“Oh home! parents! family! duty! How I loathe them! How I’d like to see them all blown to bits!”
Media Release #6
Niagara-on-the-Lake, Ontario, April 19, 2012 . . . Misalliance, Bernard Shaw’s cheeky social examination of Darwin’s idea of Natural Selection and familial affiliations, previews today at the Royal George Theatre.
Posts Tagged ‘Eda Holmes’
Shaw’s sassy Misalliance gets the Swinging Sixties treatment
Filed under: 2012 Media Releases, Media Releases | Tags: 2012 Season, Bernard Shaw, Eda Holmes, Niagara region, Niagara-on-the-Lake, Royal George Theatre, Shaw Festival
The Shaw Festival announces 50th Season Playbill
Filed under: 2010 Media Releases, Media Releases | Tags: 2011 Season, 50th Season, Bernard Shaw, Candida, Cat on a Hot Tin Roof, Court House Theatre, Drama at Inish, Eda Holmes, Festival Theatre, Heartbreak House, Maria Severa, My Fair Lady, Niagara region, Niagara-on-the-Lake, On the Rocks, Royal George Theatre, Shaw Festival, Studio Theatre, The Admirable Crichton, The President, Top Dog/Under Dog, When the Rain Stops Falling
2011 season celebrates Festival’s past and future
Media Release #25
My roots are in the past: my hopes are in the future.” ~ Bernard Shaw
Welcome to the Shaw Festival’s 50th season — one which celebrates the past, while looking enthusiastically forward. As explained by Artistic Director Jackie Maxwell, “This milestone season gives us an opportunity to honour [...]
August openings feature Age of Arousal and Serious Money
Filed under: 2010 Media Releases, Media Releases | Tags: 2010 Season, Age of Arousal, Bernard Shaw, Caryl Churchill, Court House Theatre, Eda Holmes, Niagara region, Niagara-on-the-Lake, Serious Money, Shaw Festival, Studio Theatre
Media Release #21
Niagara-on-the-Lake, Ontario, August 13, 2010….The final two productions of The Shaw’s 2010 season — Age of Arousal, Canadian playwright Linda Griffiths’ rousing theatrical play set in a surrealistic Victorian England, and Serious Money, contemporary Shavian playwright Caryl Churchill’s prescient look at corporate greed and financial excess open tonight and Saturday evening, respectively.
Caryl Churchill’s Serious Money currently in previews at the Shaw Festival
Filed under: 2010 Media Releases, Media Releases | Tags: 2010 Season, Bernard Shaw, Caryl Churchill, Eda Holmes, Niagara region, Serious Money, Shaw Festival, Studio Theatre
“Greed is all right. Greed is healthy. You can be greedy and still feel good about yourself.”
Media Release #20
Niagara-on-the-Lake, Ontario, August 9, 2010…. Serious Money, contemporary Shavian playwright Caryl Churchill’s prescient look at corporate greed and financial excess, à la the 1980’s, is currently in previews at the Shaw Festival’s Studio Theatre. Eda Holmes directs this [...]
The Women and musical One Touch of Venus currently in previews at The Shaw
Filed under: 2010 Media Releases | Tags: 2010 Season, Alisa Palmer, Clare Boothe Luce, Eda Holmes, Festival Theatre, Kurt Weill, Niagara region, Niagara-on-the-Lake, Royal George Theatre, Shaw Festival
Media Release #12
Niagara-on-the-Lake, Ontario, May 25, 2010…The Women and One Touch of Venus, two productions highlighting varied manifestations of love, relationships and marriage are currently in previews at the Shaw Festival.
Previews begin for Shavian Restoration comedy In Good King Charles’s Golden Days
Filed under: 2009 Media Releases | Tags: 2009 Season, Bernard Shaw, Eda Holmes, In Good King Charle's Golden Days
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.
Changes at the Shaw Festival
Filed under: 2009 Media Releases | Tags: 2009 Season, Born Yesterday, Eda Holmes, Neil Munro
Media Release #3
Niagara-on-the-Lake, Ontario, February 4, 2009…Artistic Director Jackie Maxwell regretfully announced today that Neil Munro is relinquishing his post as Associate Director of the Shaw Festival, for health reasons. He has also withdrawn from his directorial duties for the production of Born Yesterday, scheduled to appear on the Festival stage as part of The [...]
