The reviews are in: Audiences welcome the return of Walt Wingfield
Date Posted: 13/02/2017
Wingfield’s Progress still fresh and fabulous, wows Orangeville crowd
Orangeville Citizen
By Constance Scrafield
When Walt Wingfield decides to run for a seat in the local council to fight off a condo development on the 7th Concession, his neighbours try to dissuade him: they advise a holiday away, sharing a room at a retirement home, keeping out of sight in his own home.
To learn whether he does take a run at local politics or not, come and see Wingfield’s Progress, currently playing at Theatre Orangeville until February 19.
Walt Wingfield is a Bay Street stock broker, escaping to the country, deserting the rigours of city life for, as he hoped, the easy joys of the country, buying a 100-acre farm and settling in...
Dan Needles brings more laughs in Theatre Orangeville's 'Wingfield’s Progress'
Orangeville Banner
By James Matthews
Wingfield’s Progress is the near-perfect study in how simplicity is so complicated.
Playwright Dan Needles’ second installment of his Wingfield Farm cycle of comedic plays continues with protagonist Walt Wingfield’s experiment in creating a simple life away from his Bay Street investment-banker career. His story is told through weekly dispatches by way of letters to the editor published in fictional Persephone Township’s newspaper...
REVIEW: Beattie dazzles in Wingfield's Progress
The Wellington Advertiser
By Chris Daponte
If one was making a "bucket list" of live theatre experiences, prominent on the list would be taking in a Wingfield production.
As we have written before, there's something for everyone to love in Walt Wingfield.
The beloved character, created by Dan Needles and featured in seven of the playwright's Wingfield productions, returns to the stage at Theatre Orangeville until Feb. 19th...
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