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Stratford Festival Announces 2026 Cast for GUYS AND DOLLS
by Chloe Rabinowitz - Oct 20, 2025

Discover the Stratford Festival's 2026 cast lineup, featuring GUYS AND DOLLS and more! Get details on how to attend this exciting season.

RANSACKING TROY World Premiere to Open at The Stratford Festival
by Chloe Rabinowitz - Aug 6, 2025

The Stratford Festival is presenting the world première of Ransacking Troy, a powerful and provocative new work by award-winning playwright Erin Shields. Learn more and see how to purchase tickets.

ANNE OF GREEN GABLES To Have World Première At Stratford Festival
by A.A. Cristi - Apr 26, 2025

Grab a glass of raspberry cordial and join us for a story of love, family and friendship as Kat Sandler's adaptation of Anne of Green Gables makes its world première at the Stratford Festival.

Stratfest@Home To Begin Streaming CYMBELINE And More
by A.A. Cristi - Dec 11, 2024

Stratfest@Home will begin streaming the 2024 production of Shakespeare's Cymbeline and the 2023 production of Alice Childress's Wedding Band. New original content includes the music series Never Doubt I Love and the short film The Understudy.

Cast and Creative Teams Set for Stratford Festival 2025
by Chloe Rabinowitz - Oct 16, 2024

Stratford Festival has its preparations for 2025 in full swing. The preliminary casting for the 11 productions of the coming season has been revealed! Learn more about the 2025 company, stars and shows and see how to purchase tickets.

New Adaptation of Margaret Laurence's THE DIVINERS Comes to Stratford Festival
by Stephi Wild - Aug 7, 2024

A new adaptation of Margaret Laurence’s classic Canadian novel The Diviners comes to the Tom Patterson Theatre for its world première. Directed by Krista Jackson with Geneviève Pelletier and with text by Vern Thiessen and Yvette Nolan, this production offers a bold adaptation, epic in scope, spanning centuries of this land’s past.

Review: The Stratford Festival's CYMBELINE Offers Fantasy and Excitement
by Lauren Gienow - May 31, 2024

An exciting production of William Shakespeare’s CYMBELINE opened last night at the Tom Patterson Theatre. This rarely played Tragicomedy Romance offers an intriguing and fantastical story and Director Esther Jun and company take full advantage of all the twists, turns and laughs within the text.

CYMBELINE Now On Stage at The Stratford Festival
by Chloe Rabinowitz - May 10, 2024

Experience the magic of Shakespeare's CYMBELINE, now captivating audiences at the Stratford Festival. Learn how to purchase tickets.

Stratford Festival Unveils 2024 Casts and Creative Teams
by Chloe Rabinowitz - Nov 7, 2023

Get all the latest updates on the highly anticipated 2024 season at the Stratford Festival. Find out which talented actors have been cast in which productions, and get ready to experience the magic of live theater at one of the world's most renowned festivals.

LES BELLES-SOEURS By Michel Tremblay Comes to The Stratford Festival
by Stephi Wild - Aug 9, 2023

Les Belles-Soeurs, the Michel Tremblay masterpiece that revolutionized Québécois theatre and is renowned the world over, returns to Stratford with a production on the Festival Stage directed by Esther Jun.

WEDDING BAND to Begin Performances Tomorrow at the Stratford Festival
by Chloe Rabinowitz - Jun 19, 2023

Alice Childress’s riveting play Wedding Band – a profound meditation on injustice and intolerance – starts performances at the Stratford Festival’s Tom Patterson Theatre on Tuesday in a production directed by Sam White.

LOVE'S HEAVY BURDEN to Play TEATRO Restaurant This Month
by Blair Ingenthron - Jun 11, 2023

Local fans and supporters of the arts and Shakespearean-style comedy are invited to experience an immersive show by Calgary-based actor and playwright Jim Lair Beard who unveils his new play, Love's Heavy Burden. The limited run starts Tuesday, June 20 thru Thursday, June 22 and will be held at TEATRO Restaurant's Opera Room.

Stratford Festival 2023 Special Holiday Presale Begins Next Week
by Chloe Rabinowitz - Dec 8, 2022

The Stratford Festival is putting the finishing touches on casting and will soon open its box office for a special holiday pre-sale for tickets to the 13 exciting shows of the 2023 season. With savings up to 25%, this is a perfect opportunity to secure tickets for your favourite shows or buy gifts for the theatre-lovers on your list.

Review: LITTLE WOMEN at the Stratford Festival Brings a Classic Story to the Next Generation
by Lauren Gienow - Jul 13, 2022

A beloved story has been adapted for the stage and for the whole family at the Stratford Festival this season and it had its world premiere last Thursday night. Playwright Jordi Mand's LITTLE WOMEN--based on the novels Little Women and Good Wives by Louisa May Alcott is being brought to life on stage by Director Esther Jun and a fabulous company. Though this is part of the Schulich Children’s Plays programming, there is a kind of combined accessibility and maturity to this production that will allow it to be enjoyed by everyone.

ALL'S WELL THAT ENDS WELL to be Presented at Stratford Festival
by Chloe Rabinowitz - Jun 13, 2022

The Stratford Festival’s new Tom Patterson Theatre will open its doors to its second production on Tuesday, June 14, as director Scott Wentworth’s production of All’s Well That Ends Well begins performances.

LITTLE WOMEN to be Presented at Stratford Festival
by Chloe Rabinowitz - Jun 10, 2022

Jordi Mand’s new adaptation of the classic children’s story Little Women comes to vibrant life in a production directed by Esther Jun at the Stratford Festival’s Avon Theatre beginning on June 11.

Stratford Festival Announces 2022 Casting
by Stephi Wild - Feb 2, 2022

February marks a new beginning at the Stratford Festival with members of the 2022 acting company set to start rehearsals. Over the coming months, these dynamic artists will immerse themselves in 10 extraordinary productions and lead the Festival into the post-pandemic future.

DIY Theatre Plans the Unplannable with 52 PICK UP
by Vicki Trask - Oct 19, 2021

DIY Theatre has taken inspiration from the past year and a half of the pandemic and is putting unpredictability center stage in the first show of their season, 52 Pick-Up! Written by TJ Dawe and Calgarian Rita Bozi, directed by Shelby Reinitz, 52 Pick-Up marks the return of in-person performances for DIY Theatre running October 28 to October 31.

Final Week To Vote for the 2019 BroadwayWorld Toronto Awards
by BWW - Dec 23, 2019

There's just one final week to submit votes for the 2019 BroadwayWorld Toronto Awards, brought to you by TodayTix! Vote today to make sure your favorite local theatre's achievements and performers are recognized!

December 19th Update: DEAR EVAN HANSEN - Royal Alexandra Theatre Leads Best Musical Category in the BWW Toronto Awards Voting
by BWW Staff - Dec 19, 2019

We're heading into the final week of voting for the 2019 BroadwayWorld Toronto Awards, brought to you by TodayTix! Vote today to make sure your favorite local theatre's achievements and performers are recognized!