Live Music

Tweed & Company Theatre presents "Dear Rita - A Musical Toast to Rita MacNeil"

Date:Thursday, June 13, 2024
Time:2 p.m.
Location:    Bancroft Village Playhouse (5 Hastings St. S., Bancroft)
Cost:$38.50 adults, $33.50 seniors 65+, $25 arts workers, $23.50 students and youth

A musical celebration of Cape Breton's first lady of song, Rita MacNeil. Created by Lindsay Kyte and Mike Ross with new, re-imagined arrangements of Rita's music by PEI composer and musician Mike Ross. The cast includes actor-musicians who both sing and play instruments, channelling MacNeil's stories and spirit through their own identities as opposed to a literal depiction of the Canadian icon herself. Evening performances at 7 p.m. from June 12 to 15 with matinee performances at 2 p.m. on June 13, 15, and 16.

For more information and tickets, visit https://www.villageplayhouse.ca/dear-rita.