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EL TERREMOTO Had World Premiere at Tarragon Theatre in April


by Stephi Wild - March 21, 2024

Mike Payette, Artistic Director of Tarragon Theatre and Managing Director Andrea Vagianos have announced the world premiere of El Terremoto. ...

Stratford Festival Posts Surplus For 2023 Season


by Blair Ingenthron - March 20, 2024

The Stratford Festival has concluded the 2023 season with a surplus. Learn more here!...

Stratford Festival's Economic Impact Pegged At $276.7 Million


by A.A. Cristi - March 18, 2024

The economic impact of Toronto's STRATFORD FESTIVAL has been estimated at a whopping $276.7 million. ...

Cast Set For Sondheim's INTO THE WOODS Concert At The Royal Conservatory


by Chloe Rabinowitz - March 08, 2024

​The Royal Conservatory of Music has revealed the cast for the 2024 holiday season production of Into the Woods in concert. ...

David P. Silcox, Writer, Administrator and Deputy Government Minister, Passes Away at 87


by Chloe Rabinowitz - March 01, 2024

On Tuesday, David P. Silcox, whose long and distinguished career in the arts made him an influential figure in Canadian culture, died February 27, 2024 in Toronto. He was 87 years old. ...

Kyle Brown and Jamar Adams-Thompson to Star in TYSON'S SONG World Premiere at Pleiades Theatre


by Chloe Rabinowitz - February 20, 2024

Pleiades Theatre has revealed that the world premiere of Tyson's Song will star Kyle Brown as Tyson, and Jamar Adams-Thompson as Bryan. Learn more about the show and see how to purchase tickets!...

Review: CASEY AND DIANA at Soulpepper


by Ilana Lucas - February 13, 2024

Green’s play is a terrific achievement; its urgent structure, indelible characters, and alternately witty and wrenching dialogue make it a highlight of this or any theatre season. But what really stands out is its great, gentle humanity in how it treats all its characters, fragile people just trying...

Disco-Era RICHARD II Now Streaming On Stratfest@Home


by Chloe Rabinowitz - January 31, 2024

Disco-era Richard II now available for worldwide streaming on Stratfest@Home. Revolutionary adaptation set in Studio 54 with glittering costumes and a dancing chorus of winged angels. Conceived and directed by Jillian Keiley, adapted by Brad Fraser....

Winners Announced For The 2023 BroadwayWorld Toronto Awards


by BWW Awards - January 19, 2024

Winners have been announced for the 2023 BroadwayWorld Toronto Awards! See who was selected audience favorite in Toronto! Winners include Mirvish Productions, Stratford Festival, Theatre Aquarius and more....

Colm Feore's RICHARD III is Now Streaming on Stratfest@Home


by Stephi Wild - January 11, 2024

The Stratford Festival's acclaimed 2022 production of Richard III featuring Colm Feore in the title role is now coming to Stratfest@Home, the Festival's subscription streaming service, for national and international viewing. ...

Past Shows


It’s 1821 in New York, and two productions of Shakespeare’s Richard III are vying for audiences. One is presented by the African Company of New ...

Finally There’s Sun
9/9 - 9/26/2021

R + J
8/12 - 9/26/2021

Serving Elizabeth
8/28 - 9/26/2021

Serving Elizabeth
8/24 - 9/26/2021

Freedom
8/19 - 9/5/2021

I Am William
8/4 - 9/5/2021

Play On!
7/29 - 8/15/2021


A hilarious story of a theater group trying desperately to put on a play in spite of maddening interference from a haughty author who keeps ...

The Rez Sisters
7/13 - 8/15/2021

You Can’t Stop the Beat
7/15 - 7/31/2021

A Midsummer Night’s Dream
6/22 - 7/25/2021


Balanchine’s timeless choreography brings to life Shakespeare’s magical and humorous story of a fairy kingdom and the humans that enter into it. This tale features ...

Why We Tell the Story
6/24 - 7/11/2021


The Taming of the Shrew, directed in 1988 by Richard Monette and featuring Colm Feore as Petruchio and Goldie Semple as Katherina....

