Feeds“I can resist anything except temptation”
Media Release #14
Niagara-on-the-Lake, Ontario, May 9, 2013 . . . An ambitious new production of Oscar Wilde’s Lady Windermere’s Fan begins previews today on The Shaw’s Festival stage. Director Peter Hinton returns to The Shaw for his first Wilde play, following his critically acclaimed Shaw Festival directorial debut in [...]
Media Release #13
Niagara-on-the-Lake, Ontario, May 6, 2013…Already shaping up to be one of the season’s hottest tickets, Guys and Dolls will continue to captivate audiences for 15 extra performances at The Shaw’s Festival Theatre.
Polish director Tadeusz Bradecki helms the vivacious cast of Elodie Gillett as Sarah Brown, Kyle Blair as Sky Masterson, Jenny L. [...]
“Luck if you’ve ever been a lady to begin with…Luck be a lady tonight”
Media Release #11
Niagara-on-the-Lake, Ontario, April 11, 2013 . . . A new production of the Tony Award-winning musical Guys and Dolls begins previews April 12 at The Shaw’s Festival Theatre. Like its musical predecessors My Fair Lady and Ragtime, the Shaw’s production [...]
“If one wants to be successful in London, one must either have looks, wit, or a bank balance.”
Media Release #9
Niagara-on-the-Lake, Ontario, April 2, 2013 . . . The curtain rises tomorrow on the Shaw Festival’s 52nd season when W. Somerset Maugham’s glittering satire Our Betters begins previews at the Royal George Theatre. Morris Panych [...]
Media Release #7
Niagara-on-the-Lake, Ontario, March 1, 2013 . . . The committee for the 2013 Gina Wilkinson Prize is pleased to announce the short list of nominees for the second annual prize: Krista Jackson of Winnipeg, Tanja Jacobs of Toronto, Meg Roe of Vancouver and Jan Alexandra Smith of Port Hope, Ontario.
Media Release #6
Niagara-on-the-Lake, Ontario, January 30, 2013….The Shaw Festival proudly presents a special screening of Midnight’s Children on Friday, February 22 at 6 p.m. in The Shaw’s Festival Theatre. Proceeds from this fundraising event will support the upgrading of much needed technical equipment for The Shaw’s annual Festival Film Series.
Media Release #5
Niagara-on-the-Lake, Ontario, January 28, 2013 . . . Executive Director Elaine Calder today announced changes to the management leadership team at the Shaw Festival. Effective immediately, Director of Marketing and Communications Valerie Taylor assumes additional responsibility for the Sales department. In doing so, Ms. Taylor heads up the Shaw team charged [...]
Media Release #4
Niagara-on-the-Lake, Ontario, January 25, 2013….At today’s Annual General Meeting at the Shaw Festival, outgoing Board of Governors Chair Gary M. Comerford, Executive Director Elaine Calder and Artistic Director Jackie Maxwell welcomed incoming Chair Andrew M. Pringle, current Chair of the Canadian Foundation for AIDS Research (CANFAR); and new board members Charles E. [...]
Media Release #3
Niagara-on-the-Lake, Ontario, January 25, 2013 . . . Shaw Festival Theatre Canada held its Annual General Meeting for the 2012 season on Friday, January 25, 2013 in the lobby of the Festival Theatre. In attendance were members of the Shaw Festival Board of Governors led by outgoing Chair Gary Comerford, Artistic Director [...]
