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www.insideHALTON.com | OAKVILLE BEAVER | Friday, October 14, 2016 | 22 John Bkila Sub-Editor jbkila@oakvillebeaver.com Funny Money opens 37th Oakville Drama Series The 37th season of the Oakville Drama Series (ODS) is bringing plenty of laughs and a heart-breaking, award-winning musical to local audiences. ODS presents a set of five plays every year from October to March, with each show individually produced by two local theatre groups: The Oakville Players and West End Studio Theatre. Kicking off the 2016-17 season Wednesday (Oct. 19) will be West End's Funny Money, by Ray Cooney. The farce is about a mild-mannered accountant who accidently picks up the wrong briefcase full of money. "His decision to keep it sparks a frantic game of cat and mouse, hilarious innuendo and cruelly funny turns of fate. The battle to hold onto the money leads to increasingly hysterical situations," stated a media release. To commemorate the opening, ODS has launched a new website, oakvilledrama.ca, featuring details on all its shows, the theatre companies producing the plays and how and where to buy tickets. Running Nov. 9-13 will be the Oakville Players' Gibson and Sons, by Kristen Da Silva. The comedy tells the story of Harry Gibson, who finds his dating life seriously hampered while helping save his and his father's struggling, small-town funeral home. When Gibson turns to an online RusThe provocative and heartbreaking multiaward winning musical Blood Brothers, by Willy Russell, comes to Oakville Feb. 8-12, 2017. Presented by West End, the musical is about the Johnstone twins who are separated at birth when their mother cannot afford to raise them both. Hanging over the story is a chilling prophecy that twins -- separated at birth -- will die on the day they discover the truth about who they are. Rounding out the season is Picasso at the Lapin Agile, March 8-12, 2017. Albert Einstein and Pablo Picasso walk into a bar, and the result is the charming comedy by celebrated writer and actor Steve Martin. A subscription for all five shows costs $125, open only until the closing night of Funny Money (Saturday, Oct 22). Single tickets cost $30 for evening performances and $25 for Sunday matinees. All the shows are staged at the Oakville Centre for the Performing Arts (OCPA), 130 Navy St. For more information, visit oakvilledrama. com, or to purchase tickets, call the OCPA box office at 905-815-2021, or 1-888-4897784, or go online to oakvillecentre.ca. Follow the Oakville Drama Series on Facebook or Twitter (@OakvilleSeries). Artscene "Connected to your Community" The 37th Oakville Drama Series opens its 2016-17 season Wednesday (Oct. 19) with Funny Money (from left, top left), followed by Gibson and Sons, You Say Tomato, I Say Shut Up, (from left, bottom left) Blood Brothers and Picasso at the Lapin Agile. | Oakville Drama Series posters sian bride service, the Gibson household is thrown into a tailspin as the comedy tackles themes of family, love and making all kinds of relationships work. In the New Year, West End will present You Say Tomato, I Say Shut Up by Annabelle Gurwitch and Jeff Kahn. The real-life love story, which sees Annabelle and Jeff realizing they're just not that into each other, runs Jan. 11-15, 2017. Oakville business celebrates diversity through Colours of Love International Concert by John Bkila Oakville Beaver Staff An Oakville business is behind the idea of a concert Sunday (Oct. 16) celebrating diversity through music and art. Colours of Love International Concert is a non-profit organization founded by Maggie Habieda of Oakville's Fotografia Boutique. The unique platform aims to showcase the universal language of love through the music of six international artists, according to organizers. "Don't miss this amazing, one-of-a-kind experience and come and share the love with us," Habieda said in a Youtube video advertisement. The concert has not only won the support of Mississauga Mayor Bonnie Crombie, but Oakville Mayor Rob Burton and Halton Police Chief Stephen Tanner. see Concert on p.23 Buying? Selling? Re-financing? www.jwarchitect.com Call us for a quote at Jameson Glas D. Kevin Haxell 905-845-0767 ext. 222/223 HOUSES OUR FIRST PASSION New · Additions · Cottages · Interiors · Landscape GOLD Personal Professional Service at Competitive Rates 1276 Cornwall Road, Unit C, Oakville Ontario, L6J 7W5 T: 905-845-0767 · F: 905-845-5552 · www.haxelllaw.com · lawyers@haxelllaw.com