The Shaw Festival establishes Gabriel Pascal Memorial Fund

Monday, Aug 16th, 2010 by Shaw Festival Public Relations | Leave a Comment
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One of those extraordinary men who turn up occasionally – say once in a century – and may be called godsends in the arts to which they are devoted. ~ Bernard Shaw

Media Release #22

Niagara-on-the-Lake, Ontario, August 16, 2010….The Shaw Festival is thrilled to announce the establishment of the Gabriel Pascal Memorial Fund in honour of the man Bernard Shaw regarded as a “genius”. The renowned director, producer and friend of Bernard Shaw, was honoured at the Shaw Festival on Saturday, August 14 with the unveiling of a memorial plaque in the Festival Theatre lobby and the establishment of a memorial fund in his name. Members of the Shaw Festival community and friends of Mrs. Valerie Pascal Delacorte, wife of the late Pascal, were in attendance. Mrs. Delacorte took part in the ceremony, via Skype, from the Norton Museum in West Palm Beach. Read the rest of this entry »

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August openings feature Age of Arousal and Serious Money

Friday, Aug 13th, 2010 by Shaw Festival Public Relations | Leave a Comment
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Media Release #21

Niagara-on-the-Lake, Ontario, August 13, 2010….The final two productions of The Shaw’s 2010 season — Age of Arousal, Canadian playwright Linda Griffiths’ rousing theatrical play set in a surrealistic Victorian England, and Serious Money, contemporary Shavian playwright Caryl Churchill’s prescient look at corporate greed and financial excess open tonight and Saturday evening, respectively. Read the rest of this entry »

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Caryl Churchill’s Serious Money currently in previews at the Shaw Festival

Tuesday, Aug 10th, 2010 by Shaw Festival Public Relations | Leave a Comment
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“Greed is all right. Greed is healthy. You can be greedy and still feel good about yourself.”

Media Release #20 

Niagara-on-the-Lake, Ontario, August 9, 2010…. Serious Money, contemporary Shavian playwright Caryl Churchill’s prescient look at corporate greed and financial excess, à la the 1980’s, is currently in previews at the Shaw Festival’s Studio Theatre. Eda Holmes directs this amazingly timely satirical ride through a world of financial empire building, where sacrificing kith and kin is the norm and making a profit is the only reason for existing. Read the rest of this entry »

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Linda Griffiths’s Age of Arousal begins previews at the Shaw Festival

Friday, Jul 23rd, 2010 by Shaw Festival Public Relations | Leave a Comment
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Type, damn you. Type! It’s the way to liberty!

Media Release #19

Niagara-on-the-Lake, Ontario, July 23, 2010…. Linda Griffiths’s Age of Arousal begins previews today at the Court House Theatre. Wildly inspired by George Gissing’s novel The Odd Women, artistic director Jackie Maxwell directs this rousing theatrical production set in a surrealistic Victorian England. Read the rest of this entry »

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Shaw Festival extends run of Harvey

Wednesday, Jul 21st, 2010 by Shaw Festival Public Relations | Leave a Comment
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Media Release #18

Niagara-on-the-Lake, Ontario, July 21, 2010…Elwood Dowd and his best friend Harvey will continue to delight and charm audiences for an additional 14 performances at the Royal George Theatre. A hit with audiences and critics alike, the Mary Chase Pulitzer Prize-winning play will continue to run until November 14. Read the rest of this entry »

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Bernard Shaw’s The Doctor’s Dilemma kicks off July premieres and NOTL shuttle service launched

Friday, Jul 9th, 2010 by Shaw Festival Public Relations | Leave a Comment
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Media Release #17

Niagara-on-the-Lake, Ontario, July 9, 2010…Two of Bernard Shaw’s most provocative comedies open tonight and tomorrow evening as part of the Shaw Festival’s summer opening weekend. The festivities begin with The Doctor’s Dilemma, a satiric piece that poses some very stimulating questions, at the Festival Theatre and continues Saturday with this season’s lunchtime, the real-time playlet Half an Hour, by the beloved J.M. Barrie at the Royal George Theatre and Bernard Shaw’s farcical fairy tale John Bull’s Other Island at the Court House Theatre.

In celebration of these exciting new theatrical offerings, dignitaries from local government, Canada’s artistic and business communities; and Shaw supporters will attend gala dinners prior to the opening night performances. Read the rest of this entry »

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Eight Niagara-on-the-Lake charitable organizations beneficiaries of Shaw Festival’s Town Previews

Wednesday, Jul 7th, 2010 by Shaw Festival Public Relations | Leave a Comment
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Media Bulletin #6

Niagara-on-the-Lake, Ontario, July 7, 2010. . .This year’s Shaw Festival Town Previews of the Oscar Wilde social satire An Ideal Husband raised almost $7,500 and will benefit eight Niagara-on-the-Lake charitable organizations. The cheque presentation to representatives of the chosen organizations is taking place in the Festival Theatre lobby at The Shaw on Thursday, July 8 at 11 a.m. and is hosted by Artistic Director Jackie Maxwell and Executive Director Colleen Blake. Read the rest of this entry »

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J.M. Barrie’s playlet Half an Hour in previews at the Shaw Festival

Wednesday, Jun 30th, 2010 by Shaw Festival Public Relations | Leave a Comment
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Those who risk all and lose have to face the consequences.

 Media Release #16

Niagara-on-the-Lake, Ontario, June 30, 2010….Can a life change in 30-minutes? Half an Hour,  J.M. Barrie’s intense story of a woman who’s only got half an hour to change her life, aims to answer this question in real time. Gina Wilkinson, director of last season’s hit Born Yesterday, directs this season’s lunchtime at the Royal George Theatre. Read the rest of this entry »

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Shaw’s comedy John Bull’s Other Island in previews at the Shaw Festival

Wednesday, Jun 23rd, 2010 by Shaw Festival Public Relations | Leave a Comment
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When an Englishman is sentimental he behaves very much as an Irishman does when he is drunk.

Media Release #15

Niagara-on-the-Lake, Ontario, June 23, 2010…. John Bull’s Other Island, Bernard Shaw’s farcical fairy tale, is currently in previews at the Court House Theatre. Artistic Director Emeritus Christopher Newton directs the Shavian satirical story that had King Edward VII in stitches and solidified Shaw’s career as a playwright. Read the rest of this entry »

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Bernard Shaw’s The Doctor’s Dilemma begins previews at the Shaw Festival

Wednesday, Jun 9th, 2010 by Shaw Festival Public Relations | Leave a Comment
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Life does not cease to be funny when people die, any more than it ceases to be serious when people laugh.

Media Release #14

Niagara-on-the-Lake, Ontario, June 9, 2010….The Doctor’s Dilemma, the first of two productions by the Shaw Festival’s namesake, begins previews tomorrow at the Festival Theatre. Morris Panych directs this comic piece that poses some very relevant questions: when medical resources are limited, should a doctor decide who receives treatment and should those who can afford treatment be the first in line to receive it? Read the rest of this entry »

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