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FESTIVAL THEATRE

55 Queen Street
Stratford

Upcoming Shows

Funny Girl
Apr 24 – Oct 3, 2026

Funny Girl, directed by Eda Holmes, tells the rags-to-riches story of vaudeville star Fanny Brice, featuring songs including "Don't Rain on My Parade," "People," and...


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Review: BLUEBEARD'S CASTLE/ERWARTUNG at Four Seasons Centre For The Performing Arts


by Keira Grant - April 27, 2026

Even if you are lukewarm to early 20th-century avant-garde music and don’t care for Schoenberg’s serial composition music-baby, you are sure to be won over by the brilliance of these performers and the creative team....

Review: STRIFE at Tarragon Theatre


by Ilana Lucas - April 24, 2026

Anyone who’s spent ten minutes online in the past decade knows that we live in an age of anger and polarization when it comes to the issues and identities we hold dear. Stories abound about families who can no longer speak to each other or even share a meal, with jagged cracks in the foundations o...

Review: PELLÉAS AND MÉLISANDE at Koerner Hall


by Keira Grant - April 17, 2026

Opera Atelier’s 2025-2026 production of Claude Debussy’s Pelléas and Mélisande is a departure from the company’s production modus operandi that will leave a lasting impression on audiences and signal a new era of innovation for Opera Atelier....

Review: THE MOORS at The Theatre Centre


by Ilana Lucas - April 17, 2026

In Jen Silverman’s The Moors, the slightly deranged love child of the Brontës, Waiting For Godot, and Six, Emilie the governess (Blessing Adedijo) arrives at a manor amidst the titular plains to find that nothing is quite as she expected. Branwell, her supposed employer and warmhearted correspond...

Review: CYRANO at CAA Theatre


by Ilana Lucas - March 24, 2026

When it comes to adaptations of French playwright Edmond Rostand’s romantic tragedy Cyrano de Bergerac, you can take your pick of the nose....

Review: THE NEIGHBOURS at Tarragon Theatre


by Ilana Lucas - March 06, 2026

What did our critic think of THE NEIGHBOURS at Tarragon Theatre?...

Review: PEOPLE OF THE CITY at Factory Theatre


by Ilana Lucas - March 05, 2026

Bad Dog Theatre’s new improv show at Factory Theatre revolves around a storyteller who shares three short stories from their lives about what it means to be a person in Toronto. After each tale, the team of improvisers serves up a set of improv based on—or, at least, tangentially related—to ob...

Review: LITTLE WILLY at Canadian Stage


by Ilana Lucas - March 05, 2026

Master puppeteer Ronnie Burkett brings the beautiful handcrafted marionettes of the Daisy Theatre to Canadian Stage’s Berkeley St. location for a run of LITTLE WILLY, an anarchic riff off Shakespeare’s Romeo and Juliet in the same vein as 2022’s Little Dickens....

Review: LOVE YOU FOREVER AND MORE MUNSCH at Young People's Theatre


by Ilana Lucas - February 25, 2026

I grew up with Robert Munsch stories. If you grew up in Canada, it’s likely you did, too—or you’ve read them to your children, or grandchildren. ...

Review: EUREKA DAY at Coal Mine Theatre


by Ilana Lucas - February 25, 2026

Many of us have, at some point in our lives, operated on the basic assumptions that our chosen communities, particularly those aligned by basic ideology, had our best interests at heart and would look out for each other. ...

Past Shows

Home Bird
Apr 11 – Apr 12, 2014

The British Comedy Award’s Queen of Comedy Sarah Millican is giving up the party scene (Ann Summers), easing off on the drinking (fizzy pop equals...

Singin' in The Rain
Feb 25 – Mar 15, 2014

Direct from the West End, this superbly enjoyable production of Singin’ in the Rain is a smash hit with critics and audiences alike. It tells...

War Horse
Jan 22 – Feb 15, 2014

War Horse tells the powerful and uplifting story of young Albert, his beloved horse Joey, and the unimaginable obstacles they overcome both individually and together....

Hansel & Gretel
Jan 8 – Jan 11, 2014

Unwrap a tasty new Christmas treat next year with the world premiere of Christopher Hampson’s fantastical Hansel & Gretel. Scottish Ballet is excited to unveil...

White Christmas
Nov 29 – Jan 4, 2014

This spectacular stage musical of Bing Crosby’s classic 1954 movie is brimming with Irving Berlin hits like Blue Skies, How Deep is the Ocean?, Happy...

Eat, Pray, Laugh!
Nov 5 – Nov 9, 2013

Barry ?Humphries, whose alter egos include inebriated cultural attaché, the Honorable Sir Les Patterson, the grandfatherly Sandy Stone, and Moonee Ponds' legendary housewife, Dame Edna...

Fascinating Aïda: Charm Offensive
Nov 2

Following Cheap Flights, their massively successful sold-out tour, Britain's best comedy trio and global internet sensation Fascinating Aida bring their brand new show Charm Offensive...

Barbara Dickson
Oct 27

For over four decades, Barbara Dickson has continued to deliver songs to the public in her own incomparable fashion. As a multi-million selling recording artist...

Three Phantoms
Oct 24 – Oct 26, 2013

Three Phantoms features songs from Les Misérables, West Side Story, Spamalot, Kiss Me Kate, The Scarlet Pimpernel, Rock of Ages and Wicked to name but...

