Lighthouse Festival Summer Season Opens This Week (Port Dover Maple Leaf)

Port Dover Maple Leaf

May 27, 2026

By Donna McMillan

It’s nearly showtime once again at Lighthouse Theatre. This Thursday is opening night for The Beaver Club, the first of five Canadian plays set for Lighthouse Festival’s summer season in Port Dover and Port Colborne.

The Beaver Club is a comedy written by Barb Scheffler about four women on a road trip from Ontario to Dildo, Newfoundland. The show runs in Port Dover until June 13. See the story on page 3 for more details.

Drew Hayden Taylor’s Crees in the Caribbean is a comedy about a Cree couple celebrating their 35th wedding anniversary on vacation in Mexico. The play will be in Port Dover from June 17 to July 4.

Secret Service by Ephraim Ellis is the third comedy coming to Lighthouse Theatre this summer. The show follows an unsuspecting waiter starting a new job at a fancy Italian restaurant in Toronto that has been taken over by spies. Secret Service plays in Port Dover from July 8 to 25.

Next up is Liars at a Funeral by Sophia Fabiilli, a comedy about a dysfunctional family trapped in a funeral parlour. It turns out the dearly departed may not be so far away. The show is at Lighthouse Theatre July 29 to August 15.

Last on the schedule this year is A Woman’s Love List by Norm Foster. This comedy imagines what happens when two women’s dream man comes to life. The play is in Port Dover August 26 to September 12.

Lighthouse Festival will conclude its summer season with Get Down Tonight (The Ultimate 70’s Soundtrack), starring Leisa Way and the Wayward Wind Band. The concert promises a range of covers of 1970s hits, from the Eagles to the Bee Gees. The season topper will be in Port Dover September 15 to 26.