1,003 stories by "Stratford Festival"
Designing for theatre is a "durational art."
Step into the Props department as Julie Fox reflects on building the world of The Tempest through its sets and costumes.
Come experience the ric…
"The starting impulse" of theatre begins with the director.
On World Theatre Day, Antoni Cimolino reflects on the power of directing and what he hopes to achieve with The Tempest. Read more …
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…
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 …
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…
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…
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…
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…
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…
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…
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…
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…
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…
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…
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…
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…
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…
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, …
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…
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…
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…
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…
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…
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…
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…
