PAST PRODUCTIONS Silverbirch
in Concert The
Penthouse Legend Fawlty
Towers: The Builders & The Wedding Party Pumped Anne
of Green Gables: by L.M. Montgomery 12th
Night: by William Shakespeare Peter
Pan We've all dreamed of going off to a far off place where there are fairies and pirates and people who can fly whenever and wherever they want. A land where you never have to grow up, and a land where most dreams do come true and it's all yours to enjoy in Seventh-Star Productions, "Peter Pan". Bask in the dazzling colors and listen to the enchanting tunes of this great show as you watch the one and only Peter Pan fly into your hearts and battle evil away. This great family musical ran Thursday November 20 to Saturday November 29 at 7:30pm and with matinees on Saturday 22 and 29 at 3:00pm all at the Uxbridge Music Hall. Pictures MacBeth A perfect treat for Halloween when Shakespeare's MacBeth arrives at the door step of the Thomas Foster Mausoleum. Deceit, death and villainous activities... All these words bring on Shakespeare's Scottish tale of evil and darkness and supernatural cult. Witches, apparitions and walking woods prevail in a play of blood and battle. However, honor prevails and 'the Scottish' play reminds us of a king's duty to protect the weak. Performances took place at the Thomas Foster Mausoleum on Thursday October 23-Saturday 25 and Thursday October 30 and Friday October 31, 2003 at 8:00pm. Pictures Fawlty
Towers Will you be able to handle this one? A double episode of Fawlty Towers is coming to Uxbridge. Starting with the first episode: "A Touch of Class" where Basil finds that a 'Lord' is coming to stay at his hotel. What happens when things start to go missing? and jewels turn up in the oddest of places. What does Basil end up doing with Lord Melbury in the end? Days never seem to go right for the Fawlty's. That's where the next episode: "Waldorf Salad" arrives when some American guests are visiting the jolly ol' land and decide to stay at the towers. But, what happens when Terry, the chef, leaves and Basil is left to make the food? Performances took place at the Uxbridge Music Hall on Friday September 12 and Saturday September 13, 2003 at 8:00pm. Pictures Romeo
and Juliet William Shakespeare's tragic tale of the world's most famous star-crossed couple brings us one step to the true understanding of true love when Romeo spies Juliet across a crowded dance floor, he speaks aloud what may be the perfect description of love at first sight: "If my heart e'r loved till now, forswear it sight! For I ne'er saw true beauty till this night." Performances took place at the enchanting Thomas Foster Mausoleum just north of Uxbridge July 17-19, 2003. Pictures My
Fair Lady Love... Laughter... Linguistics: all the ingredients to the upcoming production of My Fair Lady being performed at the Uxbridge Music Hall Thursday November 14 to Saturday November 23 at 7:30 pm with matinees on Saturday 16 & 23 at 3:00 pm. When Pickering wagers Professor Higgins if he can teach a lower class woman to speak proper English, he finds Eliza Doolittle, a lower class peasant, to be the perfect experiment. "Why Can't The English Learn to Speak?" asks Higgins as he begins teaching Eliza the ins and outs of the "Proper" English Language. "Wouldn't it be Lovely" if she could only grasp this wonderful language instead of speaking the peasants' tongue. Enjoy the antics and tribulations as we see all of the ins and outs of Higgins' teachings while Eliza tries to see "The rain in Spain" taking place down on Main at the Uxbridge Music Hall in November.Pictures A
Christmas Carol What
better way to celebrate the Christmas season than by coming to this years
production of A Christmas Carol.
The
Legend of Sleepy Hollow The
wind howls, an owl hoots in the darkness and the clip-clop of a lone horse
is heard before a blood curdling scream. The rider is HEADLESS!
