WORLD PREMIERE
Kait Dueck & Robert Winslow, Crow Hill: the Telephone Play, 2018. Photo by Wayne Eardley, Brookside Studio.
The Housekeeper
Written by Ian McLachlan &
Robert Winslow
July 1 - 19, 2025
Directed by Robert Winslow
July 1 – 19
Previews: July 1, 2
Opening Night: Thursday, July 3
Tuesday to Saturday at 6 pm
With an added Monday performance on
July 14th
Mature Content. Recommended 16+
It is 1955 and a mysterious woman arrives in Millbrook. Eleanor Gwyn is looking for a job and being the housekeeper for widower Walter White might be the perfect fit. Eleanor is hoping to put down roots, find a place to call home and make a fresh start in her life. But is Millbrook ready for Eleanor and her progressive world views? This compelling mystery romance is the fourth in Robert Winslow & Ian McLachlan’s series of plays about Barnardo children and their impact on Canadian culture and history. The Housekeeper ponders the duality of the welcoming and easy nature of small towns with how small towns can be suspicious of outsiders. Mature Content. Recommended 16+.
Photo featuring Megan Murphy by Wayne Eardley, Brookside Studio.
WORLD PREMIERE
Written by Megan Murphy
July 29 - August 30, 2025
Directed by Kim Blackwell
July 29 - August 30
Previews: July 29, 30
Opening Night: Thursday, July 31
Tuesday to Saturday at 6 pm
With an added Monday performance on August 25th
Wild Irish Geese
Wild Irish Geese is the story of Irish settlers and their journey to the Peterborough region. Peter Robinson was the architect of an 1820s emigration plan which saw thousands of Irish families come to Canada to escape the brutal poverty which they were facing in Ireland. Eventually over 2,000 impoverished Irish settled in Scotts Plains, later renamed Peterborough and began their lives anew. These new Canadians planted deep roots in the Peterborough area and have thousands of descendants both locally and across the globe.