Welcome back! Artistic Director Gil Garratt joins us for a full preview of the Blyth Festival’s 2026 season — five shows, four (and a half!) world premieres, and a summer full of stories.
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Podcast regular (and Blyth Fest Artistic Director) Gil Garratt is here to walk us through all five shows in the 2026 season. And, as always, he’s got stories.
From a powerful true story of young women taking on a factory in Centralia… to a prairie comedy about drought and desperation… to a brand-new musical about baseball and Shakespeare (yes, really)… it’s a season full of heart, humour, and some big, bold ideas.
There’s also a small-town political satire involving a cat running for mayor — and a hilarious, heartfelt solo show about leaving home and figuring out who you are.
In other words: it’s Blyth.
Four (and a half!) world premieres. A whole new group of artists joining the company. And that particular kind of summer magic that seems to happen here every year.
Dive in, have a listen, and start planning your visit. We can’t wait to welcome you back.
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Credits
Producer/Host: Joanne Wallace
Sound Designer/Engineer: Jim Park
Music: Gotta Give Me Something, (theme); River Run Dry via Epidemic Sound; Eleanor Plunkett, Emmett Cooke via Shockwave Sound; Ode to the Pozo Pioneers, John Starcluster, via Shockwave Sound.
