Opeongo Readers' Theatre

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Live spoken-word performances of classic literature (public domain only) and 19th century Upper Ottawa Valley documents about the shanty history and culture of the Upper Ottawa Valley of Eastern Ontario, Canada.

btconway@scholar-gypsy.com (btconway@scholar-gypsy.com)


    • Jun 9, 2020 LATEST EPISODE
    • monthly NEW EPISODES
    • 55m AVG DURATION
    • 32 EPISODES


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    Latest episodes from Opeongo Readers' Theatre

    Special Announcement

    Play Episode Listen Later Jun 9, 2020 3:33


    Show moving to The Opeongo Line

    Irish Funny Bones

    Play Episode Listen Later Mar 16, 2020 59:50


    Recorded in Maynooth in April, 2019

    Love & Marriage: Three Comedies by Anton Chekhov

    Play Episode Listen Later Feb 8, 2020 71:27


    Recorded in front of live audience at the Madawaska Community Centre in Madawaska Ontario, Februrary 7th , 2020

    Classic Christmas

    Play Episode Listen Later Dec 14, 2019 54:23


    Performed live at the Hastings Highlands Public Library in Maynooth, Ontario on Friday, December 13th

    Once There Was A War

    Play Episode Listen Later Dec 14, 2019 93:02


    Performed at the Hasting Highlands Public Library in Maynooth, Ontario on November 8th, 2019

    St. Lawrence O'Toole Parish

    Play Episode Listen Later Jul 21, 2019 70:24


    Recorded at St. Lawrence O'Toole Church, Barry's Bay, Ontario on Sunday, July 14th, 2019

    Madawaska

    Play Episode Listen Later Jul 14, 2019 57:11


    Performed in front of a live audience at the Old Barry's Bay Railway Station on June 30th, 2019

    Sometimes a Great Nation I

    Play Episode Listen Later Jul 1, 2019 56:36


    The first set of a show celebrating great Canadian speeches and commentaries about the Canadian identity recorded in front of a live audience at the train station in Barry's Bay, Ontario Canada, on Thursday, June 27th 2019

    Sometimes a Great Nation II

    Play Episode Listen Later Jul 1, 2019 58:57


    Great Canadian speeches and commentaries about Canada and the Canadian Identity performed in front of a live audience in Barry's Bay, Ontario, June 27th, 2019

    Old School Barry's Bay, 1894

    Play Episode Listen Later May 20, 2019 63:57


    Performed live at the Barry's Bay Railway Station, May 16th, 2019

    Life & Times of Mrs. Shalla

    Play Episode Listen Later May 2, 2019 75:45


    Recorded live at the Opeongo Seniors Centre in Barry's Bay, Ontario on May 1st, 2019.

    Leprechauns & Banshees

    Play Episode Listen Later Mar 18, 2019 70:28


    A live performance of Irish Fairytales and folklore on March 14th, 2019 at the Public Library in Barry's Bay, Ontario, Canada

    Shenanigans & Malarkey

    Play Episode Listen Later Mar 14, 2019 54:01


    A live performance at the Opeongo Seniors' Centre in Barry's Bay, Ontario, Canada on March 14th, 2019

    The Tartan Show

    Play Episode Listen Later Jan 27, 2019 49:26


    A tribute to Robert Burns presented live on January 26th, 2019 at Barry's Bay, Ontario, Canada

    An Opeongo Christmas

    Play Episode Listen Later Dec 17, 2018 36:06


    Performed in front of a live audience on December 14th, 2018 in Whitney, Ontario, Canada

    Sweet Bells Jangle

    Play Episode Listen Later Dec 16, 2018 82:37


    Performed before a live audience at the Church of the Epiphany in Barry's Bay, Ontario, Canada, December 16th, 2018.

    A Canadian Christmas

    Play Episode Listen Later Dec 14, 2018 79:39


    A Live performance at the Killaloe & District Public Library in Killaloe, Ontario, Canada on December 13th, 2018.

    Santa's Giggles & Chuckles

    Play Episode Listen Later Dec 13, 2018 86:18


    A live performance on December 11th, 2018 at the Public Library in Maynooth, Ontario, Canada

    Remember Me (Barry's Bay Legion Edition)

    Play Episode Listen Later Nov 17, 2018 63:05


    A live performance at the Royal Canadian Legion, Branch 406, Barry's Bay, Ontario, Canada on November 11, 2018.

    Remember Me (Maynooth Edition)

    Play Episode Listen Later Nov 15, 2018 70:02


    A live performance at the Hastings Highlands Public Library, Maynooth, Ontario, Canada on November 12th, 2018

    Remember Me (Whitney Edition)

    Play Episode Listen Later Nov 15, 2018 62:35


    Recorded Live in Whitney, Ontario, Canada, November 9th, 2018

    The Water Show - 2nd Set

    Play Episode Listen Later Aug 28, 2018 31:31


    A live performance at the Public Library in the Township of South Algonquin on 27th August 2018 in Whitney, Ontario, Canada

    The Water Show - 1st Set

    Play Episode Listen Later Aug 28, 2018 50:33


    A live performance on 27 August 2018 at the Public Library in the Township of South Algonquin, Whitney, Ontario, Canada

    An Irish Gathering - 2nd Set

    Play Episode Listen Later Aug 17, 2018 47:06


    A live performance in Killaloe, Ontario, Canada on 16th August 2018

    An Irish Gathering - 1st Set

    Play Episode Listen Later Aug 17, 2018 40:17


    A live performance in Killaloe, Ontario, Canada on 16th August 2018

    Peter Rabbit and Other Tales

    Play Episode Listen Later Aug 10, 2018 48:45


    Frances Mawson of the Opeongo Reader's Theatre reads seven tales by Beatrix Potter including Peter Rabbit.

    Fishing with Leacock

    Play Episode Listen Later Jul 9, 2018 51:20


    Mark Woermke of the Opeongo Reader's Theatre reading five fishing stories by Stephen Leacock

    Polish Greats - Prose

    Play Episode Listen Later Apr 30, 2018 49:21


    A live performance on 28 April 2018 of great Polish writers including four Nobel Prize winning authors as performed in Barry's Bay, Ontario Canada by the Opeongo Reader's Theatre

    Polish Greats - Poetry

    Play Episode Listen Later Apr 30, 2018 33:11


    A live performance of great Polish writers including four Nobel Prize winning authors as performed by the Opeongo Reader's Theatre in Barry's Bay, Ontario, Canada.

    Spring Thaw (Act III)

    Play Episode Listen Later Apr 5, 2018 38:46


    Act III of Spring Thaw

    Spring Thaw (Act II)

    Play Episode Listen Later Apr 5, 2018 29:09


    Act II of Spring Thaw

    Spring Thaw (Act I)

    Play Episode Listen Later Apr 5, 2018 30:39


    A live spoken-word performance of some classic public domain works of such as Robert Louis Stevenson, Lewis Carroll, Stephen Leacock and others, along with some local 19th Century lyrics, stories and travelogues of interest to people familiar with the shanty history and culture of the Upper Ottawa Valley and Algonquin Park area of Eastern Ontario, Canada.

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