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Nancy Regan is a Canadian actress, journalist, news anchor, and television personality. Since retiring from broadcasting In 2016, she launched “The Soul Booth” a podcast series and is releasing her memoir “From Showing Off to Showing Up: An Impostor’s Journey from Perfect to Present” this May.

Chester Playhouse welcomes vocalist Karen Myatt and her 6-piece band for a jazzy and sensual performance celebrating the feminine spirit- Femoir, Encore!

Join us for a soulful evening of soul, R&B and gospel with one of the East Coast’s hottest emerging performers, Owen “O’Sound” Lee!

Celebrate your holiday weekend by making musical magic together with The Big Sing!
The Big Sing is a community singing experience with no auditions, and no experience required! All you need is enthusiasm and your voice!

Celebrate July 4th with Movie Monday! Join us under the stars at Lordly Park for the blockbuster film “Independence Day” projected on a giant 30-foot screen!

Two-time 2022 ECMA winner fiddler and singer Morgan Toney and Keith Mullins, a stalwart of the East Coast Music Scene for over 25 years, come together to bring us Mi’kmaq songs with Celtic flair!

Our annual summer concert transforms! Join us as we move this beloved afternoon community event to the Chester Bandstand at Parade Square. This year we welcome three fantastic acts Old Man Leudecke, recent ECMA-winner Morgan Toney and Casual Cries for Help to help us celebrate the summer in the heart of Chester!

You are invited to a wedding in Greece at Movie Monday! Join us under the stars at Lordly Park for the sensational “Mamma Mia!” projected on a giant 30-foot screen!

Peer into the lives of the Brontë Sisters in COARSE. This compelling play is a co-production between Sarah Deller and the Villains Theatre. At times hilarious and moving, it blends physical theatre, and textual material from the lives and writings of Charlotte, Emily and Anne Brontë.

Join us for an incredible intimate concert by one of Nova Scotia’s favourite musicians and songwriters: Joel Plaskett! Joining Joel is special guest, and recent Canada’s Got Talent semi-finalist, Kellie Loder.

Lace up your cleats and step onto the pitch at Movie Monday! Join us under the stars at Lordly Park to celebrate the 20th Anniversary of “Bend it Like Beckham” projected on a giant 30-foot screen!

What do you get when you cross a Broadway cabaret with a summer afternoon garden party? You get the joyful concert that is Heather’s Garden Variety!

Hippoposthumous is a young, slightly nervous, and surprisingly musical hippopotamus living in Colombia’s lush Magdalena River- misplaced in time and space. Join us at the water’s edge to discover this fun, funny, hour-long musical play performed in and around Hutt Lake.

The Chester Playhouse invites you for one last Movie Monday – This time the movie will be Decided by You! Join us under the stars at Lordly Park for a blockbuster film projected on a giant 30-foot screen!

With a perfect blend of traditional stand-up comedy and long-form improv, Jeff Leeson takes the audience on a journey with him while they witness the show not just being performed, but being created right in front of their eyes.

The heartwarming story of the life and times of a Maritime fisherman told through the tales and songs of Skipper Kevin Corkum. Featuring John ‘Spyder’ Macdonald, this one-man musical is an entertaining and uplifting show with classic folk songs and shanties, spine-tingling tales of life on the ocean, and many laughs.

A family-friendly production, this new theatrical puppet spectacle by North Barn Theatre Collective tells the hopeful and imaginative story of a mythical being who, guided by multi-species kinships, brings new growth and change to a world in ruin.