Soldiers of Song – A Tribute to the Dumbells will be performed on April 27 at 8pm as part of the Fergus Grand Theatre’s presenting series.
The show is a live performance involving theatre, music and storytelling, based on the original works of the Dumbells, a Canadian concert party who entertained the troops on the front line in the First World War.
If nationhood was won on the crest of Vimy Ridge, it was the Dumbells who provided the country with its earliest soundtrack.
The soldier-entertainers’ journey from Vimy to Vaudeville is now celebrated by award-winning author and two-time Juno Award-nominee Jason Wilson in the new musical-play Soldiers of Song.
Wilson is assisted by Canadian storyteller Lorne Brown, Toronto stage actors Jim Armstrong and Andrew Knowlton, and Marcus Ali and Patrice Barbanchon.
Soldiers of Song is the third and final show in the Fergus Grand Theatre’s “Canada: Now and Then …” presenting series.
It follows on the success of The Great Canadian Songbook this past November, and Sugar and Gold: Stories of the Underground Railroad in February, officials say.
Patrons who attend the show will be the first to hear the details of the upcoming 2018-19 planned presenting series.
Tickets are $35 each and are available by at 519-787-1981 or at www.fergusgrandtheatre.ca.
