Compiled by Richard Young, Publisher & Content Manager, The Beat Magazine 2025
YOU WANT LIVE THEATRE? WE’VE GOT LIVE THEATRE!
Colleening: The Letters and Poetry of Colleen Thibaudeau is on stage this weekend, November 7-9. Friday is almost sold out; best availability Saturday or Sunday!
Featuring Katy Clark, Paul Grambo, and Kydra Ryan!
alvegoroottheatre.com/colleening
The Manor Park Memorial Hall, 11 Briscoe Street W, London, Ontario
Dating Games features five short plays, each showcasing a comically terrible first date that goes off the rails. Written by Garth Wingfield, the show’s real focus lies not in the dates themselves, but in the emerging theatre talent directing the plays. This production serves as a groundbreaking training initiative, providing mentorship and performance opportunities for up-and-coming directors.
“Dating Games is a truly special production. It is more than just a show; it’s a project that combines mentorship, training, and performance, contributing to the entire theatrical community,” says Elizabeth Durand, Theatre Aezir’s Artistic Director.
If You Go:
What: Theatre Aezir presents Dating Games.
When: November 6th to November 16th
Where: First Baptist Church, 568 Richmond St., London, ON
Tickets: Discount codes are available for seniors, under-30s, and arts workers on Theatre Aezir’s ticketing page: https://events.humanitix.com/dating-games-bad-dates-good-theatre
Award-winning, world-renowned, and infamously cheeky, Ronnie Burkett is back at the Grand Theatre with his unmatched mischievous, rollicking irreverence. Burkett’s latest work, Wonderful Joe, unleashes his sharp, unrelenting wit on the cities we call home, the people we overlook, and the four-legged friends walking beside them. And he’s bringing Mother Nature, Santa Claus, Jesus, and the Tooth Fairy along for the ride. Wonderful Joe, created and performed by Ronnie Burkett, opens the Grand Theatre’s Auburn Stage for the 2025/26 Season. Already extended due to popular demand, the production will run from Tuesday, November 4, through Sunday, November 23.
Single tickets are $48, and Auburn Series Subscriptions offer a 25% discount ($71.44 for both Wonderful Joe and Mrs Krishnan’s Party). Tickets and subscriptions are available at grandtheatre.com, by phone at 519.672.8800, or at the Box Office, 471 Richmond Street.
To learn more about Wonderful Joe by Ronnie Burkett at the Grand Theatre, please visit grandtheatre.com/event/wonderful-joe. Follow the production and peek behind the scenes by following @thegrandlondon and #GrandJoe on Instagram, Facebook, LinkedIn, Threads, Bluesky, YouTube, & TikTok.
ART EXHIBITIONS IN THE LONDON AREA
Lisa Johnson’s incredible solo exhibition, Full Circle, will be on display until November 29th at Westland Gallery
The 2025 Cape Dorset Annual Print Collection is on display at London’s Strand Fine Arts Services until November 15th.
Strand Fine Art Services is located at 1161 Florence Street, Unit #4. For more information, visit www.strandfineartservices.com.
London Community Artists Art Show and Sale
November 6-9 at St. Anne’s Anglican Church, 1344 Commissioners Rd. W
https://londoncommunityartists.ca/
MUSIC EVENTS IN THE LONDON AREA
Chorus London presents We Remember Them
Join us for ‘We Remember Them,’ a special concert honouring our Veterans, on Sunday, November 9, 2025, at 2:00 p.m. at Colborne Street United Church. The program will feature Maurice Duruflé’s Requiem, presented by Chorus London with organist Laurence Williams.
Tickets are going fast! Each ticket costs $25, and children under 13 are admitted free of charge. You can buy tickets by calling the church office at 519-432-4552, at the door on the day of the event, or online. For more details or to purchase tickets, please visit https://www.colborne711.org/event-list
SEE SPOT RUN & ORANGEMAN
Eastside Bar & Grill
9pm Start. Tickets $20 available at Eventbrite.ca
Murphy’s 50th Birthday
Friday, November 7th at the Palasad Socialbowl.
Warning: The Palace Theatre may not recover from the combined power of Vanity Affair and Maple Queef.
Expect high heels, higher drama, and a dangerously low amount of chill.
Friday. 7PM at the Palace Theatre, Be there, ponies.
Scottish singer-songwriter & acoustic fingerstyle guitar virtuoso Simon Kempston from Edinburgh is currently on his 10th tour of Canada. He has never played in London, Ontario before.
SPECIAL Buy One – Get One Offer for this Sunday’s concert.
Here is how the BOGO offer works. If you have already bought a ticket, you can bring someone along on the same ticket. If you buy a ticket from one of the outlets or online, you can bring an additional person along on the same ticket.
Come on out and hear this wonderful artist at the Cuckoo’s Nest Folk Club (London, Ontario) this Sunday, Nov. 9 at Chaucer’s Pub, 122 Carling Street. Advance tickets are at Grooves Records (Wortley location), Long & McQuade (725 Fanshawe Park Rd W), and online.
The incredible Billy Raffoul, award-winning Canadian singer-songwriter & producer, returns to Forest City on November 7th in Rum Runners, with special guest Peter Raffoul.
Tickets at londonmusichall.com
Guitar, saxophone, huge songwriting, and a voice that won him a Canadian Folk Music Award for Contemporary Singer, Ian Sherwood Brings The Light to every stage he stands on. A born storyteller and a constant creator, his music dances the line between folk and pop.
Sunday, November 9th, 7:00pm, at The Aeolian Hall.
You can find tickets for this event on Humanitix.
The Hot Tub Hippies return to the Wortley Roadhouse this weekend to rock the dance floor! Shows start at 9pm.
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