Jackie Maxwell News

The Shaw Festival announced their line-up for 2008. It will include the musicals WONDERFUL TOWN (in the Festival Theatre) and A LITTLE NIGHT MUSIC (in the Court House Theatre.) They will also do 4 special concrt performances of the Sondheim/Goldman FOLLIES. The Shaw plays will be GETTING MARRIED and MRS. WARREN'S PROFESSION. The season will also include THE LITTLE FOXES, AN INSPECTOR CALLS, THE PRESIDENT, THE STEPMOTHER, AFTER THE DANCE, and a revival of their 2005 production of BELLE MORAL.

The Shaw Festival presents a Sesquicentennial celebration in honour of its namesake, Bernard Shaw, to officially mark the birthday of one of history's greatest playwrights on Wednesday, July 26 at the Festival Theatre.

Each summer Niagara-on-the-Lake - one of the most beautiful places in all of Southern Ontario - becomes a theatre lover's dream as the Shaw Festival offers a series of 10 plays and musicals.

Nestled just above the border where Lake Ontario meets the Niagara River is the charming town known as Niagara-on-the-Lake. This beautiful historical hot-spot is the home base for one of North America's finest theatre companies, The Shaw Festival.

The American Theatre Wing's seminar Exploring Summer Theatre will feature discussions with theatre professionals on June 10th at the Elebash Recital Hall