The Stratford Festival held its annual general meeting today, reflecting on a season of accomplishments in the midst of the global pandemic, and reporting a surplus of $553,058, thanks to strong support from donors and government.
The Stratford Festival’s production of the FINALLY THERE’S SUN Cabaret allows us to reflect on the challenges, triumphs, hope, and self discovery that accompanied the past year and a half. No two people had the exact same experience, but this cabaret manages to capture the commonalities between our experiences while also shedding light on the unique experiences that others may have had. This cabaret truly takes the audience on a journey through the good, bad, and the unimaginable while always maintaining a sense of beauty. The final numbers of the cabaret will lift your spirits and send you off into the world with a spring in your step and hope in your heart.
Productions from the Stratford Festival’s 2021 season begin streaming this Thursday, September 2, with a ticketed viewing party of selections from Why We Tell the Story: A Celebration of Black Musical Theatre on Stratfest@Home, the Festival’s streaming platform. It will feature a live chat for all those virtually attending at 7 p.m. ET on Thursday.
The Stratford Festival will mark the start of the 2021 season on July 13, the 68th anniversary of the very first performance held under a tent back in 1953, and the official opening of the year's first show, Why We Tell the Story: A Celebration of Black Musical Theatre.
The Ontario government has issued its guidance for attendance at outdoor performing arts events, paving the way for the opening of the Stratford Festival’s 2021 season. According to these guidelines, the Stratford Festival will be able to accommodate 100 people (or 25% capacity) in each of its new outdoor canopies.
The Stratford Festival is transforming, for this summer, into an outdoor festival offering a season of six plays and five cabarets reflecting on the theme of Metamorphosis, with performances held under beautiful canopies that will hark back to the Festival’s founding under a tent in 1953.
Videos
The Rear Window
Hart House Theatre (5/15 - 5/31) | ||
A Public Reading of an Unproduced Screenplay About the Death of Walt Disney
Outside the March (4/13 - 5/12) | ||
The Darktown Strutters' Ball
Theatre Orangeville (4/25 - 5/12) NEW MUSICAL | ||
FREEDOM! A Tribute to Aretha Franklin
Toronto Symphony Orchestra (5/21 - 5/22) | ||
Elephant and Piggie's We are in a Play!
Randolph Theatre (6/15 - 7/7) | ||
Nightwood Theatre's 2024 Lawyer Show: The Sound of Music
The St. Lawrence Centre for the Arts (6/13 - 6/15) | ||
How We Got To Jersey: A Tale of Two Frankies
Theatre Aquarius (6/6 - 6/6) | ||
Swipes Right: Back on the Apps
The Second City (1/8 - 6/29) | ||
Tina: The Tina Turner Musical
Ed Mirvish Theatre (6/18 - 7/28) | ||
PER ASPERA AD ASTRA - Through hardship to the stars
Meridian Arts Centre - George Weston Recital Hall (5/11 - 5/11) | ||
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