Get ready for a festive holiday good time at Strathspey Performing Arts Centre!

‘Down at MacLean’s’ A Holiday special written, directed and produced by Kathryn McIntyre.

‘Down at MacLean’s’ is based on a small store, in a sparsely populated area, on Christmas Eve,
where the store has always been the centre of the action. Two estranged brothers, who have
long made Christmas Eve another bone of contention, end up at the store together, their poor
wives in the middle. Why they are estranged and how the community both supports and pushes
them is guaranteed to keep you wondering how Christmas will ever be the same. This show has
lovable, familiar characters and shows the strength and resilience in a rural community in the
quiet of a harsh winter.
This show was inspired by Kathryn MacIntyre’s years living in Mabou, learning about the history
and people who have run small stores that were the heart of the town before her, and inspired
by her years of service at Brook Village. The holidays are always the heart of the season at the
store, getting to know and curate gifts and food for the people we all know and love. The
holidays are special, they bring everyone together, chaos and all. She hope this gets you in the
holiday spirit and that you enjoy the show!
Cast members vary from people you may have seen before and new faces on the stage.
Kristine MacDonald (The Weddin’ Dance), Elizabeth Matheson (The Silence of the Lobsters),
Darlene Ellis (The Silence of the Lobsters, Morgan MacInnis, Jamie Collins (Squares Dancing in
’69), Amanda MacDonald, Theo Feehan (Squares Dancing in ’69), Rankin MacEachern
(Lookout Tower band, John Allan Cameron’s Last Show), Brandon MacNeil, Cindy O’Neill (The
Silence of the Lobsters director), Jeremy Rose, Bridget Wilson (The Weddin’ Dance), and
Justice Stephney. The music in the store will be supplied by Mike MacInnis (The Rèiteach) and
Kyle MacDonald (Good Crowd band, John Allan Cameron’s Last Show. Kristen Boyd (Squares
Dancing in ’69) will be helping Kathryn out backstage for this production; and the magic of Marg
MacInnis (costumes) and Trisha Boyd (hair and make-up) will supply the finishing touches.
Be sure to come to Strathspey Performing Arts Centre on Saturday, November 29 th for the
matinee at 2:30 or the evening show at 7pm! Tickets are available on Eventbrite or by following
the links on the Strathspey PAC website. See you there!

Two showings are available on November 29th–A matinee at 2:30 and one at 7!

Tickets for both can be found here. Make sure to double check you have bought the correct amount of tickets–Eventbrite will auto-select the first seat, so you’ll have to de-select it if you don’t want that seat.