Now & Then

In this episode we have some new guests, both under the name Read. The first is some tunes from my late father Alexander "Ragtime" Read who would've celebrated his 100th birthday this month. And the other is another Randy Read who's the artistic director of the New Stages theatre company in Peterborough. Who would have guessed two people with the same name also love the same industry?!! 00:27 - In...

Our newest episode has some familiar voices; the theatre’s general manager Craig Metcalf, our historian Ian D. McKechnie and former theatre president Ray Marshall. But that’s far from all! Ian is going to be discussing legendary Lindsay actor and producer Dennis Sweeting. A local who moved here from Calgary and lived from 1915-2000, he was once the president of ACTRA (The Alliance of Canadian Cine...

This episode has us with Ray Marshall and Jim Brown, two Flato Academy Theatre veterans who have represented the institution for generations! It was incredible talking to them and there’s so much more conversation to be had in the near future with them! TIMECODES 0:00 – Intro/Mary Convo 7:07 – Jim Brown Pt. 1 12:49 – Ray Marshall 30:14 – Jim Brown Pt. 2 41:45 – Upcoming Events 43:30 – Outro

For this episode we will be talking to some of our previous guests; Craig Metcalf, Ghost Mary, and Ian McKechnie. In addition, we are talking to Pete Paquette of Paquette Productions, who is bringing his Christmas Spectacular here to Kawartha Lakes soon. We also have Jeff Gutteridge from the band Looking for Heather!!! 0:25 – Introduction 1:57 – Craig Metcalf 6:00 – Jeff Gutteridge 10:27 – Allyssa...

Uploaded November 1st, 2022 I have a big handful of people who I interviewed for this episode; a local historian, the manager of the Pie Eyed Monk, the manager of the theatre, some of the cast and crew of the upcoming Seussical musical set to take the stage November 25th-27th, and a little someone named Mary the Ghost! BREAKDOWN 0:00 – Introduction 3:05 – Mary the Ghost 6:07 – Ian McKechnie 21:35...