4th Line Theatre 30 Years of Canadian Plays

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Idyllic, rural, and quintessentially Canadian, each year the 4th Line Theatre Company presents Canadian plays – written by and about Canadians; small town stories or broad national sagas that touch a nerve in all of us.

For 30 seasons, 4th Line Theatre has been bringing history to life on the barnyard stages of a rustic 5th generation farm in Millbrook, Ontario, between Peterborough and Port Hope. This magical theatre presents unforgettable outdoor entertainment on an epic scale. Thousands of visitors, young and old alike fall in love with the Winslow Farm experience complete with picnics, birdsong and sunsets in the country.

In July, see the world premiere of D’Arcy Jenish’s The Tilco Strike. The play explores the true story of the Tilco Plastics strike in Peterborough, Ontario in the 1960s. It is a fascinating story of 35 women willing to risk it all to earn a living wage while a community rallies around them. Infused with original music, performed live in the barnyard and featuring a star-studded cast, you won’t want to miss this one.

This August, 4th Line presents the theatre’s flagship play, Robert Winslow’s The Cavan Blazers. This gritty, intense play chronicles the religious conflict between Catholic and Protestant Irish settlers in Cavan Township in the early to mid-nineteenth century. With a cast of 50 actors, horses, chickens and non-stop action, this play has the audience on the edge of its seat from start to finish. Get your tickets before they’re gone!

For 4th Line Theatre’s 31st summer season, Managing Artistic Director Kim Blackwell is excited to produce “two very different plays, that at their core explore the two-sides of the coin of the collective.”

Visit the idyllic Winslow Farm this summer as 4th Line Theatre embarks on its 4th decade of producing epic outdoor theatre. “I invite you to the Farm in 2023,” says Blackwell, “to sit under the blue skies of an Ontario summer and experience the very best of what we do – create epic Canadian theatre.”

9 Tupper Street, Millbrook Box Office 705-932-4445

Toll-Free – 800-814-0055 boxoffice@4thlinetheatre.on.ca

Photo Credits:

Right – 4th Line Theatre’s Managing Artistic Director Kim Blackwell

Top – Crow Hill: The Telephone Play, 2018. Photo by Wayne Eardley,

Brookside Studio.

Left – The Cavan Blazers, 2011. Photo by Wayne Eardley, Brookside Studio.

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