Following a record-setting 2025 season, the Blyth Festival has announced its lineup for next year.
The playbill features five original Canadian productions that Blyth Festival says reflects the humour, pressure, resilience, and vibrancy of rural life.
"Rural life has always demanded resilience," said Blyth Festival Artistic Director Gil Garratt in a media release. "Whether it's economic pressure, political change, or just the realities of weather and work, people here know how to adapt – and how to laugh while they’re doing it. That spirit runs through every one of these sensational plays."
The five productions are Sisters of ‘78 by Kristen Da Silva; Dry Streak by Leeann Minogue; The Last Mayor of Rusty River by David Scott, John Powers, and Gil Garratt; Off-Island Odyssey by Justin Shaw and Curveball: The Fast-Pitch Ladies from the Factory Floor by Kelly McIntosh, Andy Pogson and Stacy Smith.
Garratt says the works feature stories set on factory floors and farm fields, in council chambers and on softball diamonds, each reflecting what rural communities do best: meet tough challenges with grit, humour, and collective effort.
The season welcomes two playwrights making their Blyth Festival debuts – Da Silva and Minogue – and introduces audiences to rising comedian and storyteller Shaw in his first full-scale Blyth production.
The 2026 season of the Blyth Festival runs from June 10 to September 13.
Tickets go on sale to Blyth Festival Members starting January 12, and to the general public in early April.
To learn more about the lineup, visit Blyth Festival's website.
