Orchestra performs under batons of three conductors.
Orion Performing Arts Center
29th annual DownEast Folk Festival set for Friday
Nearly 30 bands from throughout Maine and beyond will be featured at this year’s event, to be held at the Orion Performing Arts Center.
Orion Performing Arts Center receives new ceiling projector
TOPSHAM — Orion Performing Arts Center, MSAD No. 75’s theater in Mt. Ararat Middle School, announces the installation of a new ceiling projector, made possible by several donations. The Alfred M. Senter Fund provided a grant, and attendees at other events contributed. The Orion Advisory Committee conducted a dinner at the 99 Restaurant, a raffle, concession […]
Beatles tribute band to play at Orion Performing Arts Center
TOPSHAM — Beatles For Sale, a tribute band from Massachusetts, is returning to the Orion Performing Arts Center at 7:30 p.m. Saturday, Nov. 3. The award-winning band has been entertaining audiences throughout New England since 2007, with a repertoire of more than 150 songs from The Beatles’ catalog. The musicians were drawn together through their […]
Orion Performing Arts Center to feature magician Chris Lengyel
TOPSHAM — Illusionist and magician Chris Lengyel will be performing his show, “Chris Lengyel: Nothing Up My Sleeves,” at 7 p.m. Friday, Sept. 21, at The Orion Performing Arts Center, 66 Republic Ave. “Nothing Up My Sleeves” features everything from small intimate tricks, to mentalism and storytelling, all the way up to bigger stage-size illusions. […]
‘Magician for Non-Believers’ set for May 6
TOPSHAM — Nationally touring magician Peter Boie will perform “Peter Boie: Magician for Non-Believers,” at 7 p.m. Saturday, May 6, at the Orion Performing Arts Center, 66 Republic Ave., Topsham. The event is a fundraiser by the Orion and Mt. Ararat Stage Company, for the Orion theater’s stage improvements. Boie is a Topsham native who […]
Orion Performing Arts Center offering theater/art camp for middle-schoolers
TOPSHAM — The Orion Performing Arts Center will host Create-A-Play Theater/Art Day Camp for middle-schoolers, giving them the opportunity to develop characters, write plays, create scenery and perform in a play. Half of each day will consist of theater activities, including character development, scene-writing, acting skills, projecting the voice and theater games. The other half of the […]