995 stories by "Stratford Festival"
A young Tom McCamus starring opposite the legendary Martha Henry in Long Day's Journey Into Night " a landmark production of an American classic that sold out nearly its entire 1994 run and …
The Winter's Tale is now streaming on Stratfest@Home!
Ranked as the Toronto Star's top show of 2025, Shakespeare's late romance is "more heartbreaking and heartwarming than you have ever see…
What happens when the spotlight suddenly shifts, and someone must step in at a moment's notice? In this episode, stage manager Maxwell T. Wilson (Dirty Rotten Scoundrels, 2025), swing and co…
Cozy nights. World-class theatre. 📺🛋ï¸
This winter, bring the magic of the stage home with Stratfest@Home, our premium on-demand platform! 🎠Save 30% on a new ann…
How does sound shape the way we experience a story on stage? In this episode, sound designer Debashis Sinha (Anne of Green Gables, 2025) and composer/sound designer Verne Good (Twelfth Night…
Kathleen Gallagher, a Fellow of the Royal Society of Canada and Distinguished Professor at the University of Toronto, and Karen Gilodo, Associate Artistic Director at Young People's Theatre,…
1994's Long Day's Journey Into Night is remembered by many as one of the finest productions ever mounted by the Stratford Festival. Now you can watch it on Stratfest@Home. The Eugene O'Neill…
What a pair of star-crossed lovers. ✨
This 1992 production of Romeo and Juliet marked Megan Follows's first season at the Festival, hot off the success of her breakthrough role in the A…
Experience the charm of Stratford this festive season. â„ï¸
With our "heartfelt production" of Annie (Toronto Star) extended until December 14, now is a perfect time to discover hol…
Doggone impressive! 🦴ðŸ¶
Before every performance of Annie, Harper Rae Asch is called on the Festival Theatre stage to rehearse tricks and commands with her canine co-stars. Here…
Experience holiday magic with Annie in Stratford!
Make a festive day of it while you're here to see this "charming musical with a joyful message" (Broadway World) running until December 14. …
As magical as a postcard.
Set at Christmas time, Annie is the perfect holiday treat for the whole family with a "winning balance of nostalgia and novelty" (The New York Post).
Book now: h…
What's it like for a dog in show business? 🕠See how Clue and Uno, the adorable pair of pups sharing the role of Sandy, prepare before each performance of Annie.
Clue, the 9-year-o…
We have a "New Deal for Christmas" with Annie performances until December 14! Experience this "surefire hit" (The Globe and Mail) this holiday season: https://www.stratfordfestival.ca/WhatsO…
The Festival Theatre is in full festive mode for Annie! 🎄🎠With just 17 performances from now until December 14, get into the holiday spirit with this "classic musical done ex…
Just a couple of dirty rotten guys.
"Jonathan Goad and Liam Tobin are hilarious" and "play off each other wonderfully" (Broadway World) in Dirty Rotten Scoundrels. But their swindling days a…
We're together at last this holiday season with Annie on stage through December 14!
It's "the season's biggest success" and "will keep audiences cozily wrapped in warmth for generations" (Th…
These fries are French 🟠(best line ever)!
Shakura Dickson is here and she's "as charming as ever" as Christine Colgate in Dirty Rotten Scoundrels (The Globe and Mail). In an intervi…
It may be colder outside, but the dancefloor is HOT. 🔥 Dirty Rotten Scoundrels is "deliriously funny" (The New York Post), featuring a "very talented cast" (Postmedia) and "the ensem…
Backstage Halloween! 🎃 As fun as it looks, it's a hard knock life being a show kid!
That's why it's important to remind the girls playing the orphans in Annie that a season at the Fes…
"Quit my sight! Let the earth hide thee!"
The chilling moment when Macbeth is haunted by Banquo's ghost. Shakespeare's tragedy is the perfect play for spooky season, and "Robert Lepage's Mac…
Here she is! 🤩 Shakura Dickson makes quite an entrance in Dirty Rotten Scoundrels as "the American Soap Queen" Christine Colgate, arriving for a holiday in the French Riviera. ðŸ¥�…
There's nothing like a toe-tapping dance break. 💃🕺 "One of the best parts of this Annie are the dizzying dance numbers" (Toronto Star).
For this season's Annie, Director-Cho…
After killing Duncan, Macbeth is afraid to think what he's done and Lady Macbeth must take matters into her own hands to cover their tracks.
There's just 13 performances left of Macbeth! Ge…
In this episode, join playwright and actor in Forgiveness Hiro Kanagawa, Editor of the Canadian Theatre Encyclopedia Dr. Anne Nothof and Canadian Studies scholar Peter Hodgins as they examin…