Wednesday, March 25, 2026
Theatre is "a conversation."
Step into the rehearsal hall as Paul Gross prepares to take to the stage as Vladimir in Samuel Beckett's iconic tragicomedy, Waiting for Godot.
Book your ticket…
SOURCE: YouTube at 04:48AM[SHARE]Saturday, March 21, 2026
Bilbo Baggins is "the eyes and ears" of the audience.
Step into the rehearsal hall as Pablo Felices-Luna brings The Hobbit to life, directing a beloved classic on stage for devoted fans and …
SOURCE: YouTube at 03:32PM[SHARE]Friday, March 20, 2026
Graham Abbey has set "the parameters of the sandbox" and is ready for the magic to begin.
Step into the rehearsal hall as he directs A Midsummer Night's Dream, unleashing Shakespeare's misch…
SOURCE: YouTube at 03:12PM[SHARE]Wednesday, March 18, 2026
Molly Atkinson describes a "river of tragedy" running beneath all comedy.
Step into the rehearsal hall as Molly directs Waiting for Godot with an all-star cast, featuring Paul Gross, Tom McC…
SOURCE: YouTube at 08:18PM[SHARE]Tuesday, March 17, 2026
Shakespeare has a way of "compressing everything into a real crystal."
Step into the rehearsal hall as Antoni Cimolino shapes a bold new production of The Tempest.
Secure your seats to expe…
SOURCE: YouTube at 08:02PM[SHARE]Friday, March 13, 2026
Winter can't hold on much longer. Before you know it, the 2026 season will be in full swing and our gorgeous city will be glowing in the summer sun once again.
With 12 fantastic production…
SOURCE: YouTube at 06:36PM[SHARE]Thursday, March 12, 2026
What's Something Rotten!? Only the "uproarious musical comedy" (Toronto Star) that audiences want to see again and again... and again!
Whether you missed it in 2024 or you're one of many tha…
SOURCE: YouTube at 06:24PM[SHARE]Sunday, March 8, 2026
This International Women's Day, we look to the countless women that have shaped the Festival, including the one many would consider our matriarch, Martha Henry.
Watch her magic as Prospero…
SOURCE: YouTube at 10:31AM[SHARE]Tuesday, March 3, 2026
Smaug is officially joining the cast of The Hobbit and his puppet head is already turning heads backstage.
Props artist Matthew Burgess spent more than six weeks building the big Dragon head…
SOURCE: YouTube at 02:48PM[SHARE]Thursday, February 26, 2026
It's hard to be the B(e)ard! 🥸
As we prepare for Something Rotten!, the artisans in our Wigs department are busy getting the beards and moustaches ready for the Renaissance. There are…
SOURCE: YouTube at 07:18PM[SHARE]Saturday, February 14, 2026
For Valentine's Day: the balcony scene from Romeo and Juliet.
Shakespeare's tale of star-crossed lovers captivates generation after generation. Our 2017 production, featuring Antoine Yared a…
SOURCE: YouTube at 09:36AM[SHARE]Thursday, February 5, 2026
Today marks five years since the passing of Christopher Plummer. In honour of this extraordinary actor, one of the pioneers who helped put the Stratford Festival on the world stage and eleva…
SOURCE: YouTube at 06:54PM[SHARE]Tuesday, February 3, 2026
The Understudy is a peek-behind-the-curtain story of the theatre world. An understudy actor is called upon last-minute to replace the star of a major stage production of Shakespeare's The Te…
SOURCE: YouTube at 06:18PM[SHARE]Friday, January 23, 2026
It's a full house in Saturday, Sunday, Monday!
In a lively Neapolitan household, emotions run high as the family matriarch and her jealous husband hit a breaking point. Tears, laughter and g…
SOURCE: YouTube at 08:36PM[SHARE]Thursday, January 22, 2026
The King James Bible Play peels back the layers of a monumental translation.
It traces the lives of the men who forged one of the world's most influential texts and follows the female artist…
SOURCE: YouTube at 02:12PM[SHARE]Tuesday, January 20, 2026
Clutch your pearls because The Tao of the World is serving premium scandal.
