World Theatre Day
March 27th, 2024
Mayor Yvonne Hamlin proclaimed March 27, as World Theatre Day in Collingwood. Council Members & Representatives from Theatre Collingwood, Gaslight Theatre & Theatre Georgian Bay took centre stage for a photo op.
Read the full proclamation here
Bay Watch-
Dan Needles Page to Stage
April 2023
Dan Needles “Page To Stage” writing program:
Gaslight Theatre’s “Page To Stage” writing program is taught by Dan Needles. Over 5 weeks, writers create ten minute scenes, 4 of which will be chosen for a stage reading in April at Simcoe St. Theatre.
Watch video here
Bay Watch-
Old News Gaslight Tour
October 2023
The annual Gaslight Community Theatre Production is a sought after ticket each year. This year they’ve creatively brought old Collingwood headlines to life on stage with 4 plays performed in one evening at The Simcoe Street Theatre. See link to Bay Watch video here
Penny Skelton Show
December 2023
Penny Skelton chats with Janet Wilkinson & Dawn Hanley from Gaslight Community Theatre Productions. See link to Rogers tv here
Gaslight Tours 2023- Sponsor Night
Oct 24th, 2023
Old News, The Armchair Tour
VIEW FULL GALLERY from mycollingwood.ca
‘Personal link to out-of-work shipbuilders inspires Gaslight play’
Collingwood Today, Erika Engel,
Having gone through the closure of a factory and the tragic fallout, playwright Kathy Felice felt close to the story of Collingwood’s shipbuilders whose lives were changed in 1986 when the last whistle blew.
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‘Playwright uses family mystery to tell Collingwood stories’
Collingwood Today, Erike Engel,
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‘Playwright peruses old classifieds for a Wild Goose Chase’
Collingwood Today, Erika Engel, Sep 20, 2023
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‘Playwright uncovers the true story of a 1923 fire at the Tremont’
Collingwood Today, Erika Engel, Sep 19, 2023
Gaslight Tours 2022- Sponsor Night
Oct 26th, 2022
Unsolved Mysteries
Collingwood’s ‘Unsolved Mysteries’ take centre stage for this year’s Gaslight Tour
Oct 25th, 2022
This year the Gaslight Tour theme is unsolved mysteries and features four plays by four women who have crafted their mysteries around Collingwood history.
The Stage Door Episode #1
July 8th, 2020
Guests: Laurie May (Gaslight Community Theatre Productions) and Canadian playwright, Dan Needles
Show Sponsors: Huronia Alarms and TD Bank
Returning Gaslight playwright tells story of Collingwood’s first hospital
Janet Wilkinson is back with her third play for the Collingwood Gaslight Tour later this month. Photo by John KnoxAbout 130 years ago, Collingwood residents were preparing to open the...
2019 New playwright uses bonds of friendship to bring Collingwood history to life
Alex Pritchard is a new playwright to Gaslight Tours. Photo by John KnoxAlex Pritchard, a debut playwright for this year’s Gaslight Tour, has written a play about three women who...
2019 Gaslight Tour play will pair hockey and corsets for “Herstory” of Collingwood
Melissa Shaw is one of this years' four Gaslight Tour playwrights who have written about the history of Collingwood women. Photo by John KnoxMelissa Shaw, museum assistant at Collingwood...
2019 Playwright shines Gaslight on Collingwood woman who helped save British children from starvation
Dawn Hanley is a veteran playwright with Gaslight Tour, and has written this years' script about Madge, a Collingwood-born women who helped start the British Women's Institute. Photo by...