Media Release #33
Niagara-on-the-Lake, Ontario, September 26, 2011…After over 17 years as Executive Director, Colleen Blake will be leaving the Shaw Festival in early spring 2012.
Posts Tagged ‘Economic Impact’
Shaw Festival Executive Director to retire from The Shaw in early spring 2012
Filed under: 2011 Media Releases, Media Releases | Tags: 2011 Season, Bernard Shaw, Colleen Blake, Economic Impact, Executive Director, Niagara region, Niagara-on-the-Lake, Shaw Festival
Shaw Festival impacts provincial economy to the tune of $106.6M
Filed under: 2011 Media Releases, Media Releases | Tags: 2011 Season, Economic Impact, Niagara region, Niagara-on-the-Lake
Study shows annual theatre festival as powerful provincial economic driver
Media Release #10
Niagara-on-the-Lake, Ontario, May 2, 2011 …In addition to commemorating its 50th season, the Shaw Festival also celebrates its contribution, not only to the local regional economy, but to the greater Ontario economy. A study conducted by Enigma Research Corporation has concluded that the [...]
Shaw Festival celebrates the 2010 season at Annual General Meeting
Filed under: 2011 Media Releases, Media Releases | Tags: 2011 Season, Bernard Shaw, Box office revenues, Economic Impact, Marquee Tourism Events Program, Niagara region, Niagara-on-the-Lake, Shaw Festival
Media Release #4
Niagara-on-the-Lake, Ontario, January 28, 2011…The Annual General Meeting of the Shaw Festival Theatre Foundation for the 2010 season was held in the lobby of the Festival Theatre at 3:30 p.m. on Friday, January 28, 2011. Executive Director Colleen Blake, Artistic Director Jackie Maxwell, members of the Shaw Festival Board of Governors, along with [...]
Shaw Festival Eliminates Accumulated Deficit
Filed under: 2010 Media Releases, Media Releases | Tags: 2009 Season, Bernard Shaw, Economic Impact, Festival Theatre, Niagara region, Niagara-on-the-Lake, Noel Coward, Shaw Festival
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
Filed under: 2009 Media Releases | Tags: 2009 Season, Attendance, Born Yesterday, Box office revenues, Economic Impact, Niagara region, Noel Coward, The Entertainer
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 [...]
Ontario Government Invests in the Shaw Theatre Festival
Filed under: 2009 Media Releases | Tags: Economic Impact, Niagara region
Funding to benefit entire Niagara Region and its tourist industry
Media Release #11
Niagara-on-the-Lake, Ontario, May 20, 2009…The Shaw Festival’s marketing initiatives received a boost today with an $800,000 investment from the Ontario Government. Not only will the funding enhance The Shaw’s marketing strategies, it will also support the creation of new tourism experiences that will benefit the [...]
The Shaw Festival receives $2.1 million in funding support from the Government of Canada
Filed under: 2009 Media Releases | Tags: 2009 Season, Economic Impact, Marquee Tourism Events Program, Niagara-on-the-Lake
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).
