Feeds- The program made possible by a single gift from a private donor -
Niagara-on-the-Lake, ON (July 22, 2017) — Artistic Director Tim Carroll revealed today that Artistic Director Emeritus Christopher Newton’s contributions to the Shaw Festival and Canadian theatre at large would be recognized through the newly created Christopher Newton Interns program. The program was [...]
Archive for the ‘2017 Media Releases’ Category
Artistic Director Emeritus honoured with creation of the Christopher Newton Interns Program
Saturday, Jul 22nd, 2017 by Shaw Festival Public Relations | 0 Comments
Filed under: 2017 Media Releases | Tags: $1 million donation, 2017 Season, Artistic Director Emeritus, Charlie Baillie, Christopher Newton, Christopher Newton Interns Program, Marilyn Baillie, Niagara region, Niagara-on-the-Lake, Shaw Festival, Shaw Festival Foundation
Filed under: 2017 Media Releases | Tags: $1 million donation, 2017 Season, Artistic Director Emeritus, Charlie Baillie, Christopher Newton, Christopher Newton Interns Program, Marilyn Baillie, Niagara region, Niagara-on-the-Lake, Shaw Festival, Shaw Festival Foundation
Shhh… It’s a Secret
Thursday, Jul 20th, 2017 by Shaw Festival Public Relations | 0 Comments
Filed under: 2017 Media Releases | Tags: Niagara Oast House Brewers, Secret Theatre, Secret Theatre Club, Shawn Wright, Tim Carroll
Filed under: 2017 Media Releases | Tags: Niagara Oast House Brewers, Secret Theatre, Secret Theatre Club, Shawn Wright, Tim Carroll
- A group of Shaw patrons are now in the know -
Niagara-on-the-Lake, ON (July 19, 2017) — Under the direction of Tim Carroll, Shawn Wright treated the audience to a performance in a late night edition of Secret Theatre.
To avoid missing out on the next happening, patrons can sign up for the Secret Theatre [...]
An Octoroon makes its Canadian premiere at the Shaw Festival
Friday, Jul 14th, 2017 by Shaw Festival Public Relations | 0 Comments
Filed under: 2017 Media Releases, Media Releases | Tags: 2017 Season, Andre Sills, Branden Jacobs-Jenkins, Canadian premiere, Diana Donnelly, Kiera Sangster, Lisa Berry, Niagara-on-the-Lake, Patrick McManus, Peter Hinton, Royal George Theatre, Ryan Cunningham, Samantha Walkes, Shaw Festival, Starr Domingue, Vanessa Sears
Filed under: 2017 Media Releases, Media Releases | Tags: 2017 Season, Andre Sills, Branden Jacobs-Jenkins, Canadian premiere, Diana Donnelly, Kiera Sangster, Lisa Berry, Niagara-on-the-Lake, Patrick McManus, Peter Hinton, Royal George Theatre, Ryan Cunningham, Samantha Walkes, Shaw Festival, Starr Domingue, Vanessa Sears
- Branden Jacobs-Jenkins’ groundbreaking play is a no-holds-barred exploration of racial stereotypes -
Niagara-on-the-Lake, ON (July 14, 2017) — The Shaw’s production of An Octoroon is perhaps the funniest, and certainly the most subversive, theatre experience this season. Riffing off of Dion Boucicault’s melodrama The Octoroon, Branden Jacobs-Jenkins’ Obie Award-winning play is his sardonic, radical response [...]
Everywhere and nowhere together in Middletown
Tuesday, Jul 11th, 2017 by Shaw Festival Public Relations | 0 Comments
Filed under: 2017 Media Releases, Media Releases | Tags: 2017 Season, Canadian premiere, Gray Powell, Jackie Maxwell Studio Theatre, Meg Roe, Middletown, Moya O'Connell, Niagara region, Niagara-on-the-Lake, Shaw Festival, Will Eno
Filed under: 2017 Media Releases, Media Releases | Tags: 2017 Season, Canadian premiere, Gray Powell, Jackie Maxwell Studio Theatre, Meg Roe, Middletown, Moya O'Connell, Niagara region, Niagara-on-the-Lake, Shaw Festival, Will Eno
- The Shaw’s production of this contemporary American play finds meaning in the mundane -
Niagara-on-the-Lake, ON (July 11, 2017) — Meg Roe directs the hypnotic Middletown, written by Pulitzer-nominated and Drama Desk Award-winning playwright Will Eno, as an intimate experience shared by actors and audience. The Canadian premiere of Middletown begins previews on July 13 [...]
