Tom Patterson News

Stratford Plays Come to the Stage In Toronto, Montreal, Ottawa, Vancouver

by Stephi Wild — January 23, 2020

The Stratford Festival is seeing number of recent productions moving on to theatres across the country, where they are being received with great enthusiasm.

Stratford Festival's 2020 Season Goes on Sale Today

by Chloe Rabinowitz — January 3, 2020

After a Members advance sale so busy it prompted the early extension of two productions, tickets for the Stratford Festival's groundbreaking new season go on sale to the public today.

Stratford Festival Announces Casting For 2020 Season

by A.A. Cristi — October 17, 2019

With the new Tom Patterson Theatre taking shape on the banks of the Avon River, the Stratford Festival is thrilled to announce key casting as it builds the acting company for its monumental 2020 season.

HBO'S IN THE SHADOW OF THE TOWERS: STUYVESANT HIGH ON 9/11 Premieres Wed. Sept 11th at 9:00PM ET/PT

by Sarah Jae Leiber — August 19, 2019

When the Twin Towers were attacked on September 11, 2001, students had just started their day at Stuyvesant, the prestigious New York City specialized public high school, blocks from the World Trade Center.

Stratford Festival 2020 Announces 15 Plays, A New Theatre, and More

by Stephi Wild — August 13, 2019

Colm Feore will utter the first words on the Stratford Festival's newest stage, an echo of the inaugural performance in 1953, when Alec Guinness's opening speech in Richard III anticipated the a?oeglorious summera?? that was to come for Stratford.

NY Madness Announces 2019 MadLab Reading: Nico Grelli's YOU'RE (NO) GOOD OR A PRIORI A POSTERIORI

by Julie Musbach — June 13, 2019

FRIGID New York @ Horse Trade/New York Madness present this year's selection for the annual MadLab Reading: you're (no) good or a priori a posteriori by Nico Grelli.

Stratford Festival Receives National Historic Plaque

by A.A. Cristi — June 11, 2019

Canada's most esteemed theatre festival was honoured as a national historic event during a ceremony today in Stratford, Ontario.

Meighens Give $5 Milllion To Stratford Festival Campaign For New Tom Patterson Theatre

by Stephi Wild — June 10, 2019

The Stratford Festival is celebrating a major milestone in its Spirit of the Tent Campaign for the new Tom Patterson Theatre Centre with a remarkable $5-million gift from Kelly and Michael Meighen and the T.

Stratford Festival Celebrates A Crowning Moment For The New Tom Patterson Theatre Centre

by A.A. Cristi — May 30, 2019

The Stratford Festival celebrated a crowning moment at the new Tom Patterson Theatre Centre on Wednesday.

Antoni Cimolino To Receive Peter Herrndorf Arts Leadership Award

by Stephi Wild — May 28, 2019

Business / Arts, a national charity that shows the power in partnership between business and arts to strengthen Canada's arts sector, is thrilled to announce Antoni Cimolino C.

Stratford Festival's 67th Season Officially Opens on Monday

by Sarah Hookey — May 23, 2019

The Stratford Festival kicks off its 67th season on Monday with the gala opening of Shakespeare's Othello, followed by five more openings as the week unfolds: Billy Elliot the Musical, Henry VIII, Private Lives, Little Shop of Horrorsand The Merry Wives of Windsor.

FST Digs Up The Roots Of Hatred In CHERRY DOCS

by Julie Musbach — January 30, 2019

Florida Studio Theatre (FST) presents the second production of its 2019 Stage III Series: Cherry Docs by David Gow, a fearless exploration of hatred and the powerful role it plays in society.

HBO to Debut Documentary, SONG OF PARKLAND

by Kaitlin Milligan — January 25, 2019

When Marjory Stoneman Douglas High School drama teacher Melody Herzfeld heard the fire alarm on Feb.

Florida Studio Theatre Presents HAND TO GOD

by Stephi Wild — December 27, 2018

Florida Studio Theatre (FST) opens its 2019 Stage III Series with Hand to God by Robert Askins, a dark comedy exploring the shockingly fragile nature of faith, morality, and the ties that bind us.

Artists Still Hard At Work In Laboratory After Stratford Festival Closest Longest Season On Record

by A.A. Cristi — December 6, 2018

The 2018 season ended on Sunday but work continues at the Stratford Festival with a number of exciting projects in the Laboratory, the Festival's research and development arm.

Stratford Festival's Anita Gaffney Named One Of Canada's Most Powerful Women

by Stephi Wild — November 23, 2018

Executive Director Anita Gaffney has been named one of Canada's Most Powerful Women and will be honoured tonight at the Women's Executive Network (WXN) awards ceremony in Toronto, where she will receive the Top 100 Award in the BMO Arts, Sports & Entertainment category.