CANDIDA to Begin Performances at The Shaw Festival This Weekend
by Chloe Rabinowitz - Jul 12, 2024
The Shaw Festival will present CANDIDA, a play exploring timeless love triangles and romantic entanglements. Experience the drama and wit of George Bernard Shaw's classic work at The Shaw. Learn more and see how to purchase tickets.
MY FAIR LADY, CANDIDA & More Set for Shaw Festival 2024 Season
by Chloe Rabinowitz - Sep 26, 2023
Get a sneak peek into the upcoming 2024 season at the Shaw Festival, including highly anticipated productions like MY FAIR LADY and CANDIDA. Discover the classic and contemporary shows set to captivate audiences next year.
Final Main Season Shows Start Previews at the Shaw Festival
by Stephi Wild - Jul 14, 2022
Bernard Shaw's brilliant dark comedy The Doctor's Dilemma, the first of the final trio of main season shows, begins previews July 16 at the Festival Theatre. On July 27, Cicely Hamilton's funny and prophetic Just to Get Married begins previews at the Royal George Theatre, while August Wilson's haunting Gem of the Ocean begins previews on August 5 at the Jackie Maxwell Studio Theatre.
Shaw Festival Unveils 60th Season; Full Schedule
by Chloe Rabinowitz - Oct 6, 2021
The Shaw Festival announced the 60th anniversary season. Get the full list of shows and dates here. “We have a lot to celebrate as we look forward to our diamond anniversary season. In what might be our most ambitious programme ever, we intend to show off the range of experiences available at The Shaw,” revealed Artistic Director Tim Carroll.
Wing Night At The Boot Opens This Week
by A.A. Cristi - Aug 3, 2018
Decades worth of colourful stories and memories that have emerged from the Blyth Inn commercial tavern are captured in the Blyth Festival's Wing Night at the Boot, a play written by The Company, which opens Aug. 8.
BWW Review: Bad Hats' PETER PAN at Soulpepper Inspires the Imagination
by Taylor Long - Dec 13, 2017
With a little creativity, anything is possible. Soulpepper's presentation of Bad Hats Theatre's PETER PAN is proof that imagination can push the limits of what is possible on stage. Set in the round, the wonderfully-clever production has chuckling adults and wide-eyed children all believing in fairies.
Canadian Stage and York University Welcome 2017-19 MFA Candidates
by BWW News Desk - Sep 11, 2017
Canadian Stage and the School of the Arts, Media, Performance & Design at York University are pleased to announce their incoming candidates for the York University MFA Program in Stage Direction in collaboration with Canadian Stage: Liza Balkan and Severn Thompson.
THE PIGEON KING Comes to the Blyth Festival
by BWW
News Desk - Aug 9, 2017
The world premiere of The Pigeon King is the third show on Blyth Festival's playbill this summer and tells the tale of Arlan Galbraith, the self-proclaimed Pigeon King who was convicted of fraud in a Waterloo Court and sentenced to seven years for his preposterous Pigeon Ponzi scheme. The Pigeon King is a collaboration featuring original music all created by The Company. Directed by Severn Thompson, the show plays from August 9 to September 23. It's a country parable for our times, reminding us that what takes flight always comes home to roost.
THE PIGEON KING Comes to the Blyth Festival
by A.A. Cristi - Jul 20, 2017
The world premiere of The Pigeon King is the third show on Blyth Festival's playbill this summer and tells the tale of Arlan Galbraith, the self-proclaimed Pigeon King who was convicted of fraud in a Waterloo Court and sentenced to seven years for his preposterous Pigeon Ponzi scheme. The Pigeon King is a collaboration featuring original music all created by The Company. Directed by Severn Thompson, the show plays from August 9 to September 23. It's a country parable for our times, reminding us that what takes flight always comes home to roost.
COME FROM AWAY Nabs Three Dora Awards; All Winners Announced!
by BWW News Desk - Jun 27, 2017
The 38th Annual Dora Mavor Moore Awards for the 2016-2017 season were handed out in a star-studded ceremony in Toronto on the evening of Monday, June 26 at the Elgin Theatre of the Elgin and Winter Garden Theatre Centre, hosted by acclaimed actor and musician Raoul Bhaneja, a Maple Blues Award winner and Gemini, Dora and Canadian Comedy Award nominee.