4th Line Theatre is marking its 25th anniversary season with a fundraising gala at 8 p.m. on Saturday, February 27 at Peterborough’s Market Hall.
While premium tickets are sold out, general admission tickets for $32.50 are still available. You can purchase them by calling the 4th Line Theatre box office at 705-932-4445 (toll-free at 1-800-814-0055) or online at tickets.4thlinetheatre.on.ca.
The gala evening, a celebration of the past 24 seasons and a look ahead to the 25th season, features a two-set concert by Beau Dixon. In the first set, Dixon will perform duets with some of his favourite local musicians and, in the second set, he’ll perform in SLIPS ‘n’ The High Fives featuring funk music in the style of artists like Stevie Wonder, Marvin Gaye and Sly Stone.
Musicians joining Dixon at the gala event including Dave Tough, Chelsey Bennett, Tom Reader, Rob Phillips, Andrew Affleck, Curtis Cronkwright, Mike Skinner, and special guest Melissa Payne.
The event also features silent auctions and a live auction, featuring packages and prizes including Florida and Quebec City getaways, sports and leisure items, spa and shopping, artwork by local artists, and more.
The emcees for the evening will be 4th Line actors Paul Braunstein and Monica Dottor, both of whom will return to the Winslow farm this August for the highly anticipated remount of Alex Poch-Goldin’s The Bad Luck Bank Robbers which had a sold-out run in 2015.
4th Line Theatre is opening its 25th anniversary season on June 28 with the debut of Maja Ardal’s The Hero of Hunter Street, marking the 100th anniversary of a devastating fire at the Quaker Oats Factory in Peterborough. Dottor stars as Laura O’Brien in this play that examines the nature of heroism and the rebuilding of a community shaken by disaster.
Both The Bad Luck Bank Robbers and The Hero of Hunter Street will be directed by 4th Line’s Managing Artistic Director Kim Blackwell.
Funds raised at the Silver Lining Gala will go towards 4th Line’s off-season productions this year, which include Paul Braunstein and Monica Dottor’s Hallowe’en Walk of Terror in Millbrook in October and an Ontario tour of Ian McLachlan and Robert Winslow’s Wounded Soldiers in November (in partnership with the Canadian Mental Health Association).
For more information on 4th Line Theatre and the 25th anniversary season, visit www.4thlinetheatre.on.ca.
