The Shaw Festival has released its 2025 season report, detailing financial results, attendance, and new board appointments. The company reported a surplus alongside $39.5 million in revenue and record donor contributions.
Niagara on the Lake will always be known for it's quaint lakeside charm, full of shops, restaurants, and tourists. So it's seems perfectly fitting that the Shaw Festival presents it's last incarnation of their beloved version of Charles Dickens' A CHRISTMAS CAROL. This fresh adaptation by Festival Artistic Director Tim Carroll first was staged in 2017 in the jewel box Royal George Theatre. This 2025 edition is to be the final show ever to play this stage before it is torn down and replaced with a structure that will be rock steady for the company's future.
The Shaw Festival has released casting and creative teams for its 2026 season, which runs April 2 through December 23 in Niagara-on-the-Lake. Productions include new stagings of Amadeus, Jeeves & Wooster in Perfect Nonsense, and additional works across three venues.
A timeless tale that became a Niagara-on-the-Lake holiday staple begins previews November 1. Christmas spirits of the Dickensian kind will inhabit the current incarnation of the Royal George Theatre one last time when holiday mainstay A Christmas Carol takes the stage until December 21.
The Shaw Festival is preparing to deck the halls once again with a pair of holiday favorites, as A Christmas Carol and Irving Berlin’s White Christmas returning this winter
The Shaw Festival has unveiled its 64th season today, set to begin in April 2026, featuring Funny Girl and more. See the full lineup here and learn more about the season!
The Shaw Festival welcomes the Canadian premiere of Will Eno’s Gnit**, a surreal, darkly funny, and unexpectedly moving contemporary reimagining of Henrik Ibsen’s Peer Gynt. Directed by Shaw Artistic Director Tim Carroll, the production begins previews June 19 and opens for review July 4, running through October 4 at the Jackie Maxwell Studio Theatre.
The Shaw Festival has announced a $150 million expansion, including the Shaw Artists’ Village, Burton Centre for Lifelong Creativity, and a new carbon-neutral Royal George Theatre. The All.Together.Now. campaign aims to foster real human connection through innovative programming and community outreach.
The Lion, the Witch and the Wardrobe, the final entry in the Shaw Festival’s Narnia cycle, begins previews this week at the Festival Theatre. Learn more and see how to purchase tickets.
The SHAW FESTIVAL has announced the return of A CHRISTMAS CAROL to the Royal George Theatre. The production runs from November 15 to December 23, 2024.
Intellectually stimulating, if somewhat bloodless, version of a tragedy born of racism, jealousy and naivety
After a hugely successful season at Sydney Opera House last year Australian music theatre sweethearts Libby O’Donovan OAM, Andy Cook, Alisha Todd and Tim Carroll unite to deliver Christmas Actually for one show only at Sydney Coliseum Theatre on Saturday 21 December.
See what the critics are saying about Othello at RSC. Read the reviews and learn more about the production, starring Tony nominated actor John Douglas Thompson.
MY FAIR LADY is quite obviously the most perfect choice of a musical that the SHAW FESTIVAL could program and this 2024 musical offering is a delicious delight, sure to please. It plays through December 22, 2024 and is the perfect excuse to visit Niagara on the Lake for the holiday season.
Jeffrey Horowitz, Founder of Theatre for a New Audience, having led and grown the not-for-profit organization since 1979, will retire on August 31, 2025, at the end of TFANA's just-announced season of Shakespeare alongside plays by classical and contemporary playwrights.
The Royal Shakespeare Company announced the full cast for its upcoming production of OTHELLO, featuring Hugh Quarshie in the title role and Lucian Msamati as Iago. The production opens in November.
Artistic Director Tim Carroll has revealed the Shaw Festival playbill for next season.
Theatre for a New Audience has revealed its 2024-25 season. See full programming and learn how to purchase tickets.
Alongside one world premiere, three new Shakespeare productions and a major revival going on sale at Stratford, RSC Co-Artistic Directors, Daniel Evans and Tamara Harvey, have announced their first Winter season at the Barbican, which sees two critically acclaimed productions transfer from Stratford-upon-Avon.
The Spiegeltent returns to the Shaw Festivalgrounds for another summer of experiences. Learn more about the lineup here!
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