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The 2026 season is bursting with the humour, humanity, and heart that Lighthouse Festival is known for. We’ll kick it all off by hitting the road with The Beaver Club, a riotous ride from Toronto to Newfoundland with four women in search of new beginnings. From there, we travel to paradise in Crees in the Caribbean, a heartfelt and witty escape. We’ll get caught up in wild undercover antics in the World Premiere of Ephraim Ellis’ Secret Service, then attend Liars at a Funeral, a hilarious farce where family secrets refuse to stay buried. We’ll dive into romantic misadventures with Norm Foster’s A Woman’s Love List, and close with a true celebration: Get Down Tonight: The Ultimate 70’s Soundtrack—a joyful, toe-tapping tribute to the music that defined a generation.
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2026 Summer Season
Shows & Dates
THE BEAVER CLUB
Port Dover May 27 – June 13, 2026
Port Colborne June 17 – 28, 2026
WRITTEN BY BARB SCHEFFLER
Four very different women set off on an unexpected road trip from Ontario to Newfoundland and discover it’s never too late to rewrite our stories. What begins as a simple ladies’ social club quickly turns into a cross-country adventure filled with laughter, roadside disasters, buried secrets, and a deepened sense of friendship. Along the way, Radiance, Karen, Eunice, and Yvette discuss grief, love, and a few regrets all against the breathtaking backdrop of Canada’s vast landscape.
Bursting with sharp comedy, heartfelt honesty, and distinctly Canadian charm, The Beaver Club is a joyful celebration of friendship, freedom, and the courage it takes to keep living life fully…at any age. Equal parts hilarious and moving, this warm-hearted comedy reminds us that sometimes the longest journeys bring us closest to ourselves.
CREES IN THE CARIBBEAN
Port Dover June 17 – July 4 2026
Port Colborne July 8 – 19, 2026
WRITTEN BY DREW HAYDEN TAYLOR
Crees in the Caribbean by Drew Hayden Taylor is a delightfully witty yet deeply touching play about Evie and Cecil Poundmaker, a Cree couple celebrating their 35th anniversary with their first trip abroad—a Mexican resort vacation gifted by their children.
The comedy sparkles as this fish-out-of-water couple navigates resort life with laugh-out-loud exchanges rooted in decades of shared history. Curmudgeonly Cecil and spirited Evie fill the stage with humorous banter, but the play unfolds as a truly heartfelt journey as memories resurface, and Evie gently pushes Cecil to seize each moment. In addition, their new friendship with Manuela, their young housekeeper, is profoundly moving.
This play is a beautiful, poignant story celebrating human connection across cultures; the comic joy of love rekindled and self-discovery in later life against an idyllic backdrop.
SECRET SERVICE
WORLD PREMIERE
Port Dover July 8 – 25, 2026
Port Colborne July 29 – August 9, 2026
WRITTEN BY EPHRAIM ELLIS
Welcome to Il Glorioso Buco, Toronto’s swankiest Italian restaurant. The atmosphere is thick with… espionage? A crack team of international spies has taken over the kitchen, using marinara as camouflage for a top-secret sting operation.
Enter Harry Marsden: an eternal optimist, who thinks he’s just starting a regular old waiter gig. Armed only with a serving tray and way too much enthusiasm, Harry has no idea he’s just walked into the culinary equivalent of a James Bond blooper reel.
Ephraim Ellis’s world premiere Secret Service is a riotous rollercoaster of laughter and subterfuge. It’s Mission: Impossible meets MasterChef in a farcical feast.
LIARS AT A FUNERAL
Port Dover July 29 – August 15, 2026
Port Colborne August 19 – 30, 2026
WRITTEN BY SOPHIA FABIILLI
Family reunions are hard enough without faking a funeral, but that’s exactly what Grandma Mavis has cooked up. When a blizzard traps a wildly dysfunctional family inside a drafty funeral parlour, the sparks fly faster than the power lines go down.
Over one increasingly unhinged day, skeletons are flung from closets, and secrets are spilled like cheap wine. Five actors play nine roles in a whirlwind of crazy characters, and one enthusiastic funeral director.
Liars at a Funeral is a gloriously over-the-top tribute to family, forgiveness, and the fine art of pretending everything’s fine. It’s the perfect send-off for anyone who thinks their family is a little bit nuts – until they see this one.
A WOMAN’S LOVE LIST
Port Dover August 26 – September 12, 2026
Port Colborne September 16 – 27, 2026
WRITTEN BY NORM FOSTER
Megan and Carly write down a list of qualities for the perfect man, and to their surprise, he appears! But perfection proves to be a moving target. As they begin tweaking the list – Blaze Wilson, their masterpiece, responds in kind, morphing from one personality to the next faster than you can say “emotional whiplash. Things get even messier when Blaze discovers the list and takes matters into his own hands.
Full of rapid-fire dialogue, bizarre romantic detours, and enough twists to qualify as cardio, A Woman’s Love List is a hilarious exploration of modern relationships and why love can’t be measured by bullet points.
SEASON TOPPER
Get Down Tonight (The Ultimate 70’s Soundtrack)
Port Dover September 15 – 26,2026
Port Colborne September 30 – October 3, 2026
CREATED BY LEISA WAY
STARRING LEISA WAY & THE WAYWARD WIND BAND
Lighthouse Festival’s 2026 Season Topper is a high-energy celebration of the unforgettable music of the 70’s! From the glittering dance floors of disco to the coffee houses of folk, to the classic anthems of rock, this electrifying concert features hits from The Eagles, Led Zeppelin, Fleetwood Mac, James Taylor, ABBA, Carole King, Elton John, The Bee Gees, Stevie Wonder, Marvin Gaye, Carly Simon and many, many more. Leisa Way and her sensational Wayward Wind band return to Lighthouse to deliver powerhouse vocals and non-stop nostalgia in this feel-good celebration of the decade that defined a generation. Whether you’re a dancing queen or a rock-and-roll rebel, get ready to sing your heart out, boogie, and Get Down Tonight – because this show is pure 70’s magic from start to finish!
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