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www.insideHALTON.com | OAKVILLE BEAVER | Thursday, September 29, 2016 | 44 John Bkila Sub-Editor jbkila@oakvillebeaver.com Burl-Oak Theatre Group's 40th season kicks off tonight The Burl-Oak Theatre Group (BOTG) has comedies and musicals for theatre lovers of all ages for its 40th season of shows. The non-profit theatre organization aims to bring high-quality theatre at an affordable price to Oakville. "Throughout the season we will be celebrating the last four decades with the community, company members and audiences that have supported us," said BOTG officials. The 40th anniversary season starts off tonight (Thursday) with seniors, seductions and sibling rivalry featured in Social Security by Andrew Bergman and directed by Byron McKim. "Trendy Manhattan art dealers, Barbara and David Kahn, are happily married and living a champagne lifestyle. Their serenity is shattered upon the arrival of Barbara's downtrodden sister and uptight brother-in-law announcing that they must fly to Buffalo to save their college student daughter from the horrors of a sexually-liberated lifestyle," stated a media release. "This means that Sophie, Barbara's eccentric, elderly mother, must stay with the Kahn's... indefinitely. Comedic and romantic sparks fly fast and furious with the introduction of 90-year-old artist Maurice Koenig, who sweeps an unexpecting Sophie off her feet." The production runs at the Oakville Centre for the Performing Arts (OCPA), 130 Navy St., from Thursday (Sept. 29)-Saturday (Oct. 1) at 8 p.m., and Sunday (Oct. 2) at 2 p.m. Tickets cost $30 for adults and $5 for high school students. BOTG's fourth annual Christmas show will present Beauty and the Beast: A Holiday Pantomime, opening Dec. 21. "This version of Beauty and the Beast is the typical British pantomime, but told from a modern day perspective," stated the release. "The script follows the Beauty and the Beast story, but is set in the present time and has a Artscene "Connected to your Community" Workers build a set on the stage in Coronation Park for the upcoming filming of the TV adaptation of The Handmaid's Tale, based on the Margaret Atwood novel by the same name. | Graham Paine/Metroland twist. It will involve plenty of jokes, lots of loud colourful characters and fun for everyone. There may even be a performance from a local celebrity." Audiences will have seven chances to catch the show, also at the OCPA, from Dec. 21-23 and 28-29. Buying the Moose and Oliver! The Musical are slated for the rest of the season and a newlyrevitalized Entertaining Shorts will round out this season. To order tickets for any of BOTG's upcoming shows, call 905-815-2021, visit the OCPA's box office, 130 Navy St., Monday-Saturday, 11 a.m.5 p.m., or go online to www.oakvillecentre.ca. For more information on BOTG, visit www.BOTG.ca or www.facebook.com/ BurlOakTheatreGroup. Coronation Park the set of Atwood novel adaption The Handmaid's Tale Oakville's getting on the small screen as Coronation Park becomes the set for the new Hulu series The Handmaid's Tale. The TV series is an adaption based on Margaret Atwood's 1985 best-selling novel that goes by the same name. A dystopian future Set in a dystopian future, a woman is forced to live as a concubine under a fundamentalist theocratic dictatorship in a last desperate attempt to repopulate the world. Produced by John Weber and Frank Siracusa, with executive producer Bruce Miller, the drama stars Elisabeth Moss (of Mad Men, Truth and Top of the Lake) who will play the handmaid Offred. The set will be built, followed by filming, over the next several weeks. The show's first season is scheduled to air in 2017. Follow the Oakville Beaver editorial staff on Twitter: @OakvilleBeaver, @NewsHooked (John Bkila), @DavidLea6, @JuliaLeReporter, @HerbGarbutt (Oakville Beaver sports), @PostBeaverSport (Kevin Nagel, Oakville Beaver/Burlington Post) @Halton_Photog (Oakville Beaver photography department) Big Movies, Small Prices! 171 Speers Road (at Kerr) Oakville General: $8.50 children (3-13): $6.50 Seniors (65+): $6.50 tuesdays: $5.00 905-338-6397 www.film.ca facebook.com/filmca @filmcacinemas Sully (pG) September 9 bridGet JoneS baby (14a) the maGnificent Seven (14a) September 16 September 23 StorkS (Stc) September 23 miSS pereGrine'S home ome for peculiar children (Stc) September 30