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Festival Theatre

55 Queen Street
Stratford, ON

Festival Theatre is a theatre in Toronto.

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A Christmas Carol

Nov 19 – Dec 23, 2027

Adapted from the iconic perennial tale by Charles Dickens, this production features imaginative puppetry, world-class performers and an audience singalong. The 2027 staging marks the tenth anniversary of Shaw's inaugural production, originally adapted and directed by Artistic...

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Review: OPERATION MINCEMEAT at Royal Alexandra Theatre

Review: OPERATION MINCEMEAT at Royal Alexandra Theatre

by Samantha Wu · October 30, 2026

The year is 1943, in the thick of World War II, and Hitler appears to be winning. The Allied Forces are desperate for an upswing and MI5 may have the solution - all they need is a stolen corpse, falsified military plans, a fake love letter, and a history-altering ruse. The true story of Operation Mi…

Review: THE DESCENT OF ORPHEUS at Koerner Hall

Review: THE DESCENT OF ORPHEUS at Koerner Hall

by Keira Grant · October 24, 2026

Opera Atelier specializes in 17th- and 18th-century works, and Co-Artistic Directors Marshall Pynkoski and Jeannette Lajeunesse Zingg are highly adept at bringing them to life with fidelity to the conventions of the time. Impressively, they manage to do this in a way that never feels tone deaf to mo…

Review: PROPHETESS at Tarragon Theatre

Review: PROPHETESS at Tarragon Theatre

by Samantha Wu · October 16, 2026

Prophetess is a rabbit hole kind of tale, one that's a chaotic descent into madness. Playing now at the Tarragon Theatre until November 1 2026, this dynamic production is written by Ho Ka Kei (Jeff Ho) and directed/dramaturged by Mike Payette. Prophetess is the kind of show that is ripe for theatre …

Review: COSĺ FAN TUTTE at Four Seasons Centre For The Performing Arts

Review: COSĺ FAN TUTTE at Four Seasons Centre For The Performing Arts

by Keira Grant · October 4, 2026

The Canadian Opera Company’s remount of its 2014 production of Cosí Fan Tutte, originally directed by Atom Egoyan, brings to bear all of the performance and creative excellence for which the COC is known. However, in the post- #MeToo era, and amidst the Cornell 7 scandal, this 236-year-old work h…

Review: BOOTY CANDY at Buddies In Bad Times Theatre

Review: BOOTY CANDY at Buddies In Bad Times Theatre

by Keira Grant · October 2, 2026

Booty Candy is perfect for 2026. It has just the right blend of hilarity and  hyperbole to take your mind off current events and just enough home truths to give a voice to the shared pain, fear and rage of all of us whose very existence is subversive during these turbulent times. At a time when pla…

Review: ALICIA KEYS' HELL'S KITCHEN at CAA Ed Mirvish Theatre

Review: ALICIA KEYS' HELL'S KITCHEN at CAA Ed Mirvish Theatre

by Samantha Wu · September 28, 2026

Multi-Grammy Award winning singer-songwriter Alicia Keys lends her soulful and iconic tunes to Hell's Kitchen on stage now at the CAA Ed Mirvish Theatre, directed by Patrick Willingham and Oskar Eustis (artistic director) with book by Kristoffer Diaz. This moving coming-of-age story features the the…

Review: WALDEN at The Theatre Centre

Review: WALDEN at The Theatre Centre

by Ilana Lucas · September 27, 2026

WALDEN is more successful in its exploration of family dynamics than as a work of speculative fiction. However, Icarus Theatre’s production at The Theatre Centre, directed by Erik Richards, still takes off for an engaging 90 minutes of theatre.…

Review: LA TRAVIATA at Four Seasons Centre For The Performing Arts

Review: LA TRAVIATA at Four Seasons Centre For The Performing Arts

by Keira Grant · September 20, 2026

Canadian Opera Company’s season opener La Traviata pulls out all the stops and sets an extremely high bar for the rest of its 26-27 offerings. My companion has been coming to the opera with me for many years, and she was blown away, proclaiming this as one of her all-time faves. “A triumph,” s…

Review: SPRING AWAKENING at Soulpepper Theatre

Review: SPRING AWAKENING at Soulpepper Theatre

by Elizabeth Armstrong · September 18, 2026

Spring Awakening at Soulpepper Theatre is a well-executed and expertly-crafted sensory delight (though the dark themes this play tackles are far from delightful) that offers an intense, almost cinematic theatre-going experience.…

Review: AMADEUS at Shaw Festival

Review: AMADEUS at Shaw Festival

by Michael Rabice · August 24, 2026

The Shaw Festival seems to be having a small tribute festival to Shaffer brothers as it is presenting two of their known pieces this season. The dark mystery SLEUTH by Anthony Shaffer is now playing to great acclaim at the Court House Theatre and more recently and the comic drama AMADEUS by Sir Pe…

Past Shows

41 total · showing 1–10

Guys and Dolls

May 26 – Nov 1, 2026

Guys and Dolls, directed and choreographed by Donna Feore, opens the Stratford Festival's 2026 season at the Festival Theatre. Set in Manhattan's underground gambling scene, the musical follows a smooth-talking gambler who bets he can charm a pious missionary, while another...

The Tempest

The Tempest

Apr 28 – Oct 24, 2026

Directed by Antoni Cimolino in his final Shakespeare production before concluding his tenure at the Stratford Festival, The Tempest stars Geraint Wyn Davies as Prospero, a deposed duke who conjures a storm at sea to draw his betrayers within reach. What begins as a reckoning...

One for the Pot

May 27 – Oct 11, 2026

One for the Pot is a British farce written by Ray Cooney and Tony Hilton, directed by Chris Abraham. Peter Fernandes stars as innocent simpleton Hickory Wood, whose scheme to claim a £10,000 inheritance unravels when identical long-lost brothers arrive, forcing him and his...

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 "I'm the Greatest Star." Sara Farb stars as Fanny Brice, a born performer who rises to fame with the Ziegfeld...

Waiting for Godot

May 30 – Jul 31, 2026

Samuel Beckett's Waiting for Godot arrives at the Festival Theatre in a production directed by Molly Atkinson, marking the first time the play has taken the Festival stage. The production stars Paul Gross and Tom McCamus as Vladimir and Estragon, with Jonathan Goad as Pozzo and...

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 wealthy dentists) and is settling down (taking her bra off). Determined to put down some roots, she now has a cat (furry baby) and...

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 the story of the first Hollywood musical, when the silver screen found its voice and left silent movies - and some of its stars – behind...

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. At the heart of the show are life-sized puppets which bring breathing, galloping, charging horses to thrilling...

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 Artistic Director Christopher Hampson’s first full length ballet for the Company. This brand new Hansel & Gretel takes...

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 Holidays, Sisters and, of course, the unforgettable title song White Christmas. With a star-studded cast to be announced in the...

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