Posts Tagged ‘2009 Season’

 

Shaw Festival Eliminates Accumulated Deficit

Friday, Jan 29th, 2010 by Shaw Festival Public Relations | 0 Comments
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Media Release #2 
Niagara-on-the-Lake, Ontario, January 29, 2010… Members of the Shaw Festival Theatre Foundation, Canada, gathered at the Festival Theatre today to celebrate the 2009 season and to receive the annual reports of the officers. 
Keith Mosley, Treasurer of the Board of Governors, reviewed the Shaw Festival’s financial position and officially declared that The Shaw has [...]

Shaw Festival 48th Season Closes

Thursday, Nov 5th, 2009 by Shaw Festival Public Relations | 0 Comments
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Media Release #29
Niagara-on-the-Lake, Ontario, November 5, 2009 . . . The Shaw Festival’s 48th season closed on November 1, and Executive Director Colleen Blake today released the attendance results for the 2009 season. With a turbulent 2008 winter, the Shaw Festival began rehearsals in March at 20% behind the year-to-date sales target. However as soon [...]

The Shaw Festival to host Amnesty’s Festival for Freedom Concert

Thursday, Sep 17th, 2009 by Shaw Festival Public Relations | 0 Comments
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Media Bulletin #10
Niagara-on-the-Lake, Ontario, September 17, 2009 . . .The Shaw Festival is proud to present the 21st Annual Festival for Freedom Benefit Concert in support of Amnesty International on Monday, October 5, 2009 at 8 p.m. at the Royal George Theatre in Niagara-on-the-Lake.

No new date scheduled for An Enchanted Evening with Measha Brueggergosman; ticket holders to be contacted

Wednesday, Aug 19th, 2009 by Shaw Festival Public Relations | 0 Comments
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Media Bulletin #9
Niagara-on-the-Lake, Ontario, August 19, 2009. . . The highly anticipated return to the stage by soprano Measha Brueggergosman during the Shaw Festival’s An Enchanted Evening with Measha Brueggergosman on Sunday, August 9, 2009 was unfortunately marred by inclement weather and had to be cancelled.  The enthusiasm held by The Shaw and Ms. Brueggergosman [...]

The Shaw Theatre Festival receives a $2.5 million bequest from philanthropist Mona Campbell

Tuesday, Jun 9th, 2009 by Shaw Festival Public Relations | 0 Comments
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Media Release #14
Niagara-on-the-Lake, Ontario, June 9, 2009….The Shaw Festival is pleased to announce a remarkable $2.5 million bequest from long time patron and supporter Mona Campbell who passed away in 2008.

Slaight Family Makes $5 Million Gift to Shaw Festival Academy

Thursday, May 21st, 2009 by Shaw Festival Public Relations | 0 Comments
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Media Release #13
Niagara-on-the-Lake, Ontario, May 21, 2009…The Shaw Festival is thrilled to announce the establishment of The Slaight Family Academy at the Shaw Festival. A transformational gift of $5 million from the Slaight Family will endow The Academy and sustain it long into the future.

Garson Kanin’s social comedy Born Yesterday previews at the Shaw Festival Theatre

Tuesday, May 5th, 2009 by Shaw Festival Public Relations | 0 Comments
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Media Release #10
Niagara-on-the-Lake, Ontario, May 5, 2009…One of the most popular and longest running postwar comedies in American theatre, Garson Kanin’s classic comedy Born Yesterday, began preview performances today at the Shaw Festival Theatre.

The Shaw Festival previews Eugene O’Neill’s A Moon for the Misbegotten

Friday, May 1st, 2009 by Shaw Festival Public Relations | 0 Comments
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Media Release #9
Niagara-on-the-Lake, Ontario, May 1, 2009…Eugene O’Neill’s bittersweet love story A Moon for the Misbegotten began preview performances on Tuesday, April 28, 2009 at the Court House Theatre.

The Shaw Festival receives $2.1 million in funding support from the Government of Canada

Monday, Apr 27th, 2009 by Shaw Festival Public Relations | 0 Comments
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Media Release #8
Niagara-on-the-Lake, Ontario, April 27, 2009…Colleen Blake, Executive Director of the Shaw Festival, announced today that the theatre festival is receiving $2,131,860 million in funding through the Marquee Tourism Events Program (MTEP).

Previews begin for Shavian Restoration comedy In Good King Charles’s Golden Days

Friday, Apr 17th, 2009 by Shaw Festival Public Relations | 0 Comments
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Media Release #7
Niagara-on-the-Lake, Ontario, April 17, 2009… Preview performances of In Good King Charles’s Golden Days, George Bernard Shaw’s Restoration romp begin today, Friday, April 17, 2009, at the Royal George Theatre.       

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