us find joy, and creates unforgettable memories.”
The season will open with The New Canadian Curling Club by Mark Crawford, a heartwarming, humorous story about an unlikely group of characters coming together to learn the art of curling.
Next up is The Hound of the Baskervilles by Steven Canny and John Nicholson. The play is billed as a comedic adaptation of Arthur Conan Doyle’s classic mysteries, adding a farcical twist to the world of Sherlock Holmes.
Third in the season is Hidden Treasures by Norm Foster. This show is unique for its two-play structure — each act is its own one-act play, and both halves are performed by the same cast.
After Hidden Treasures is Pinkerton Comes to Prospect, a world premiere by playwright Jamie Williams. This western-themed comedy elevates the genre’s tropes to a new level, and is sure to provoke laughs.
Rounding out the season is another Foster classic, Here on the Flight Path, about the quirky inhabitants of a Toronto apartment building.
Single tickets will be on sale starting November 18, with subscription renewals beginning in early September. For more information about the 2025 season, visit the Lighthouse Festival Theatre website.
Aisling Murphy
Aisling is Intermission's senior editor and an award-winning arts journalist with bylines including the New York Times, Toronto Star, Globe & Mail, CBC Arts, and Maclean's. She likes British playwright Sarah Kane, most songs by Taylor Swift, and her cats, Fig and June. She was a 2024 fellow at the National Critics Institute in Waterford, CT.
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