NEWS RELEASE
SIMCOE STREET THEATRE
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“What will they think of us?” That’s the question asked in 100 Years from Now – Tom Thomson and the Great War, a folk musical created and performed by Collingwood’s Shipyard Kitchen Party.
After a successful debut at Nottawa Hall for Remembrance Day, the show returns to Collingwood’s Simcoe Street Theatre on March 9, 2018.
The show combines original songs and archival photographs with the story of a fictional Collingwood family that sends two sons to the western front.
A second story line traces with the relationship between iconic Canadian painter, Tom Thomson, and his love interest, Winnie Trainor. Thomson died mysteriously in Algonquin Park in 1917.
“The Canada we know today was fundamentally shaped a century ago by the Great War,” says director, Julie LeBlanc. “At the same time as men and women were defining it on the battlefield, a great artist was revealing it to us on canvas. This show honours both of those contributions.”
Tickets for the show can be purchased online or by phoning Julie LeBlanc at 705-446-6547.
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