In the cold grey walls of the Thomas Foster mausoleum, Halloween has arrived
with the The Legend of Sleepy Hollow by Washington Irving. The ground
of the mausoleum will be appropriately enhanced to further create the
atmosphere of the night. Guests will first have a guided tour of
the grounds by local historian and museum curator Alan McGillivray, where
he will explore the design, structure, tapestries and reasons for why
the building was created. Then taking you down into the lower level
of the building to view the crypts and preparation facilities. After
the tour you'll then be invited into the main level where the story of
Ichabod Crane and the headless horseman will be read by well-known actor
Neil Crone, known for performances in American Psycho II - The Girl
who wouldn’t Die, Bait, Pushing Tin, Against the Ropes with Meg Ryan,
The Farm with Al Pacino and many more, in costume, amid special
lighting. Performed on October 25 & 26 at 7:30 PM. at the
Thomas Foster Memorial THE
SOUND OF MUSIC Seventh-Star had not just one, but two successful runs of The Sound of Music. One in November 2001 and the other in February/March 2002. Performing to sold-out audiences the cast and crew had a blast along with the Audience. On the opening performance of the second run, we decided to host a 'sing-a-long' performance, which had a tremendous response. The Story of the Sound of Music starts when a postulant proves too high-spirited for the religious life, she is dispatched to serve as governess for the seven children of a widowed naval Captain. Her growing love towards the youngsters, alongside with her generosity of spirit, gradually captures the heart of the stern Captain, and they marry. Upon returning from their honeymoon they discover that Austria has been invaded by the Nazis, who demand the Captain's immediate service in their navy. The family makes a narrow escape over the mountains to Switzerland on the eve of World War II providing one of the most thrilling and inspirational finales ever presented in the theatre. Performances to took place at the Uxbridge Music Hall on November 15-16, 2001 at 7:30 PM and November 17, 2001, at 3:00 and 7:30 PM. And on February 28-March 1, 2002 at 7:30 PM and March 2 at 3:00 PM and 7:30 PM. Pictures Fawlty
Towers When Basil mistakes two guests in the hotel for Hotel Inspectors, he feels inclined to 'wine and dine' his guests while ignoring the others. But when Manuel, Polly, Basil and Sybil all make the mistake on getting their meals wrong chaos breaks out as Basil tries to correct the problem when the real inspector arrives. Pictures Are
You Being Served Join Capt. Peacock, Mr. Humphries, Miss Brahms and Mrs. Slocomb in this uproariously funny English comedy about the lives of around a dozen quirky people that work in a department store. Join the cast as we journey through the Grace Brothers department store. Pictures Just two evenings of romance, fury and passion, as we embark on a journey of fantasy, splendor and truth. Puck, the principal character, and also a fairy of the woods, brings out the best in everyone as he transforms a pretentious man into an ass of himself, and a pair of couples into jealous and unknowing lovers for an interesting outcome. To add to the flavors of this whimsical production, Shakespeare has added one more interesting twist. A play within the play, to exhaust the laughter and entertainment of what really happens within a real production. Performed on the newly built Uxbridge Rotarian Bandshell in Elgin Park. Performances took place Friday, July 20 and Saturday, 21 at 7:30 PM. Pictures The year-end production for Seventh-Star Productions was " The Wizard of Oz", the greatest children's show came to the Uxbridge Music Hall between Thursday November 30 and Saturday December 09. A tornado rips through Kansas and carries Dorothy (Elizabeth Elming), her dog Toto and her farmhouse to a magical land brimming with mystery and intrigue. When the tornado touches down, Dorothy and her dog, Toto, emerge unscathed, only to realize that their house landed right on top of a wicked witch killing her instantly in a land called Munchkin land (hosted by the Uxbridge Youth Choir). Young Dorothy feels only horror about killing the witch, but others in the land rejoice that the evil old witch is dead singing "Ding! Dong! The Witch is Dead!" Dorothy finds this confusing, and feeling totally out of her element, she embarks on a journey after being rushed out of the land of Munchkin land by the other evil witch, the Wicked witch of the West (Alicia Moore), to find a wizard (Dr. Fred Cotie) who can show her the way back to Kansas. While on her journey she meets many different creatures. A Scarecrow (Zach McKendrick), a Tin man (Mark Kennedy) a lion (Steve Wilson), a barrel of monkeys, lions, tigers and bears, oh my! Join the fun, see what it takes Dorothy to get back to Kansas. The Wizard of Oz was reprised at the Peterborough Showplace Theatre on June 08 and June 09 2001. Pictures William Shakespeare's tragic tale of the world's most famous star-crossed couple brings us one step to the