The Livery Theatre Goderich Little Theatre
35 South Street N7A 3L4 Goderich, ON, Canada

It’s a Wonderful (Virtual) Life! December 24, 25 & 26 You will be able to view this show through the platform Broadway on Demand. Please check back to this page and we will have a link to the show very shortly! Goderich Little Theatre is pleased to announce that it has found a safe way to continue staging plays in these unusual times. The original cast from this Livery Christmas show in 2017, along with Director Nina Reynolds is back. This time the show will be professio...nally filmed by FauxPop Media in Goderich in a socially-distanced studio. Although anyone will be able to view it online for only $9.99. The cast features Matt Hussey as George Bailey, with Deb Cosford, Floyd Herman, Erin Marshall, Tony McQuail and Bob Marshall. Don’t miss this chance to make staying at home this Christmas a memorable one. After all, it still is A Wonderful Life! See more

#TheatreThursday In 1999, the comedic drama On Golden Pond was brought to the Goderich Little Theatre by director Eric Turner. Retired couple Ethel and Norman Thayer are spending their 48th summer at their vacation home on Golden Pond, in the woods of Maine. When their daughter Chelsea visits for Norman’s 80th birthday, bringing her boyfriend Bill and Bill’s teenage son, Billy Jr., the whole family must come to grips with Norman and Chelsea’s mutual bitterness, while Norman blossoms with his chance to mentor young Billy.

#MotivationMonday Everything can be taken from a man but one thing: the last of the human freedoms to choose one’s attitude in any given set of circumstances, to choose one’s own way. Viktor E. Frankl

As you know we are in the works of getting the radio play It’s a Wonderful Life up and ready for viewing. It’s all new and different for us and will be online, but we wanted to share this memory of the show from 3 years ago. Please watch our page for updates and information about how you’ll be able to watch the show and when it will be available!

Due to the circumstances we are facing with Covid-19, and with concern for the health and safety of our patrons, staff and volunteers, The Livery Theatre will be closed to the public until further notice. More updates will be issued as the current circumstances are monitored. If you have any questions, please contact Cara at [email protected]. Thank you for your patience and cooperation.

#TheatreThursday The Goderich Little Theatre performed the comedy Bedroom Farce in 1991. The play circles around the lives of four intertwining couples in different stages of a relationship. Delia and Ernest, an older couple, are fully comfortable in their nighttime routine. Malcolm and Kate, a fresh young couple, play clever pranks on each other. Jan and Nick settle for co-existing. Susannah and Trevor split up and the chaos they create threatens all of the other relationships.

#TheatreThursday In 1964, the Goderich Little Theatre performed the drama The Chalk Garden. Eccentric Mrs. St Maugham hires the enigmatic Miss Madrigal to be governess to her granddaughter at her country manor house in Sussex. The granddaughter is quite difficult to manage, a precocious liar who fabricates inappropriate stories.

#TheatreThursday In 1987, the Goderich Little Theatre performed Last of the Red Hot Lovers, which was directed by Graham McEwan. Barney Cashman is 47, happily married, the father of three children, a successful businessman, and a man going through a midlife crisis. Barney has come to the realization that his whole life can be summed up in one word: nice. And Barney has realized that nice simply isn’t enough. How many people do you recognize in this cast photo?

STANDING FOR ELECTION TO THE BOARD There are 5 positions to be elected at the AGM on January 17, 2021. If you are interested in becoming a Board member, please contact John Lodge at [email protected] or call the Livery office 519.524.6262 intention to do so must be declared by midnight, November 18, 2020. All Board members must be GLT members 30 days before the Annual General Meeting. If you need a membership, please purchase one online here: https://www.thelivery.ca/buy-tickets

#MotivationMonday "We are cups, constantly and quietly being filled. The trick is knowing how to tip ourselves over and let the beautiful stuff out." Ray Bradbury

#TheatreThursday In 1980, the Goderich Little Theatre performed The Miracle Worker. Blind and deaf after suffering a terrible fever as a baby, Helen Keller has spent years unable to communicate, leaving her frustrated and occasionally violent. As a last chance before she is institutionalized, her parents contact a school for the blind, which sends half-blind Annie Sullivan to teach Helen. Helen is initially resistant, but Annie gradually forms a bond with her and shows Helen ways of reaching others.

