Trustee candidate calls for the return of ‘true’ history
VPP ticket sales have already surpassed 2014
August 13, 2015
2015 will be another banner year for Victoria Playhouse Petrolia.
Director of Performing Arts, Richard Poore, told town council Monday the VPP has already sold as many tickets this year as it did in all of the 2014 season – and there is still almost two months of performances left.
The season started out with the sold-out sequel to The Church Basement Ladies. Ben Vereen headlined the highly successful “What a Wonderful World” drawing capacity crowds in June.
Eighty-four per cent of tickets for Women of Country sold and the first week of I Love a Piano is sold out.
Poore says the current offering, Outlaw, is also enjoying strong sales with 60 per cent of tickets sold with another week of performances ahead.
That’s translated into higher revenue than last year as well. In 2014, VPP brought in a total of $788,092 in revenue. By Monday, the VPP had counted $858,845. “That’s $71,000 over the total sales of last year,” says Poore.
Poore attributes the strong sales to a “quality product, strong talent and show choices” made by co-artistic directors David Hogan and David Rogers.
NEXT
Petrolia teen to be featured during Rogers’ Cup coverage
PREVIOUS
Proof you need a smoke and CO2 detector
Front Page
Trustee candidate calls for the return of ‘true’ history
October 14, 2026
Audience member calls the messaging ‘quite alarming’ Heather Wright/The Independent A candidate for the Lambton-Kent public school board says she will “stand strong against the progressive heists of the Canadian education system” including returning to the “history we all grew up with” so students can be proud to be Canadian. Cynthia Workman’s words raised some eyebrows at the Brooke-Alvinston All-Candidates
Read More
Front Page
Lambton College to open more seats in health, STEM, trades
October 14, 2026
The Independent There will be space for about 300 more students in Lambton College next year. Lambton College is among the post secondary institutions which submitted a proposal for more classroom spots for in demand fields. Friday, the province announced 2,077 new spaces across southern Ontario, including 297 at Lambton College; 160 in Health programs, 90 in the STEM field
Read More
Front Page
Worker injured after falling through Sombra greenhouse roof
October 14, 2026
OPP, Ministry of Labour investigating The Independent A worker at a Sombra greenhouse was taken to hospital by air ambulance Wednesday morning after crashing through the roof. St. Clair Township fire officials say the department was called to the Envirofresh Produce greenhouses near CF Industries on the St. Clair Parkway just after 9 am. Chief Richard Boyes says a man
Read More
Front Page
Paving on rebuilt Grand Bend Bridge continues Thursday
October 14, 2026
The Independent Drivers heading to Grand Bend are going to face some traffic slowdowns starting Thursday. The project to widen the bridge has been going on for two years, with work taking place before and after the busy summer tourist season. So far, officials say the concrete work, bridge retaining walls, waterproofing the east half of the new deck and
Read More