Are you ready to enjoy our 2017 production of Timon of Athens from the comfort of your own couch? Airing on @CBC at 2 pm today! http://bit.ly/2KlMmSQ
Missed it in movie theatres? Timon of Athens will be airing commercial free this Sunday, August 5 at 2 pm EST on CBC! http://bit.ly/2KlMmSQ
Do you have your tickets to Pawâkan Macbeth yet? One performance is already sold out!
This adaptation by Indigenous artist Reneltta Arluk, director of last season's The Breathing Hole, is set in Cree territory in 1870s Alberta, where Macbeth becomes the cannibal spirit Wihtiko.
The Amazing Race Canada is coming to Stratford tonight! Be sure to tune into CTV at 8pm today to see what captivating and dramatic challenges the amazing racers take on here! #AmazingRaceCanada
It's our Lucky $29 Musical Sale. Try your luck at randomly assigned $29 A, B or C zone seating – and win every time! Book now: http://bit.ly/1W34G3y
Join us live as CBC Ideas host Paul Kennedy moderates a discussion that explores the question of how oppression shapes who we are, both individually and collectively.
Missed it in movie theatres? Romeo and Juliet will be airing commercial free this Sunday, July 29 at 2 pm EST on CBC! http://bit.ly/2JGUg9g
A fantastic overview of our current season including reviews of #sfTempest and #sfRockyHorror from @chicagotribune!
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A fantastic review of our two spectacular musicals #sfMusicMan and #sfRockyHorror from The New York Times 👇
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This coming Tuesday The Amazing Race Canada is coming to Stratford! Be sure to tune into CTV at 8pm on July 31 to see what captivating and dramatic challenges the amazing racers take on here! #AmazingRaceCanada
One audience member. One love story. Ten beats per line.
When William Shakespeare finds himself with writer’s block, his Muse delivers inspiration in the form of a surprise guest with a story to tell
At each performance, a willing patron is invited on stage to sit down with the Bard and share their personal love story.
Every life is Shakespearean
Award-winning actor/improviser Rebecca Northan (creator of Blind Date) and a cast of some of Canada's top improv talent spontaneously create Shakespeare's “lost play” based on one person’s real-life romantic adventures – in iambic pentameter. It’s your life through the Bard’s eyes!
Margaret Atwood’s latest book, Hag-Seed (a modern re-telling of Shakespeare’s The Tempest), and the hit television adaptations of her novels Alias Grace and The Handmaid’s Tale both affirm her place in the Canadian literary canon and illustrate the continuing relevance of her work to our modern world.
The award-winning Canadian author, essayist, poet and activist returns to the Forum for a candid conversation with Artistic Director Antoni Cimolino.
Listen in on this conversation with veteran broadcaster and diversity speaker Jesse Wente, #sfMockingbird director Nigel Shawn Williams and company member Irene Poole discussing the potential political and social power of the "silent majority" with moderator, arts journalist, Garvia Bailey.
Next in the @ny1 On Stage series about the Stratford Festival is this conversation between two Festival alumni.
Thanks to On Stage for visiting us here in Stratford and for creating this amazing series all about our work here.
*Contest is now closed. Winners will be contacted by email.*
It's #TriviaThursday again and we have another great giveaway for you. If you can answer the question below, you could win a pair of tickets to see The Tempest on Saturday at 2 pm.
Fill in the blank: "O brave new world, that has such ________ in it!"
Submit your answers to socialmedia@stratfordfestival.ca. Please include your full name and email address.
Get a special look behind the scenes of our theatres with our Artistic Director Antoni Cimolino thanks to NY1 On Stage. Stay tuned throughout the week for more videos from this great series from On Stage.
NY1 On Stage visited Stratford for a special series all about our history and current season. Check out this fantastic interview with Christopher Plummer who has graced our stages many times during his career.
Stay tuned this week for more videos from this On Stage series.
We're celebrating our 66th season this week and unlocking incredible savings just for YOU! Get 66% off A, B and C zone seats to select performances of this season's hottest shows.
Details here: http://bit.ly/2Nl4aj7
*This contest is now closed. Thank you for playing!*
It's #TriviaThursday and we have a great prize for you. If you can answer the question below, you could win a pair of tickets to The Tempest tomorrow at 2 pm.
Question: What year was The Tempest believed to have been written in?
Send your answers to socialmedia@stratfordfestival.ca with your full name and email address.
*Contest is closed, thanks for your entries.*
We have a little contest for you. Tell us which Barenaked Ladies song the lyrics below are from and you could win a pair of tickets to see Steven Page in concert this Friday at 2 pm.
"Yesterday you'd forgiven me / But it'll still be two days till I say I'm sorry."
Send your guesses to socialmedia@stratfordfestival.ca. Please include your full name and email address with your answer.
Last night I attended my first show in Stratford. We saw Rocky Horror and it was mind blowing. I have been to many shows and theatres but this was top notch. If you have a chance to see it, do it!! Also the staff at the Avon Theatre was beyond my expectations. Every single one of them made our night memorable and were the friendliest people I have ever met. Well done, you made our night perfection
As regional neighbours, we regularly attend Stratford Festival performances, which have been consistently entertaining and endearing to us over several decades. On our visits, we also enjoy the Festival Theatre's Arthur Meighen Gardens and surrounding park. We appreciate the professionalism and welcoming attitude associated with the Festival and Stratford itself.
This year's lineup has been outstanding! It seems to have hit the sweet spot between the traditional and the crowd pleasers. My guests @rosehurststratford are raving.
