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
The Last Mayor of Rusty River: A Cat, a Council and a Comedy with Something to Say
What happens when a play about small-town politics needs something to set the whole thing in motion?Apparently, you add a cat.Meet Captain Whiskers, the unlikely mayoral candidate at the centre of The Last Mayor of Rusty River...
Why is Everyone Laughing? Inside Dry Streak with Leeann Minogue and Kate Lynch
The opening-night audience for Dry Streak laughed so hard, playwright Leeann Minogue kept leaning over to host Joanne Wallace asking, “What is up with this audience?”We thought we'd investigate.Join Joanne, Leeann and dir...
Sisters of '78: The Strike That Changed Canada
Roll back the clock to the summer of 1977.The kitchen is avocado green. Rod Stewart is on the radio. Somewhere somebody is wearing platform shoes and entirely too much Love's Baby Soft.And a group of young women in Centralia, Onta...
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...