This tantalizing new comedy peeks behind the velvet curtain of Singapore's ultra-rich, where scheming is a sport, …
SOURCE: YouTube at 07:48PM[SHARE]Monday, January 19, 2026
A single lie becomes poison to Othello.
Watch as trust corrodes, certainty buckles and a brilliant life is dragged into ruin by deception's quiet hand in Shakespeare's gripping tragedy.
Sec…
SOURCE: YouTube at 07:24PM[SHARE]Sunday, January 18, 2026
Magic and mischief by moonlight. ✨
A Midsummer Night's Dream transforms the Tom Patterson Theatre into an enchanted forest where lovers lose their way, spirits stir up trouble and nothi…
SOURCE: YouTube at 06:54PM[SHARE]Friday, January 16, 2026
Adventure awaits with The Hobbit.
Follow Bilbo Baggins and the ever-mysterious Gandalf as they plunge into an epic quest that reshapes their world, complete with dwarves, trolls, elves, gobl…
SOURCE: YouTube at 06:18PM[SHARE]Thursday, January 15, 2026
Oscar Wilde's The Importance of Being Earnest sweeps onto the stage in a flurry of wit, charm and delicious absurdity. This refreshing classic pokes fun at society's silliest expectations an…
SOURCE: YouTube at 05:54PM[SHARE]Wednesday, January 14, 2026
Shattering the illusion of the American dream, Arthur Miller's Death of a Salesman is a classic that demands to be seen.
Tom McCamus and Lucy Peacock reunite as Willy and Linda Loman, channe…
SOURCE: YouTube at 05:32PM[SHARE]Tuesday, January 13, 2026
Shakespeare is back and he's more outrageous than ever in Something Rotten!
Called "the smartest and funniest new musical comedy" by the Toronto Star, this crowd-pleasing spectacle returns t…
SOURCE: YouTube at 05:12PM[SHARE]Monday, January 12, 2026
Waiting for Godot like you've never experienced it before.
Samuel Beckett's play that changed everything arrives at the Festival Theatre for the very first time in a special limited engageme…
SOURCE: YouTube at 04:48PM[SHARE]Sunday, January 11, 2026
Big, bright and bursting with charm: it's Guys and Dolls with Donna Feore at the helm! This classic musical promises to be a dazzling theatrical spectacle, brimming with style, wit and eye-p…
SOURCE: YouTube at 04:32PM[SHARE]Saturday, January 10, 2026
Step into The Tempest, a whirlwind of magic and revenge where an exiled duke conjures a storm that forces a long-awaited reckoning. Under the direction of Antoni Cimolino, Shakespeare's clas…
SOURCE: YouTube at 04:06PM[SHARE]Friday, January 9, 2026
2026 means a new season at the Stratford Festival! 🎉
This year is an especially exciting one as we celebrate the remarkable career of Artistic Director Antoni Cimolino, who will be r…
SOURCE: YouTube at 03:54PM[SHARE]Tuesday, January 6, 2026
Join internationally acclaimed physician and author Dr. Jen Gunter in conversation with Festival artist Maev Beaty for a frank and empowering discussion about women's health and bodies. Know…
SOURCE: YouTube at 03:02PM[SHARE]Friday, January 2, 2026
In this episode, join world-renowned voice coach and author Patsy Rodenburg in conversation with the Stratford Festival's former Head of Voice, Janine Pearson, as they explore Rodenburg's gr…
SOURCE: YouTube at 01:48PM[SHARE]Wednesday, December 31, 2025
In this episode, former associate artistic director at Artists Repertory Theatre Jon Kretzu; emeritus research scientist and former resident bear biologist with the Ontario Ministry of Natur…
SOURCE: YouTube at 12:54PM[SHARE]Tuesday, December 30, 2025
Confronting the tyrant with the full weight of his jealous destruction.
Paulina (Yanna McIntosh) delivers a searing message to Leontes (Graham Abbey) about the death of his wife and son in T…
SOURCE: YouTube at 12:32PM[SHARE]Sunday, December 28, 2025
Join screenwriter, director and translator of Dangerous Liaisons, Sir Christopher Hampton; Harvard University literature professor Deidre Lynch; and Canadian author Amal El-Mohtar, as they e…
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