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Theatre reopens after flood

The Creekside Theatre in Lake Country is open again, four months after thousands of gallons of water dropped into the facility.

The theatre flooded when the emergency deluge system was triggered, sending water on the theatre's floor, rigging, drapes and seating.

Creekside reopened last Friday with a sold out Beatles tribute show.

“We would like to thank our partner in this joint use facility, School District 23, in doing an amazing job leading the renovation process,” said Ryan Donn, cultural development co-ordinator. 

“We are so appreciative of the community patience as we recovered from the flood in June. We chose to use the mandate “the show must go on” and for September and the first week of October held our shows in the gymnasium or Winfield Memorial Hall.”

Donn says they are focussing on the final few shows of the fall season.

These include:

  • MILF Life Crisis happens this Saturday (October 21st) and is almost sold out. This show is one woman’s hilarious take on the challenge of midlife dating (after divorce).
  • Vishten (Nov 17th) with special guests the YoungUns blend traditional Celtic and Acadian songs and instrumentals.
  • Country stars: Chris Buck Band perform Nov 23rd as we test doing our first country show at the Creekside in many years. Our own local rising star, Ben Klick, opens the show.
  • TrainWreck Comedy: Wes Barker wraps up our comedy season this fall on November 25th.
  • Lastly we want to start doing more classical at the Creekside and we will be hosting a free solo recital featuring Luke Welch on Sunday Nov 16th in the afternoon.

Click here for show scheduled and ticket information.



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