Thursday, Jul 17th, 2014 by Shaw Festival Public Relations |
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- Margaret MacMillan and Paul Gross headline first weekend event exploring WWI -
Media Release #13
Niagara-on-the-Lake, ON (July 17, 2014) — The Shaw Festival opens their stages to brilliant guest speakers and artists whose insights go Beyond the Stage and demonstrate new ways of seeing and thinking about the world through literature, theatre and food.
The Speakers Series begins this weekend with The War to End All Wars?: Commemorating World War One featuring acclaimed historian Margaret MacMillan, author of Paris 1919, and actor/director/writer Paul Gross. The series continues with Thought for Food, a panel discussion led by celebrated food writer and cookbook author Lucy Waverman, on September 13 and At the Heart of the Matter with Lawrence Hill, insightful and accomplished author of the bestselling novel The Book of Negroes, on October 4. Read the rest of this entry »
Wednesday, Jul 16th, 2014 by Shaw Festival Public Relations |
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Newsroom Post #11
Niagara-on-the-Lake, ON (July 16, 2014) — The Mountaintop, Katori Hall’s powerful and provocative portrait of Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. on the eve of his assassination on April 4, 1968 begins previews today in The Shaw’s Studio Theatre. Presented in 2013 as part of The Shaw’s Reading Series, this season’s full production of The Mountaintop is directed by Philip Akin and features Kevin Hanchard as Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. and Alana Hibbert as Camae. Read the rest of this entry »
Friday, Jul 11th, 2014 by Shaw Festival Public Relations |
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- July opening weekend culminates with new production of Shaw’s The Philanderer -
Media Release #12
Niagara-on-the-Lake, ON (July 11, 2014) — The Shaw Festival celebrates the official openings of three more productions beginning Friday evening at the Court House Theatre with The Sea, a provocative mix of drama and comedy by Edward Bond. The festivities continue on Saturday at the Court House Theatre with the opening of this season’s Lunchtime, A Lovely Sunday at Creve Coeur by Tennessee Williams; concluding later that evening at the Festival Theatre with the opening of a new production of Bernard Shaw’s The Philanderer. Read the rest of this entry »
– Aspiring singers are willkommen to show off their vocal flair in this year’s singing challenge –
Media Release #11
Niagara-on-the-Lake, ON (July 9, 2014) — The Shaw Festival invites amateur singers to belt it out like they’re headlining at the famous Kit Kat Klub. The world-renowned Niagara-on-the-Lake repertory theatre company is once again inviting Ontario singers over the age of 13 to upload a one-minute or less video of themselves singing their favourite song from the musical Cabaret. Read the rest of this entry »
Thursday, Jul 3rd, 2014 by Shaw Festival Public Relations |
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- Tender one-act comic story of heartbreak and healing now on stage at Court House Theatre -
Newsroom Post #10
Niagara-on-the-Lake, ON (July 3, 2014) — The Shaw Festival brings Tennessee Williams’s forgotten one-act play A Lovely Sunday for Creve Coeur back to the stage. Directed by Blair Williams, this rarely seen comical charmer is peppered with Williams’s sharp and witty dialogue and features Kaylee Harwood, Deborah Hay, Kate Hennig and Julain Molnar. It began previews June 28 at the Court House Theatre. Read the rest of this entry »
Wednesday, Jul 2nd, 2014 by Shaw Festival Public Relations |
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- Potent mix of humour, drama and politics in one of the great plays of the 20th century -
Newsroom Post #9
Niagara-on-the-Lake, ON (July 2, 2014) — Juno and the Paycock, one of the most performed and highly regarded plays of the 20th century, is currently in previews at the Shaw Festival. Directed by Artistic Director Jackie Maxwell, The Shaw’s production of Sean O’Casey’s portrait of a family torn apart by the political turmoil and tragedy of the Irish Civil War features Mary Haney as Juno Boyle, the indomitable matriarch at the heart of O’Casey’s play. Jim Mezon as Captain Jack Boyle and Benedict Campbell as Joxer Daly also headline a cast that includes Andrew Bunker, Charlie Gallant, Corrine Koslo, Marla McLean and Gord Rand. Read the rest of this entry »
Tuesday, Jul 1st, 2014 by Shaw Festival Public Relations |
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- Comedy about love, marriage and the sexes staged as Shaw intended – with originally abandoned third Act -
Newsroom Post #8
Niagara-on-the-Lake, ON (July 1, 2014) — A new production of Bernard Shaw’s The Philanderer, staged with the original third Act, is now in previews at the Festival Theatre. Celebrated American director Lisa Peterson, making her Shaw Festival and Canadian theatre debut, directs this new production that brings out the wicked in Shaw’s wit. Gord Rand as the charismatic Leonard Charteris, Moya O’Connell and Marla McLean as “New Women” Julia Craven and Grace Tranfield, respectively, lead a cast featuring Michael Ball, Jeff Meadows, Ric Reid and Harveen Sandhu. Read the rest of this entry »
Thursday, Jun 19th, 2014 by Shaw Festival Public Relations |
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- Networking event at iconic Niagara-on-the-Lake destination focused on strengthening binational links -
Media Bulletin #6
Niagara-on-the-Lake, ON (June 19, 2014) — The Shaw Festival was honoured to be the meeting place of choice for a Greater Niagara Chamber of Commerce (GNCC), in partnership with NEXTNiagara, and Buffalo Niagara 360 (BN360) cross-border networking reception. Designed to strengthen the network of the next generation of business leaders, yesterday’s event was attended by key business and civic emerging leaders from the Niagara Region and Western New York. The evening’s attendees were also treated to a performance of Phillip Barry’s romantic comedy The Philadelphia Story. Read the rest of this entry »
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