- A group of Shaw patrons are now in the know -
Niagara-on-the-Lake, ON (August 24, 2017) — Tonight, a Shaw Festival audience got a sneak peek at a new project created by Paul Sportelli and Jay Turvey. The latest edition of Secret Theatre featured the talents of Andrew Broderick, Jeff Irving, Vanessa Sears and Jacqueline [...]
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Shhh … It’s a Secret
Filed under: 2017 Media Releases, Media Releases | Tags: 2017 Season, Alex Grant, Andrew Broderick, Andy Ballantyne, Ben Phelan, Festival Theatre, Freddy Gabrsek, Jacqueline Thair, Jay Turvey, Jeff Irving, Joel Lewczynski, Kelly Wong, Niagara Oast House Brewers, Niagara region, Niagara-on-the-Lake, Paul Sportelli, Secret Theatre, Secret Theatre Club, Shaw Festival, sneak peak, Théa Pel, Vanessa Sears
Shaw Festival Announces 2018 Season
Filed under: 2017 Media Releases, Media Releases | Tags: 2018 Season, A Christmas Carol, Craig Hall, Eda Holmes, Festival Theatre, Grand Hotel, How He Lied to Her Husband, Jackie Maxwell Studio Theatre, Kevin Bennett, Kimberley Rampersad, Mythos: A Trilogy - God. Heroes. Men., Niagara-on-the-Lake, O'Flaherty V.C., Oh What a Lovely War, Peter Hinton, Philip Akin, Ravi Jain, Royal George Theatre, Sarah Ruhl, Secret Theatre, Selma Dimitrijevic, Shaw Festival, Stage Kiss, Stephen Fry, The Hound of the Baskervilles, The Magician's Nephew, The Man of Destiny, Tim Carroll, Tim Jennings
- Season includes expanded use of the Jackie Maxwell Studio Theatre -
Niagara-on-the-Lake, ON (August 23, 2017) — Artistic Director Tim Carroll and the Shaw Festival reveal the complete playbill for the 2018 season. Having introduced Festival patrons to Two-Way Theatre in 2017, the Shaw Festival will continue to invite the audience into the creative process, [...]
Stephen Fry’s Mythos: A Trilogy – Gods. Heroes. Men. makes world premiere at the 2018 Shaw Festival
Filed under: 2017 Media Releases, Media Releases | Tags: 2018 Season, Festival Theatre, Mythos: A Trilogy - God. Heroes. Men., Niagara region, Niagara-on-the-Lake, Shaw Festival, Stephen Fry, Tim Carroll, World premiere
Niagara-on-the-Lake, ON (August 17, 2017) — During a visit to Niagara-on-the-Lake earlier this year, world renowned actor, comedian and renaissance man Stephen Fry hinted that he’d return to the Shaw Festival in 2018. Tim Carroll, Artistic Director of The Shaw, will direct Mr. Fry in the world premiere of Mythos: A Trilogy – Gods. Heroes. [...]
Shhh … It’s a Secret
Filed under: 2017 Media Releases, Media Releases | Tags: Alison Peddie, Claire Jullien, Fiona Byrne, Kelly Wong, Kristopher Bowman, Marion Day, Molly Atkinson, Niagara region, Niagara-on-the-Lake, Sanjay Talwar, Secret Theatre, Secret Theatre Club, Shaw Festival, Simcoe Park, Tara Rosling
- A group of Shaw patrons are now in the know -
Niagara-on-the-Lake, ON (August 1, 2017) — Secret Theatre this evening featured Kristopher Bowman, Fiona Byrne, Marion Day, Claire Jullien, Tara Rosling, Sanjay Talwar and Kelly Wong. The top-secret event was directed by Molly Atkinson.
The Shaw Festival renames theatre in honour of former Artistic Director Jackie Maxwell
Filed under: 2017 Media Releases, Media Releases | Tags: 2017 Season, Artistic Director Emerita, Jackie Maxwell, Jackie Maxwell Studio Theatre, Niagara region, Niagara-on-the-Lake, Shaw Festival, Studio Theatre
Niagara-on-the-Lake, ON (July 28, 2017) — At a ribbon cutting ceremony earlier today, the Shaw Festival honoured former Artistic Director Jackie Maxwell’s fourteen year tenure by renaming the Studio Theatre. In front of an audience of donors, company members and patrons, the space was officially christened the Jackie Maxwell Studio Theatre just days before Middletown [...]
Shhh … It’s a Secret
Filed under: 2017 Media Releases, Media Releases | Tags: 2017 Season, Andrew Lawrie, Benedict Campbell, Claire Jullien, David Ball, Donna Belleville, Emily Lukasik, Jay Turvey, Jeremiah Sparks, Jonathan Tan, Karl Ang, Kelly Wong, Kimberley Rampersad, Marion Day, Niagara Oast House Brewers, Niagara region, Niagara-on-the-Lake, PJ Prudat, Sanjay Talwar, Sara Topham, Secret Theatre, Secret Theatre Club, Sharry Flett, Shaw Festival, Tim Carroll, Travis Seetoo
- A group of Shaw patrons are now in the know -
Niagara-on-the-Lake, ON (July 26, 2017) — Today – on Bernard Shaw’s birthday – Tim Carroll and Kimberley Rampersad directed the latest installment of Secret Theatre. Karl Ang, David Ball, Donna Belleville, Benedict Campbell, Marion Day, Sharry Flett, Claire Jullien, Andrew Lawrie, Emily Lukasik, PJ [...]
Artistic Director Emeritus honoured with creation of the Christopher Newton Interns Program
Filed under: 2017 Media Releases, 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
- 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 [...]
An Octoroon makes its Canadian premiere at the Shaw Festival
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
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
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 [...]