Richard Alston Dance Company
Oct 22

Celebrating this year’s centenary of composer Benjamin Britten, Richard Alston has especially revived his exhilarating Rumours/Visions. The music is Britten’s masterpiece Les Illuminations and both...

Stewart Lee: Much A-Stew About Nothing
Oct 9

Following the sell-out Carpet Remnant World, the acclaimed writer and comedian presents a mixed stew of unrelated ideas in preparation for his 2014 TV series....

Fiddler On The Roof
Oct 1 – Oct 5, 2013

This new production from the award-winning producers of The King and I and High Society captures all the emotions of laughter and joy to tears...

Glenn Miller Orchestra
Sep 21

Under the dynamic direction of band-leader Ray McVay, the Glenn Miller Orchestra continues to thrill and delight audiences around the world. Now with the line-up...

Strictly Confidential
Jul 16 – Jul 18, 2013

Craig Revel Horwood’s brand new show Strictly Confidential gives theatre audiences the chance to get up close and personal with stars of the smash hit...

Rigoletto
Jul 9

Each summer, the Teatro Antico in Taormina is home to the Taormina Arts festival. Since its construction in 7th century BC, audiences have feasted their...

Elvis Costello and the Imposters: 13 Revolvers
Jun 16

The singer, who released his 24th studio albumNational Ransom in 2010, will play 16 dates across the UK in May and June next year. The...

Flashdance
Jun 15

With standing ovations for its 5-star production of The Producers in 2012 The MGA Academy of Performing Arts in Association with pdf Productions presents Flashdance...

Bill Bailey: Qualmpeddler
Jun 6 – Jun 8, 2013

Bill Bailey had doubts about the modern world, but these have now grown into Qualms. He will be channeling these feelings of Unease and Apprehension,...

The Pirates Of Penzance
May 28 – Jun 1, 2013

Gilbert and Sullivan as it’s meant to be – pure, uncomplicated fun, performed to the highest of standards. This new co-production with D’Oyly Carte Opera...

Highland Fling
May 22 – May 25, 2013

Presented exclusively by Scottish Ballet, Highland Fling is a ‘romantic wee ballet’ choreographed by Oliver Award-winning Matthew Bourne. Inspired by La Sylphide, and with a...

Sutra
May 17 – May 18, 2013

Sutra a “unique, profoundly imagined work” (The Guardian) is a collaboration between one of Europe’s most exciting dancer-choreographers Sidi Larbi Cherkaoui, Turner Prize-winning sculptor Antony...

Carlos Acosta
Apr 26 – Apr 27, 2013

Carlos is the world's favourite dancer and On Before his most personal work to date. On Before builds on Carlos' astonishing dance vision and features...

The Flying Dutchman
Apr 13 – Apr 19, 2013

Celebrating the 200th anniversary of Wagner’s birth, this new production also marks the Company’s return to Wagner’s work for the first time since 2003’s Ring...

Rambert Dance Company
Apr 9 – Apr 10, 2013

Rambert, Britain’s favourite dance company, returns to Edinburgh this spring with four spectacular works featuring world-class dancers, visually compelling theatre and inspiring live music by...

The Time is Now, Again
Apr 7

The star of The Thick of It, & Mock The Week brings his twice extended, critically acclaimed tour The Time Is Now, Again to the...

The Winter's Tale
Apr 2 – Apr 6, 2013

Leontes has everything a man could want: power, wealth, a loving family and friends. But he is not at peace. Inside he harbours a bitter...

The Full Monty
Mar 25 – Mar 30, 2013

In 1997, a BAFTA award winning film about six out of work Sheffield steelworkers with nothing to lose took the world by storm. And now...

The Great Gatsby
Mar 21 – Mar 23, 2013

The Great Gatsby, choreographed by David Nixon OBE, is adapted from the classic novel by F Scott Fitzgerald. On New York’s Long Island, in the...

Scottish Dance Theatre
Mar 19

Scottish Dance Theatre returns to Festival Theatre under the charge of new Artistic Director Fleur Darkin, with two new and exhilarating works. Second Coming by...

High Society
Mar 5 – Mar 9, 2013

Get ready for the musical event of the season as Cole Porter’s timeless classic skips into town in a dazzling new production from the acclaimed...

Werther
Feb 26 – Mar 2, 2013

Pia Furtado directs a new production of Werther in which the dark psychology of this compelling drama is ever present. The theatrical staging accentuates the...

Les Ballets Trockadero De Monte Carlo
Feb 22 – Feb 23, 2013

Get ready to grab your diaries and start circling the dates when you can again be amused and amazed as the all-male divas of Les...

Licence To Thrill
Feb 20

Following on from his debut Theatre Tour Live and Unjudged, Brendan is once again set to dazzle audiences across the UK with his brand new...

The Yamato Drummers
Feb 19

The mesmeric and dynamic Yamato drummers from Japan return to the UK with their new show ‘The Beat on the Road’. A thrilling performance of...

BalletBoyz
Feb 18

Following triumphant UK and international appearances on stage and screen, this phenomenally popular company featuring 10 exceptional young dancers presents an exhilarating evening of exciting...

The Singing Kettle: Fairytale Castle
Feb 17

The Singing Kettle’s sensational Fairytale Castle is overflowing with superb audience participation, non-stop favourite songs and amazing costumes. This electrifying singalong will enthral both young...

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