The Shaw Festival sinks its teeth into Liz Lochhead’s seductive adaptation of Bram Stoker’s Dracula
Thursday, Jul 6th, 2017 by Shaw Festival Public Relations | 0 Comments
Filed under: 2017 Media Releases, Media Releases | Tags: 2017 Season, Bram Stoker, Dracula, Eda Holmes, Festival Theatre, Liz Lochhead, Niagara region, Niagara-on-the-Lake, Shaw Festival
Filed under: 2017 Media Releases, Media Releases | Tags: 2017 Season, Bram Stoker, Dracula, Eda Holmes, Festival Theatre, Liz Lochhead, Niagara region, Niagara-on-the-Lake, Shaw Festival
- Repressed erotic hunger and desire run rampant in this thrilling version of the legendary tale -
Niagara-on-the-Lake, ON (July 6, 2017) — The Shaw Festival’s production of Liz Lochhead’s sultry adaptation of Bram Stoker’s Dracula – a feminine-focused take on the iconic vampire story – begins previews July 8 at the Festival Theatre. Directed by [...]
Shhh… It’s A Secret
Saturday, Jul 1st, 2017 by Shaw Festival Public Relations | 0 Comments
Filed under: 2017 Media Releases, Media Releases | Tags: 2017 Season, Allan Louis, Ben Sanders, Canada Day, David Ball, Diana Donnelly, Eda Holmes, Emily Lukasik, Gavin Bryers, Kelly Wong, Kimberley Rampersad, Kristi Frank, Marion Day, Niagara Oast House Brewers, Niagara region, Niagara-on-the-Lake, Paul Sportelli, PJ Prudat, Sanjay Talwar, Secret Theatre, Shaw Festival, Steven Sutcliffe, Wade Bogert-O'Brien
Filed under: 2017 Media Releases, Media Releases | Tags: 2017 Season, Allan Louis, Ben Sanders, Canada Day, David Ball, Diana Donnelly, Eda Holmes, Emily Lukasik, Gavin Bryers, Kelly Wong, Kimberley Rampersad, Kristi Frank, Marion Day, Niagara Oast House Brewers, Niagara region, Niagara-on-the-Lake, Paul Sportelli, PJ Prudat, Sanjay Talwar, Secret Theatre, Shaw Festival, Steven Sutcliffe, Wade Bogert-O'Brien
- A group of Shaw patrons are now in the know -
Niagara-on-the-Lake, ON (July 1, 2017) — This evening, a crowd gathered to experience the third Secret Theatre of the season. Onlookers were treated to a theatrical moment directed by Eda Holmes, with music composed by Gavin Bryers. The event featured David Ball, Wade Bogert-O’Brien, [...]