Othello
2/4


Othello, directed in 2019 by Nigel Shawn Williams and featuring Michael Blake in the title role, with Laura Condlln as Emilia, Amelia Sargisson as Desdemona, ...


The Merry Wives of Windsor, directed in 2019 by Artistic Director Antoni Cimolino and featuring Sophia Walker and Brigit Wilson as the merry wives and ...


Shakespeare's Romeo and Juliet, directed by Richard Monette in 1992 and featuring Antoni Cimolino and Megan Follows....


George Bernard Shaw's Caesar and Cleopatra, directed by Des McAnuff in 2008 and featuring Christopher Plummer and Nikki M. James....


Shakespeare's The Tempest, directed by Des McAnuff in 2010 and featuring Christopher Plummer, James Blendick, Bruce Dow, Peter Hutt, Dion Johnstone, Trish Lindström, Gareth Potter, ...


The Early Modern Cooking Show U.S. Thanksgiving Binge, with host Qasim Khan....


Timothy Findley's Elizabeth Rex, directed by Martha Henry in 2000 and featuring Diane D'Aquila, Brent Carver and Peter Hutt. Beginning Thursday, OCTOBER 22, watch parties ...

Wolf Hall
7/27 - 11/15/2020


Hilary Mantel, adapted for the stage by Mike Poulton Stratford Festival...


Eugene O'Neill's Long Day's Journey Into Night, directed in 1994 by Diana Leblanc and featuring Martha Henry, William Hutt, Peter Donaldson, Tom McCamus and Martha ...


Beginning Thursday, OCTOBER 22, watch parties are back on, with a variety of entertainment. They begin at 6:30 p.m. ET with great preshow content. The ...


"We had so much fun in the spring and summer gathering for our YouTube watch parties - with actors and stage managers mingling in the ...

Three Tall Women
6/1 - 10/18/2020


Edward Albee Stratford Festival...

The Crucible
7/22 - 11/17/2019


Arthur Miller Stratford Festival...

Billy Elliot
4/16 - 11/3/2019


BROADWAY’S “BEST MUSICAL OF THE DECADE” -Time Magazine BILLY ELLIOT THE MUSICAL is a joyous celebration of one young boy's journey to make his dreams ...

The Neverending Story
5/16 - 11/3/2019


The famous story of a boy who becomes caught up in a mysterious book -- only to discover that the story it tells may be ...

Little Shop of Horrors
4/29 - 11/2/2019


A down-and out skid row floral assistant becomes an overnight sensation when he discovers an exotic plant with a mysterious craving for fresh blood. Soon ...

Othello
5/3 - 10/27/2019

Private Lives
4/24 - 10/26/2019


Revived in 2002 by the Royal National Theatre in a production that sparkled on Broadway, Private Lives is one of the most sophisticated, entertaining plays ...

The Merry Wives of Windsor
5/11 - 10/26/2019

The Front Page
7/30 - 10/25/2019


In this landmark comedy set inside the crowded pressroom at Chicago’s Criminal Courts Building during the 1920s, a group of reporters cover a controversial execution ...

Birds of a Kind
7/30 - 10/13/2019

Mother's Daughter
5/18 - 10/13/2019

Henry VIII
5/7 - 10/12/2019


Henry VIII by Shakespeare is a play based on realistic events; it follows King Henry VIII's divorce from Queen Katherine and his subsequent marriage to ...

Nathan the Wise
5/25 - 10/11/2019

The Sound of Music
5/5 - 11/8/2015


The Sound of Music, a beloved musical brimming with romance and resilience, was crafted by the team of Richard Rodgers and Oscar Hammerstein II. These ...

Carousel
5/5 - 10/23/2015


Jesus Christ Superstar
Jesus Christ Superstar
11/18 - 1/1/2012


It seems especially fitting that the first rock opera, created as a concept album at the end of the turbulent '60s, should have at its ...

Jesus Christ Superstar
Jesus Christ Superstar
5/2 - 11/6/2011


It seems especially fitting that the first rock opera, created as a concept album at the end of the turbulent '60s, should have at its ...

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