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Kate Hennig, Stacey Kay, and More Join the Grand Theatre's 2024-25 Season

 With just over two months left until the opening production of the Grand Theatre’s 2024/25 Season: A Time for Play, the theatre has announced the names of the over one-hundred artists and creative team members who will make up the company of Rachel Peake’s first programmed season as Artistic Director. 

Review: THE LAST TIMBIT at Elgin Theatre

THE LAST TIMBIT isn’t here for a long time; after all, doughnuts go stale quickly. It’s here to be an Experience, and an Experience it is.

Shaw Festival to Present Charles Dickens's A CHRISTMAS CAROL & More This Holiday Season

The Shaw Festival's holiday shows, including Charles Dickens's A Christmas Carol, are set to light up the season starting on November 5. Don't miss out on the festive playbill!

Shaw Festival Announces Casts And Creative Teams For BRIGADOON and A CHRISTMAS CAROL

Charles Dickens's A Christmas Carol, the Shaw Festival's perennial production (and audience favourite), kicks off the holiday theatre season on November 5 at the Royal George Theatre. The seasonal celebrations continue when Lerner and Loewe's timeless musical Brigadoon conjures more magic and enchantment at the Festival Theatre on November 15.

Shaw Festival to Present OUTDOORS @ THE SHAW - A Fresh Air Summer Fête

Artistic Director Tim Carroll and the Shaw Festival have announced Outdoors @ The Shaw, a series of concerts and events scheduled to take place from July 10 to October 9, 2021 on the grounds of the Festival Theatre and Royal George Theatre in Niagara-on-the-Lake. 

Shaw Festival Announces Casting and Creative Teams for 2021 Main Season Productions

Artistic Director Tim Carroll has announced casting for the Shaw Festival’s upcoming productions of Charley’s Aunt, Flush, The Devil’s Disciple, Sherlock Holmes and the Raven’s Curse, A Short History of Niagara and Trouble in Mind.

BWW Review: ROPE is Riveting at the SHAW FESTIVAL

The Shaw Festival has a great history of producing murder mysteries and this season we are lucky to have Patrick Hamilton's play 'ROPE.' Probably more well known as the 1948 Alfred Hitchcock movie starring Jimmy Stewart, ROPE had it's start in 1929 on the British stage. It's twist lies in the fact that it is not a 'whodunnit,' but a 'can they get away with it.' Hamilton's knack for mystery can also be seen in his other famous thriller, GASLIGHT. From start to finish, this production of ROPE is a riveting hit.

Will Eno's MIDDLETOWN to Make Canadian Debut at Shaw Festival

Meg Roe directs the hypnotic Middletown, written by Pulitzer-nominated and Drama Desk Award-winning playwright Will Eno, as an intimate experience shared by actors and audience. The Canadian premiere of Middletown begins previews on July 13 at the Shaw Festival's Jackie Maxwell Studio Theatre.

Will Eno's MIDDLETOWN to Make Canadian Debut at Shaw Festival

Meg Roe directs the hypnotic Middletown, written by Pulitzer-nominated and Drama Desk Award-winning playwright Will Eno, as an intimate experience shared by actors and audience. The Canadian premiere of Middletown begins previews on July 13 at the Shaw Festival's Jackie Maxwell Studio Theatre.

Powerhouse Cast Tapped for Shaw Festival's DANCING AT LUGHNASA

Krista Jackson, former Shaw Festival intern director and Zone 41 Theatre's artistic director, returns to direct Brian Friel's award-winning masterpiece Dancing at Lughnasa. Beginning previews on May 14 at the Royal George Theatre, this production features a quintet of fiercely talented Shaw Festival ensemble members - Fiona Byrne, Diana Donnelly, Claire Jullien, Sarena Parmar (in her Festival debut) and Tara Rosling - as the formidable Mundy sisters.

Shaw Festival's A.D. Tim Carroll Announces Casting for 2017 Season

The Shaw Festival proudly announces casting for Artistic Director Tim Carroll's first season. The Shaw's 2017 ensemble is a mix of new faces and Festival favourites - each actor ready to entertain and excite audiences in this season's 11 productions.

