LOVE, LUST AND… POULTRY?

Sudbury Theatre Centre is ready to shake off the dust and spring into the warmer weather with their latest offering The Birds and the Bees! Gail is an empty-nester quietly tending to her bees in her retirement. Sarah has spent 20 years artificially inseminating turkeys at the expense of her marriage. Suddenly this mother-daughter duo find themselves unexpected roommates navigating life, career and online dating. Featuring performances by Julia Dyan (Wrong for Each Other, Foster Festival, Crees in The Caribbean, Magnus Theatre), Wilex Ly (STC debut), William Vickers (a 23-year member of the Shaw Festival Acting Ensemble), and Karen Wood (eight seasons at the Stratford Festival). Catch The Birds and the Bees on stage at STC April 11^th – 21^st with a pay what you can performance on April 13^th. Support your local theatre and take a seat for a good night out!

Gail, a retired empty-nester, has been quietly raising bees in solitude. Unexpectedly, her grown daughter Sarah returns home; it seems twenty years of artificially inseminating turkeys have taken a toll on Sarah’s love life, and she and her husband are through. As both women set about putting their lives back in order and reacquaint themselves with living under the same roof, they are visited by a strapping, young grad student who has come to study the declining bee population. Throw in a meddlesome neighbour, a little Internet dating, and a pair of tickets to the last-ever Turkey Days Dance, and love, lust, and poultry come together in a raucously funny comedy with a huge, honeyed heart.

Tickets for The Birds and the Bees are available at www.sudburytheatre.com or at STC (170 Shaughnessy St). The show runs from April 11^th – 21^st with a pay what you can presentation on Saturday, April 13^th. Coming up next for the theatre is their final presentation of their Voices of the Rock series with songs and stories from Patrick Rheal Therrien, May 11^th in the Steve’s Encore Lounge.