CARLYLE - After taking a three-year hiatus due to the pandemic, Carlyle’s Cornerstone Theatre is holding its annual spring dinner theatre production from April 29-May 1 at the Carlyle Memorial Hall.
The group has selected Acting Can Be Murder, a murder mystery-comedy by Eddie McPherson. Cornerstone had begun rehearsing this play in February 2020, only having to quit a month later.
“The action takes place in a community theatre where an amateur group is rehearsing the murder mystery classic, “Which Butler Did It?” A lot of interesting things happen between practices including a murder and a missing body,” said director Dianne Twietmeyer.
There are 14 cast members and several actors are returning. Colleen Easton has the major role in the play. Crowd favourite David Slykhuis performs as does Scrooge In Space lead Monte McNaughton. Other performers include Laurie Fornwald, Grant Taylor, Lane Easton, Jesse Twietmeyer, Erica Armstrong, Korinn Lawrence, Denise Singleton, Megan McAuley, Heather Vermeersch and Joan Bue.
Don Carter has a cameo role.
Tickets are $40 for April 29 and 30, which includes a supper catered by the Royal Canadian Legion. The performance only matinee on May 1 is $20. All tickets are available from Che Cormier at Fengche Flowers on Main Street Carlyle.
The net proceeds from these performances are all donated back to the community, which includes the Legion, the Carlyle Memorial Hall and the Carlyle Foodbank. Twietmeyer expects a good turnout for all three performances and the team has been practising long and often. She added, “We are really excited to finally be performing Acting can be Murder. It’s a fun script and rehearsals have been a blast. Cornerstone Theatre guarantees you a side splitting and gut busting night of comedy.”
