Professional Sound - April 2017 | Page 38

Big City Production, Small Town Charm DRAYTON ENTERTAINMENT’S JOSEPH & THE AMAZING TECHNICOLOR DREAMCOAT WITH ITS LATEST AUDIO EQUIPMENT ACQUISITION, DRAYTON ENTERTAINMENT CONTINUES ITS MISSION OF BRINGING WORLD-CLASS THEATRE PRODUCTIONS TO SMALL-TOWN ONTARIO BY MICHAEL RAINE In 1991, the village of Drayton, ON was hardly a place you would associate with theatre. It’s a small community of fewer than 1,300 people, better known for farming than the arts. But it’s here that Drayton Entertainment was formed and grew into a multi- town, multi-venue not-for- profit theatre production company that is now among the top professional theatre companies in Canada. DRAYTON ENTERTAINMENT’S DUNFIELD THEATRE CAMBRIDGE