Posts Tagged ‘Festival Theatre’

 

Shaw Festival Launches Niagara Neighbours Spring Celebration

Media Bulletin #5
Niagara-on-the-Lake, Ontario, March 10, 2010 . . . This week, the Shaw Festival launched its annual Niagara Neighbours Spring Celebration, an invitation for Niagara residents to join The Shaw in celebration of the launch of the 2010 season.

Shaw Festival to celebrate the life of actor, teacher, mentor Goldie Semple

Media Bulletin #4
Niagara-on-the-Lake, Ontario, March 4, 2010. . . The life of Goldie Semple, one of Canadian theatre’s beloved and finest classical artists, teacher and mentor, will be celebrated at the Shaw Festival on Sunday, March 28 at 3 p.m. in the Festival Theatre. The Shaw Festival hopes all of Goldie’s friends, colleagues and fans [...]

Oscar nominated Precious: Based on the Novel “Push” by Sapphire confirmed for Shaw Festival Film Series

New screening dates for “Precious” and “Séraphine”, along with special screening of Glenn Gould documentary added 
 Media Bulletin #1 

Niagara-on-the-Lake, Ontario, February 3, 2010. . . .The gritty and inspirational Precious: Based on the Novel “Push” by Sapphire has been confirmed for The Shaw’s Festival Film Series and will be screened on February 20.  The film Séraphine, [...]

Shaw Festival Eliminates Accumulated Deficit

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 Theatre Festival Announces 2010 Principal Casting and Creative Teams

Media Release #30
Niagara-on-the-Lake, Ontario, November 25, 2009 … Artistic Director Jackie Maxwell announced today the principal casting and creative teams for the Shaw Theatre Festival’s 2010 season.  The season runs from April 1 to October 31 on the Festival’s four Niagara-on-the-Lake stages and feature ten productions, as well as the popular reading series of contemporary [...]

Shaw Festival Film Series Features Festival Favourites and Revealing Docs

Media Bulletin #11
Niagara-on-the-Lake, Ontario, November 16, 2009 … Continuing its partnership with The Film Circuit, a branch of the Toronto International Film Festival (TIFF), to bring acclaimed contemporary films and documentaries to its Festival Theatre, the Shaw Festival is proud to announce its 2010 season film line-up. 

The Shaw Festival Announces 2010 Season

Media Release #28

Bernard Shaw once wrote: “When a thing is funny, search it for a hidden truth.”  Reflecting on this quote, Artistic Director Jackie Maxwell acknowledged; “From the wit of Wilde, the gentle comedy of Chekhov to the barbed banter of Shaw and the cutting satire of Churchill, the Shaw Festival’s 2010 Season is infused [...]

Shaw Festival Box Office Opens for 2009 Season

Media Release #1
Niagara-on-the-Lake, Ontario, January 14, 2009 . . . The Shaw Festival Box Office is now accepting telephone and in-person orders from the general public for the 2009 season. Fax, online and mail orders began on January 5.
The Box Office has been open to Members of the Shaw Festival since November 8 and to [...]