The Blyth Festival Podcast
Conversations with artists, friends and supporters of Canada's Blyth Festival - Canada's experts in telling Canada's stories.
The Blyth Festival Podcast
Latest Episodes
Curveball: Stratford's Softball Sweethearts Meet the Bard
Everybody, play ball!Step into the world of Curveball - a lively new Canadian musical set in 1950s Stratford, where a championship women's ball team and a brand-new Shakespeare festival are about to collide.Playwright Kel...
Season Preview: A First Look at Blyth 2026
Welcome back! Artistic Director Gil Garratt joins us for a full preview of the Blyth Festival’s 2026 season — five shows, four (and a half!) world premieres, and a summer full of stories. -----------------------Podcast regula...
Radio Town & Rural Roots: Nathan Howe on Doc Cruickshank, CKNX, and Building Community
A visionary broadcaster. A small-town station with big dreams. A new Canadian play with live music straight from the dawn of Canadian country music.About This EpisodeIn this episode, actor and playwright Nathan Howe takes us b...
Playwright Keith Roulston on Powers and Gloria
Keith Roulston — playwright, journalist, and Blyth Festival co-founder — joins us to talk about his sharp, funny, and quietly moving play Powers and Gloria, now returning to the Blyth stage nearly 20 years after its premiere.In ...
Anne Chislett and Severn Thompson on Quiet in the Land
Back in 1981, the Blyth Festival premiered an unusual play about a group of immigrant Amish farmers struggling with Canada’s introduction of Conscription in 1917. Against all expectations, this play - Quiet in the Land - be...