In an effort to help lessen the spread of COVID-19, the Shaw Festival is cancelling all public events with the intention of resuming performances on May 1.
Over the next 24 hours, the Shaw Festival will cease all on-site non-essential business operations, implementing work from home options if positions allow. At this time, The Shaw plans to resume rehearsals as well as re-open its administration and box offices on April 6. "Your health and safety and that of our community, our artists and our staff is our top priority. We feel that cancelling performances and drastically reducing business operations is the only responsible decision at this time," said Tim Jennings, Executive Director/CEO. "We will continue to monitor the situation to see if additional cancellations and closures are required based on the recommendations of the public health units of the region, province and country." Those who had tickets to the affected performances will have the full value of their tickets held on their account. Box office representatives will be contacting ticket holders to reschedule or refund once the box office has re-opened. In the meantime, if you have any ticket-related questions, please email feedback@shawfest.com.Videos