The Kingston Baroque Consort (KBC) presents “Celebration! Dazzling Baroque Showpieces” featuring Bach’s Orchestral Suite No.1, Pachelbel's well-known Canon and Gigue, and Mouret’s Symphonies de Fanfares (of “Masterpiece Theatre” fame), on Friday 5 April at 5:15pm at St James Church (10 Union St, Kingston). For this concert, KBC welcomes special guests Baroque Oboists Karim Nasr of Montreal and Vic Houle of Ottawa, and Baroque trumpeter Paul Sanvidotti of Guelph.  Tickets cost $25 (adults) and $10 (students), and free for under 17. Tickets are available by emailing legerek@queensu.ca, calling 613-217-5099, in person at Novel Idea (156 Princess St), or at the door with cash, cheque, or interac e-transfer.  Visit https://livemusickingston.ca/kingston-baroque-consort-2023 or https://www.facebook.com/events/344432088004130 The KBC is Kingston’s newest orchestra devoted wholly to Historically Informed practice of music from the Baroque era. Founded by Katie Legere, Jeff Hamacher, Julia McFarlane, and Michael Capon, the KBC is a collective of professional musicians drawn from the Kingston Symphony Orchestra and the wider community.

Queen’s Musical Theatre (QMT) presents THE ADDAMS FAMILY, a new musical comedy following the spookiest, kookiest, family there is, with a book by Marshall Brickman and Rick Elice, and music and lyrics by Andrew Lippa. The show runs from April 4th - 14th, 2024 at the Rotunda Theatre in Theological Hall (10-14 Professors’ Walk, Kingston).  Evening performances at 7:30pm on April 5th, 6th, 7th, 11th, 12th, and 13th.  Matinees at 2pm on April 6th, 13th, 14th. Pay-What-You-Can Preview on April 4th at 8:00pm.  Mask friendly performance on Saturday, April 6th at 2:00PM,  Relaxed performance on Thursday, April 11 at 7:30pm.  Tickets cost $25 (adults) or $17 (students) and can be purchased via the QMT Instagram page (@queensmusicaltheatre or www.instagram.com/queensmusicaltheatre), directly from https://www.ticketleap.events/tickets/qmusicaltheatre/the-addams-family or at the door (subject to availability). THE ADDAMS FAMILY, a comical feast that embraces the wackiness in every family, features an original story: Wednesday Addams, has grown up and fallen in love with a sweet, smart young man from a respectable family–a man her parents have never met. And if that wasn’t upsetting enough, Wednesday confides in her father and begs him not to tell her mother. Now, Gomez Addams must do something he’s never done before– keep a secret from his beloved wife, Morticia. Everything will change for the whole family on the fateful night they host a dinner for Wednesday’s “normal” boyfriend and his parents. Ticket link: https://www.ticketleap.events/tickets/qmusicaltheatre/the-addams-family