The calibre of theatre presented in Stratford is world class. Set in a beautiful city full of culture and culinary treasures. You won't be disappointed.
Ontario friends and family: if you are looking for a summer activity, I highly recommend the Stratford Festival’s The Music Man. It did not disappoint!
This is the best Festival anywhere! The plays are amazing -- the casts, the scenery, the costumes, the music (when used, which is often), etc. The setting in Stratford is beautiful -- lovely town with nice shops, restaurants, and the lovely river and parks. The people at the Festival are helpful, super-pleasant, and knowledgeable -- I've never witnessed any rudeness at all, even when dealing with difficult situations. (You might have noticed that ''I like this place and could willingly waste my time in it.')
I am seeing 7 shows this year. Rocky was the most recent and is amazing. Please please please film this and release a video after the season is over..
Had absolutely the BEST day there. Took my daughter to the 2 o'clock performance on August 5 of Guys and Dolls for her 16th birthday. When the usher scanned our tickets to my horror he informed me that the tickets were for a previous date. I must have mistakingly hit the wrong date when printing them out. He then informed us to go to the Box office and explain our situation. The short walk there felt forever as I felt like such an idiot. We had just drove from Windsor and now we might have to go back sooner and disheartened.
Needless to say the woman at the box office was quick to put my mind at ease and was able to accommodate us with 2 tickets for the show. I can't tell you how I went from feeling like I just let the world crash down on our father/daughter day to being able to see the show after all and have a beautiful afternoon with her.
I have been going for many years and will continue to bring family and friends for many years to come.
Thank you Stratford Festival for allowing me to set out and do what I wanted to doand that was to create a special memory for the 2 of us to cherish for years to come.
Cheers
Just saw Rocky Horror Picture Show at the Avon Theatre. Fantastic job! The cast really lived "don't dream it; be it"! Superb singing and dancing from everyone, and extra applause for the narrator for his perfect sense of timing!
There was so much talent on the stage this afternoon! Five stars all the way--was worth the drive. Way to go, Danielle! You nailed it!!
We come here every year and we love it. The productions are always amazing and the town is beautiful.
My husband and I visited Stratford this past weekend and for me it was the first time. It was also my first Shakespeare play. To our surprise and dismay, I had purchased tickets for the wrong day. I thought we would be cutting our weekend short, but the box office staff and the house manager were wonderful! Not only did we see the show, but they even up-graded our seats. We had a wonderful evening and thoroughly enjoyed "The Twelfth Night". We will definitely be making trips to the Stratford Festival a regular event! A special thank you to the house manager who saved me from unrelenting teasing from my husband!
I took our Ottawa family including two young teens to Stratford for their inaugural visit this past weekend. I had only been to Stratford once 10 years ago and repeatedly spoke so highly of the quality of theatre that I finally wore everyone down. Experiencing Guys and Dolls will go down in our family lore as one of those singular euphoric moments. My 12 year old daughter was so captivated by Twelfth Night that we decided to add Romeo and Juliette performance for a Saturday double header with Guys and Dolls and were astonished that Evan Buliung played back to back two incredibly demanding roles. I will be making an annual pilgrimage to Stratford from this point forward.
Love having this venue so close to home! Their staff is amazing and very friendly. The venues are great, the season choices are amazing. They do a great job of showcasing their community and all the fabulous things to do.
HMS Pinafore is a must see. Treasure Island is wonderfully done with a script that engages children and adults. Timon of Athens is not a comfortable play, but one that is brilliantly performed and relevant to our culture's addictions to consumption, acquiring "friends" and "followers" and emotional instability that result. School for Scandal is beautifully costumed and tightly acted. Guys and Dolls is a stunning spectacle of dance numbers and music that are complex and engaging. The use of music and levels on Twelfth Night brings freshness to a well-known script. A very bright and engaging season!
This is our fourth year coming to see your shows! We have never left a show unhappy! We just saw Guys and Dolls and Treasure Island they were incredible! The cast were soooo talented and the costumes and set designs were breathtaking! Looking forward to HMS pinafore next week. The staff are so pleasant and a bonus is the to go reusable Stratford Festival coffee cup you get as a souvenir when you order a coffee! Also if you have kids definitely take them to Treasure Island! My daughter loved the interaction the pirates have with the kids in the audience! These productions are worth every cent spent!
I had the pleasure of seeing Guys and Dolls yesterday. The choreography and overall energy of the show were nothing short of spectacular! Blythe Wilson (Miss Adelaide) and Alexis Gordon (Sarah Brown) stole the show and Steve Ross' (Nicely-Nicely Johnson) rendition of "Sit Down, You're Rockin' the Boat" brought the house down. In the words of Director and Choreographer Donna Feore"Guys and Dolls is without question one of the finest pieces of musical theatre ever created". True Stratford quality across the board. Well Done!
By far some of the best theatre I've seen. The quality is definitely on par if not better than Broadway. Ticket prices are good (even better when you are from the US with the current exchange rate) and all the seats are good seats. I saw 5 of this season's shows and I wasn't disappointed in any of them. 5 of 5 stars for sure! I'll definitely be back next year!
Amazing festival, saw Mockingbird yesterday and there are no words. The cast literally brought tears to our eyes a number of times. Can't wait to come back.
My daughter LOVES Romeo and Juliet so we went this weekend with my mother in law, my friend and her two girls and us. When the lights turned on at intermission I turned to my daughter and asked how it was. She said that Romeo missed a line in her favorite part but she'll forgive him because it is just so good. Thank you for an amazing production of my daughter's favorite love story.