Shhh … It’s a Secret
Wednesday, Jun 21st, 2017 by Shaw Festival Public Relations | 0 Comments
Filed under: 2017 Media Releases, Media Releases | Tags: 2017 Season, Cameron Grant, Cherissa Richards, Chick Reid, David Ball, Jeremiah Sparks, Jonah McIntosh, Kelly Wong, Marci T. Hours, Marion Day, Marla McLean, Martin Happer, Moya O'Connell, Natasha Mumba, Niagara Oast House Brewers, Niagara region, Niagara-on-the-Lake, Patrick McManus, Paul Sportelli, Peter Millard, Ryan Cunningham, Sanjay Talwar, Secret Theatre, Secret Theatre Club, Sharry Flett, Shaw Festival, summer soltice, Travis Seetoo
Filed under: 2017 Media Releases, Media Releases | Tags: 2017 Season, Cameron Grant, Cherissa Richards, Chick Reid, David Ball, Jeremiah Sparks, Jonah McIntosh, Kelly Wong, Marci T. Hours, Marion Day, Marla McLean, Martin Happer, Moya O'Connell, Natasha Mumba, Niagara Oast House Brewers, Niagara region, Niagara-on-the-Lake, Patrick McManus, Paul Sportelli, Peter Millard, Ryan Cunningham, Sanjay Talwar, Secret Theatre, Secret Theatre Club, Sharry Flett, Shaw Festival, summer soltice, Travis Seetoo
- A group of Shaw patrons are now in the know -
Niagara-on-the-Lake, ON (June 21, 2017) — Tonight an audience gathered to celebrate the summer solstice as part of the Shaw Festival’s Secret Theatre. The crowd was treated to a theatrical experience directed by Moya O’Connell, with music direction by Paul Sportelli. The evening’s event [...]
C.S. Lewis’s The Magician’s Nephew to open the 2018 Shaw Festival
Thursday, Jun 15th, 2017 by Shaw Festival Public Relations | 0 Comments
Filed under: 2017 Media Releases, Media Releases | Tags: 2018 Season, C.S. Lewis, Festival Theatre, Niagara region, Niagara-on-the-Lake, Shaw Festival, The Magician's Nephew
Filed under: 2017 Media Releases, Media Releases | Tags: 2018 Season, C.S. Lewis, Festival Theatre, Niagara region, Niagara-on-the-Lake, Shaw Festival, The Magician's Nephew
- The first production of the Shaw Festival’s 2018 season is revealed -
Niagara-on-the-Lake, ON (June 15, 2017) — Commissioned by the Shaw Festival, Michael O’Brien’s adaptation of C.S Lewis’s The Magician’s Nephew opens the 2018 season on the Festival Theatre stage. No stranger to Narnia, Artistic Director Tim Carroll helms the first installment of this [...]
Whimsical Wilde Tales conjures storybook magic for young and old
Tuesday, Jun 6th, 2017 by Shaw Festival Public Relations | 0 Comments
Filed under: 2017 Media Releases, Media Releases | Tags: 2017 Season, children ages 6-12, Court House Theatre, Kate Hennig, lunchtime, Oscar Wilde, Shaw Festival, Tales for Young and Old, Wilde Tales, Wilde Tales Workshop, World premiere
Filed under: 2017 Media Releases, Media Releases | Tags: 2017 Season, children ages 6-12, Court House Theatre, Kate Hennig, lunchtime, Oscar Wilde, Shaw Festival, Tales for Young and Old, Wilde Tales, Wilde Tales Workshop, World premiere
- Children add their special touch to on-stage action after taking part in a pre-show workshop -
Niagara-on-the-Lake, ON (June 6, 2017) — Kate Hennig, who steps into the role of Associate Artistic Director later this season, adapts four of Oscar Wilde’s tales – The Happy Prince, The Nightingale and the Rose, The Remarkable Rocket and The [...]
Shhh … It’s a Secret
Thursday, Jun 1st, 2017 by Shaw Festival Public Relations | 0 Comments
Filed under: 2017 Media Releases, Media Releases | Tags: Diana Donnelly, Emily Lukasik, Hannah Moscovitch, Jonathan Tan, Niagara Oast House Brewers, Niagara-on-the-Lake, Ric Reid, Secret Theatre, Shaw Festival
Filed under: 2017 Media Releases, Media Releases | Tags: Diana Donnelly, Emily Lukasik, Hannah Moscovitch, Jonathan Tan, Niagara Oast House Brewers, Niagara-on-the-Lake, Ric Reid, Secret Theatre, Shaw Festival
- A group of Shaw patrons are now in the know -
Niagara-on-the-Lake, ON (June 1, 2017) — Earlier today, a small audience of patrons took part in the Shaw Festival’s inaugural Secret Theatre. This undisclosed experience was directed by Diana Donnelly and featured Emily Lukasik, Jonathan Tan and Ric Reid in a piece by Hannah [...]