Live Bait Theatre is a theatre company based in
Sackville, New Brunswick, in
Canada
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. Established in 1988, writer
Arthur Motyer
Arthur Motyer (December 15, 1925 – June 23, 2011) was a Canadian educator, playwright and novelist.
Life and career
Born in Hamilton, Bermuda, the son of building contractor and land developer Ernest Motyer and Edith Brunning, he was educated ...
was the founding chair.
Arthur Motyer obituary
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Performers have included Rita MacNeil, Blackie and the Rodeo Kings, ''This Hour Has 22 Minutes Cathy Jones, Lorne Elliot, and the Barra-MacNeils.
The company has also produced more than 45 mainstage shows, along with a score of Atlantic-themed dinner theatres, musical revues, and other performance events and playwriting/reading workshops.
Playwrights whose works have been performed by the company include Mark Blagrave
Mark Blagrave (born 1956) is a Canadian writer of plays, short stories, and novels, and a former university professor and administrator.
Born in Niagara-on-the-Lake, Blagrave was raised in Southern Ontario and Bermuda before finishing high schoo ...
, Don Hannah
Don Hannah (born in Shediac, New Brunswick) is a Canadian playwright and novelist. He won a Floyd S. Chalmers Canadian Play Award for his first play, ''The Wedding Script''.
He has been playwright in residence at Tarragon Theatre, the Canadian S ...
, and Charlie Rhindress
Charlie Rhindress (born May 9, 1966) is an actor, writer, director and producer living in his hometown of Amherst, Nova Scotia. He was educated at Mount Allison University and is a co-founder and former Artistic Director of Live Bait Theatre, ba ...
.
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Theatre companies in New Brunswick
Tourist attractions in Westmorland County, New Brunswick
1988 establishments in New Brunswick