#MotivationMonday If you just set out to be liked, you would be prepared to compromise on anything at any time, and you would achieve nothing. Margaret Thatcher

A huge heartfelt thank you to our WONDERFUL sponsors of GLT’s virtual production of It’s A Wonderful Life: A Live Radio Play. Let’s give a round of applause to Melissa Daer Real Estate, Lighthouse Money Management, Cait’s Cafe, MacEwan & Feagan Insurance Brokers Limited and Bruce Power. We couldn’t do this without you!

#MotivationMonday If you’re not making some notable mistakes along the way, you’re certainly not taking enough business and career chances. Sallie Krawcheck

#MotivationMonday At the end of the day, we can endure much more than we think we can. Frida Kahlo

#TheatreThursday Directed by Gail Sully in 1968, Pink String and Sealing Wax is a drama about the adulterous wife of a pub landlord in 1880s Victorian Brighton who wants to rid herself of her abusive husband. She befriends a young man who works in a chemist shop and has access to poison to make him an accomplice in her murder scheme.

#MotivationMonday Take criticism seriously, but not personally. If there is truth or merit in the criticism, try to learn from it. Otherwise, let it roll right off you. Hillary Clinton

#TheatreThursday Waiting for the Parade was presented by the Goderich Little Theatre in 1992. In the play, five Canadian women respond to civilian life during World War II in different ways. Catherine’s husband is overseas, and she copes by working in a mess hall and socializing with another man. Margaret has one son overseas and one who joins the communist party, and she believes both are lost to her. Janet’s husband avoids active service by working for CBC radio, and she compensates by a display of bullying patriotism and volunteer work. Eve, a young school teacher, tries to keep her students from enlisting, and despises the militaristic posturing of her husband. Marta is a German immigrant whose father is interned as a spy. Who do you recognize in this cast photo?

#MotivationMonday What you do makes a difference, and you have to decide what kind of difference you want to make. Jane Goodall

#FashionFriday The era of fashion in the 1930s setting of Night and Day consists of contrasting daywear and eveningwear styles that were inspired by cinema and Hollywood. Women’s evening gowns were made of beautiful satins and silks while men wore tuxedos with draped cut shoulders, tapered sleeves, and peaked lapels. Day dresses came in a variety of patterns: floral, plaid, dots, and more abstract prints. They had clearly defined waists and fell between the mid-calf and just above the ankle. Men’s suits, which were often tweed, were popular with crisp lines and sculptural, defined shoulders. The exaggerated shoulder on both suits and dresses was a hallmark of 1930s fashion and was created through padding, layers of fabric, or other embellishments.

#TheatreThursday Anna Melski directed the comedy Cactus Flower for the Goderich Little Theatre in 1983. Julian, a dentist, pretends to be married to avoid commitment, but when he falls for his girlfriend Toni and proposes, he enlists his assistant Stephanie to pose as his wife. However, Toni refuses to break up his household and decides they must find Stephanie a new beau so everyone can live happily ever after.

#MotivationMonday One of the secrets to staying young is to always do things you don’t know how to do, to keep learning. Ruth Reichl

#TheatreThursday The mystery Murder Mistaken was performed by the Goderich Little Theatre and directed by Ruth Leonard in 1970. Murder is his business and Edward Bare is a successful business man. He is married to Monica, a rich woman many years his senior, Edward waits amicably for her to die. One day, he comes to the mistaken conclusion that she is about to make a will in favor of her sister, and decides that he must hasten her end. But Edward has misjudged the situation, as she meant to leave him with everything, but was unable to due to her untimely murder. Now, he moves on to another potential victim.