true understanding of true love when Romeo spies Juliet across a crowded dance floor, he speaks aloud what may be the perfect description of love at first sight: "If my heart e'r loved till now, forswear it sight! For I ne'er saw true beauty till this night." Performances were July 13-15, 2000 Port Perry Town Hall 1873. Pictures Fawlty Towers, the hit British comedy written by John Cleese and Connie Booth, came to Uxbridge on Friday 15 October 1999 Friday 15 and 26 November 1999. Starting on Friday, October 15 we brought you the very first episode of Fawlty Towers ever to be produced by Seventh-Star Productions. Performed in Uxbridge's very own Royal Canadian Legion (Branch 170) located at 109 Franklin Street, Ontario at 8:00 P.M. Click here for pictures: Pictures Episode #1: "A TOUCH OF CLASS". This episode brought us all in-tune with the bumbling of Basil Fawlty and his newest employee Manuel. While he tries to teach Manuel English he also tries to manage a hotel. We found out exactly why Basil loves his job so much. Performance: Oct. 15 1999, 8:00 PM. Click here for pictures: Pictures Episode #2: "THE BUILDERS". Welcome to Fawlty Towers, home of the famous Basil Fawlty who has been left in charge because his wife Sybil is away. Getting some work done around the hotel he hires someone that Sybil does not approve of. Mr. O'Reilly, the man to do all the work for Basil, not Sybil, tries his best to solve everyone of Basil's problems with the building before Sybil comes back. And exactly how sturdy was that hotel? Performance October 27, 1999 8:00 PM. Click here for pictures: Pictures Episode #3: "COMMUNICATION PROBLEMS". Why do they have so many problems at this hotel? We all found out exactly what happens when some of the guests can't hear Basil, understand Manuel or see anything in the hotel. Basil's big problem is with life and why Sybil keeps on him about it, and while things just seem to be getting better all the time, Basil drops a priceless vase, which he has to pay back using his gambling money. November 05, 1999. Click here for pictures: Pictures Episode #4: THE KIPPER AND THE CORPSE As things seem to be going all right for our fabulous Basil Fawlty, life for him and the rest of the staff at Fawlty Towers is in for a very large surprise. One of the guests dies and Basil thinks that it is all his fault. Moving the body from room to room and surprising some of the guests in the hotel Basil and Manuel try and come up with a plan that will make sure that no one sees the dead Mr. Leeman. But it doesn't seem to be that easy. Performed Friday, 18 Feb. 2000 at the Uxbridge Music Hall at 8:00 P.M. Uxbridge Music Hall. Click here for pictures: Pictures Episode #5: BASIL THE RAT When the hotel inspector arrives at the door step of the Fawlty's, Basil is told that his hotel must be cleaned up before the inspector gives it a clean bill. However, Manuel has a pet. A pet rat. With the persistence of Basil and Sybil to rid their hotel of a rat, Manuel lets the rat go in the back yard only to find out that it has returned for a snack. Jumping from table to table, Basil, the rat, has to caught and disposed of before the inspector sees it or eats it. Performance: Friday Oct. 06, 2000, 8:00 PM, Uxbridge Music Hall. Click here for pictures: Pictures This
zany dark-comedy revolves around the sweet Brewster sisters: Abby and
Martha. The home and the sisters are reminiscent of the of Victorian charm
of another era. The sisters share their home with their nephew, Teddy,
who believes himself to be Theodore Roosevelt. The "Back to the Fifties" nostalgic musical was performed in December of 1997 at Uxbridge Music Hall to 'sold out' performances every night. Riding on this success, we staged a reprise at the historic Town Hall 1873 in Port Perry in August, 1998. Again, sold out performances every night took hundreds 'back to the rock n' rollin' fifties'. Click here for Pictures Fantasy, wonder,... Shakespeare? One of the most beloved and enjoyable of William Shakespeare is A Midsummer Night's Dream. Staged both in Uxbridge and Port Perry in the summer of 1998, this masterpiece once more delighted all who came out to enjoy this perennial favorite. From the darkness of Oberon to the whimsy of Puck to the comedic adventure of the players in the 'play with-in the play', A Midsummer Night's Dream is another success that will become a part of the Seventh-Star Productions repertoire. Click here for Pictures This is the story of Jacob Mercer, a young man who has just returned from Coley's Point, Newfoundland. His ambition is to win back the love of his former sweetheart, Mary Snow. Mary however, has become engaged to the wealthy Jerome MacKenzie, and as Jacob soon discovers, she is still hurt from the last time she and Jacob met. This sensitive and poignant story, based in Canada and told by Canadian Playwright David French was performed first in Port Perry in June 1997 and popular demand brought it to Uxbridge that same summer. Salt-Water Moon was the first production for Seventh-Star Productions and certainly not the last. Click here for Pictures |