Review: ANYTHING GOES at Shaw Festival
by Michael Rabice
- Jul 15, 2025
Some classic musicals will live on forever thanks to that perfect blend of book, musical score,and dance. Cole Porter's ANYTHING GOES continues to enchant audiences 90 years after it's Broadway debut. Multiple versions have taken to the stage and silver screen, cementing such classics as 'You're The Top,' 'Anything Goes, ' Friendship,' and 'It's De-Lovely.'
ANYTHING GOES Comes to Shaw Festival
by Stephi Wild
- May 2, 2025
Cole Porter's Anything Goes, the long-running musical comedy from Broadway's Golden Age, brings its infectious melodies, bubbly charm and a dazzling display of tap dancing to Niagara-on-the-Lake.
Kate Hennig, Stacey Kay, and More Join the Grand Theatre's 2024-25 Season
by Stephi Wild
- Aug 15, 2024
With just over two months left until the opening production of the Grand Theatre’s 2024/25 Season: A Time for Play, the theatre has announced the names of the over one-hundred artists and creative team members who will make up the company of Rachel Peake’s first programmed season as Artistic Director.
Review: AS YOU LIKE IT at Shakespeare Theatre Company
by Rachael F. Goldberg
- Dec 9, 2023
Shakespeare Theatre Company’s production of 'As You Like It' is fun and playful, and it often feels that the cast, creative team, and audience are having an absolute blast together. With a strong team both on and off the stage, there’s an ease and joy that permeates every aspect of the production that’s undeniable.
Review: Holiday Classic WHITE CHRISTMAS Takes the Stage At Shaw Festival
by Michael Rabice
- Nov 29, 2022
Christmas traditions may come and go, but watching the film WHITE CHRISTMAS has always been an obligatory part of the holiday season for me. And for the past 20 years or so, audiences can experience Irving Berlin's classic live on stage. The Shaw Festival is presenting their joyous version this year on the Festival stage and the result is pure technicolor heaven.
A CHRISTMAS CAROL and WHITE CHRISTMAS Announced For The Shaw's Holiday Season Begins
by A.A. Cristi
- Nov 9, 2022
Two timeless holiday tales, guaranteed to make spirits bright in young and old alike, begin previews at The Shaw. The Festival's holiday spirits, um spirit, will take over the Royal George Theatre on November 9 with the Charles Dickens classic A Christmas Carol. Irving Berlin's White Christmas, his adored musical homage to romance and snow, follows merrily along on November 18 at the Festival Theatre.
CYRANO DE BERGERAC to Return to the Shaw Festival
by Chloe Rabinowitz
- Mar 9, 2022
Everyone’s favourite lovelorn duellist is returning to the Shaw Festival. The Chris Abraham-directed, Kate Hennig-adapted Cyrano de Bergerac, Edmond Rostand’s tale of unrequited and selfless love, begins previews Sunday, March 20 at the Royal George Theatre.
Smash Hit AS YOU LIKE IT Lands At Citadel
by A.A. Cristi
- Feb 14, 2020
a?oe[Daryl Cloran's] As You Like It is a unique phenomenon.a?? So said Christopher Gaze, artistic director of Vancouver's Bard on the Beach Festival, in an announcement that the festival would be extending by one full week due to the unprecedented success of As You Like It a?" a first for the festival's 30-year history.
Imago Theatre Presents THE DECEMBER MAN For 30th Anniversary Of Polytechnique Shooting
by A.A. Cristi
- Dec 3, 2019
On December 7 at 7:00pm at Dawson College Theatre, Imago Theatre in association with the Dawson College Peace Centre will present a reading of Colleen Murphy's The December Man with a renowned Canadian creative team to commemorate the 14 lives lost in the Ecole Polytechnique shooting and fundraise for the women's shelter Chez Doris. The December Man focuses on the lives of Jean Fournier, a young engineering student who witnessed the Polytechnique massacre, and his parents, Kathleen and Benoît, as they struggle to cope in the aftermath of a violent hate crime. The December Man is an intimately human story about family, courage, survival, the depths of love and the scar tissue marks of hate.
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