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STRATFORD FESTIVAL


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La Cage aux Folles
4/1 - 11/16/2024


La Cage aux Folles is a musical that explores themes of acceptance and family through the story of Georges, the manager of a drag club, ...

Something Rotten!
4/1 - 11/18/2024


Something Rotten! is a comedic musical that follows two struggling playwrights, Nick and Nigel Bottom, as they attempt to find their way in the theatrical ...

Dangerous Liaisons
5/1 - 8/31/2025


Dangerous Liaisons, adapted by Christopher Hampton from Choderlos de Laclos' novel, is set in pre-Revolutionary France and follows the Marquise de Merteuil and the Vicomte ...

The Winter’s Tale
4/25 - 9/3/2025


Antoni Cimolino directs The Winter’s Tale, one of Shakespeare's final romances, which grapples with themes of jealousy, loss, and redemption. The story follows King Leontes ...

Sense and Sensibility
4/20 - 9/5/2025


Sense and Sensibility brings Jane Austen's beloved novel to life with a vibrant adaptation by Kate Hamill. Directed by Daryl Cloran, the production follows the ...

As You Like It
4/15 - 9/10/2025


In the 2025 season at the Stratford Festival, a new production of Shakespeare's As You Like It, directed by Chris Abraham, takes center stage. The ...

Macbeth
4/17 - 9/10/2025


Macbeth, directed by Robert Lepage, brings a fresh interpretation of Shakespeare’s tragedy, reimagining it within the context of Quebec’s biker culture. The play explores themes ...

Dirty Rotten Scoundrels
5/5 - 9/12/2025


Dirty Rotten Scoundrels is a comedic musical set on the French Riviera, revolving around two conmen engaged in a hilarious competition to swindle wealthy women. ...

Annie
4/12 - 9/15/2025


Annie, directed and choreographed by Donna Feore, will be part of the Stratford Festival’s 2025 season. This beloved musical follows the optimistic orphan Annie as ...

Forgiveness
5/15 - 9/20/2025


Forgiveness is a poignant play by Hiro Kanagawa, adapted from Mark Sakamoto's award-winning memoir. It recounts the harrowing experiences of Sakamoto’s grandparents during World War ...

The Art of War
6/10 - 9/29/2025


The Art of War by Yvette Nolan explores the impact of war on artists and society during the Second World War. The story follows Nick, ...

Ransacking Troy
6/1 - 9/30/2025


Ransacking Troy is a fresh adaptation of the Trojan War narrative, focusing on the experiences of its female characters. Written by Erin Shields, the story ...


RELATED STORIES

THE MASTER PLAN Returns To Toronto Next Month


by A.A. Cristi - October 28, 2024

Playwright Michael Healy returns to the stage for the highly anticipated remount of THE MASTER PLAN in Toronto, following its acclaimed 2023 debut....

Mirvish Productions to Dim the Marquee Lights of The Royal Alexandra Theatre to Honor Maggie Smith


by Chloe Rabinowitz - September 27, 2024

The marquee lights of The Royal Alexandra Theatre will be dimmed on Tuesday, October 1 to honour Dame Maggie Smith, one of the greatest actors of her generation, who died at the age of 89 in London today. Learn more about Smith's life and career....

Playwright Michael Healey Joins THE MASTER PLAN this November


by Stephi Wild - September 13, 2024

Michael Healey’s THE MASTER PLAN, is set to make its highly-anticipated return to the Toronto stage this November and today Crow’s Theatre and Soulpepper Theatre Company have announced the upcoming production’s stellar cast. ...

Cast Set for FIFTEEN DOGS At The CAA Theatre


by Chloe Rabinowitz - September 05, 2024

Mirvish Productions has revealed the cast for the stage adaptation of FIFTEEN DOGS, based on André Alexis's novel, running at the CAA Theatre. Learn how to purchase tickets. ...

July Lineup Set For the Meighen Forum


by Stephi Wild - July 08, 2024

July will bring the Meighen Forum to the Stratford Festival, offering diverse experiences such as the Season Deep Dive week which features leaders and artists of the Festival, CBC Ideas Week: Brave New Worlds which will welcome back host Nahlah Ayed for a week of exploration. ...

Review: Mason and Sears Shine as ROMEO AND JULIET at the Stratford Festival


by Lauren Gienow - June 02, 2024

The final performance of Opening Week of the Stratford Festival’s 72nd Season is one familiar to all audiences. ROMEO AND JULIET opened at the Festival Theatre last night and provided a strong conclusion to a very successful opening week. Director Sam White – who directed last season’s excellent WED...

Review: The Stratford Festival's SOMETHING ROTTEN Has Something for Everyone


by Lauren Gienow - May 29, 2024

When it was announced last fall that the Stratford Festival would be mounting a production of SOMETHING ROTTEN with Director/Choreographer Donna Feore at the helm, it immediately made perfect sense. A show set in Elizabethan times that sends up Shakespeare and Musicals alike, with the Bard himself a...

Seana McKenna Will Receive Stratford Festival's Legacy Award


by Stephi Wild - May 08, 2024

The Stratford Festival has announced that actor and director Seana McKenna will receive the 2024 Legacy Award at a gala celebration on September 23 at Toronto’s Four Seasons Hotel....

World Premiere Of THY WOMAN'S WEEDS Comes to Centaur Theatre


by Stephi Wild - April 09, 2024

Centaur Theatre, in partnership with Repercussion Theatre and Tableau D'Hôte Theatre, and developed in collaboration with Playwrights' Workshop Montréal, have announced the long-awaited world premiere of THY WOMAN'S WEEDS by Erin Shields and directed by Amanda Kellock....

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!...

Past Shows

Salesman in China
8/3 - 10/26/2024


Salesman in China makes its world premiere at the Stratford Festival, exploring the cultural exchange surrounding the 1983 Mandarin production of Arthur Miller’s Death of ...


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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