BWW Review: UNCLE VANYA is a Fresh Take on a Chekov Classic

The Shaw Festival continues to launch its 2016 season with a fresh take on another classic - this time Anton Chekov's UNCLE VANYA. This moving dramedy explores family harmony and dysfunction with budding loyalties and conflicting love. Jackie Maxwell, outgoing artistic director at the Shaw Festival brings to life this new adaptation by Annie Baker. It's a crisp translation with contemporary overtones that brings this Chekov classic to the new age. Neil Barclay stars as the title role and leads a talented ensemble including Donna Belleville, Kate Besworth, James Daly, Sharry Flett, Marla McLean, Patrick McManus, Peter Millard, Moya O'Connell and David Schurmann.

2016 Shaw Festival to Open with Pulitzer Prize Winner OUR TOWN

The Shaw Festival's 55th season begins Saturday at 2 p.m. with the first preview of Thornton Wilder's beloved play Our Town. Molly Smith, artistic director of Washington, D.C's Tony award-winning Arena Stage, returns to The Shaw to breathe vivid, new life into this classic piece of theatre - a talent she displayed so brilliantly in her production of My Fair Lady in 2011.

Julie Martell, Patrick McManus, Charlie Gallant, Fiona Reid and More Set for Shaw Festival's 2015 Season; Cast, Creatives Announced!

The Shaw Festival today announced principal casting and creative team details for its 54th season.

INTERFACE INNOVATION, ABSURD ANIMATION Shorts Programs Screen with Rooftop Films, Now thru 6/15

Rooftop Films is committed to showcasing the best films in short form, so much so Rooftop is dedicating an entire week to shorts! Check out innovative new short films tonight, June 12 in Brooklyn at MetroTech Commons, short documentaries on New York subjects at the Open Road Rooftop in the Lower East Side on Friday, June 14, and absurdly amazing animation on Saturday, June 15, also in the Lower East Side. Following each screening at Open Road Rooftop there will be an after-party sponsored by Red Stripe at Fontana's. More details are below!

INTERFACE INNOVATION, ABSURD ANIMATION Shorts Programs to Screen with Rooftop Films, 6/12-15

Rooftop Films is committed to showcasing the best films in short form, so much so Rooftop is dedicating an entire week to shorts! Check out innovative new short films on Wednesday, June 12 in Brooklyn at MetroTech Commons, short documentaries on New York subjects at the Open Road Rooftop in the Lower East Side on Friday, June 14, and absurdly amazing animation on Saturday, June 15, also in the Lower East Side. Following each screening at Open Road Rooftop there will be an after-party sponsored by Red Stripe at Fontana's. More details are below!

BWW Reviews: Shaw Festival's GUYS AND DOLLS Has Moments that Sparkle

GUYS AND DOLLS, the mainstage musical at the Shaw Festival this summer offers an enjoyable, tightly paced staging that gives audiences a chance to revisit one of Frank Loesser's most sparking scores. Of the four leading players, two give well-developed performances but are unbalanced by the other coupel who lack the necessary 'chemistry.' * * * 1/2 (OUT OF 5)

Shaw Festival Extends GUYS AND DOLLS Through 11/3

Already shaping up to be one of the season's hottest tickets, Guys and Dolls will continue to captivate audiences for 15 extra performances at The Shaw's Festival Theatre.

Shaw Festival 2013 Announces Casting for GUYS AND DOLLS and MAJOR BARBARA

An exceptional collection of talent has been assembled to bring the Shaw Festival's 52nd season to life - a unique and entertaining playbill rich with new and provocative conversations, culture clashes, magical transformations and dazzling ideas. The Salvation Army marches in this season with freshly re-envisioned productions of Guys and Dolls, one of musical theatres most celebrated pieces, and Shaw's Major Barbara - an ever relevant and potent play.

HIS GIRL FRIDAY Begins Shaw's Festival Previews

His Girl Friday, John Guare's inspired combo of Ben Hecht and Charles MacArthur's original play The Front Page and the screen version His Girl Friday, began previews Sunday at The Shaw's Festival Theatre