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STRATFORD FESTIVAL

55 Queen Street, N5A 6V2
Stratford, ON
1-800-567-1600

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Upcoming Shows

Waiting for Godot
Waiting for Godot
May 14 – Jul 31, 2026

On a deserted stretch of land, two old friends wait endlessly for the mysterious Godot, passing the time with conversations that veer from the mundane...

A Midsummer Night's Dream
A Midsummer Night's Dream
May 1 – Sep 26, 2026

Strange things happen in the woods by night, with neither spirit nor mortal safe from the wiles of the trickster Puck. For mismatched lovers, romance...

The King James Bible Play
The King James Bible Play
Aug 6 – Sep 26, 2026

A gripping and humorous portrait of the men behind the monumental translation of the King James Bible and a group of modern women creating a...

The Tao of the World
The Tao of the World
Aug 2 – Sep 26, 2026

In this world première, Singapore’s wealthy elite hatch schemes to bed other people’s partners and swindle one another out of dynastic fortunes. This inventive mash-up...

Othello
Othello
May 22 – Sep 27, 2026

A beautiful marriage and a brilliant military career are destroyed by the devious manipulations of a vindictive comrade. Heroism and dishonour walk hand in hand...

The Hobbit
The Hobbit
Apr 21 – Oct 23, 2026

Bilbo Baggins is reluctantly swept from his cozy hobbit hole into a perilous quest across Middle-earth to help a band of dwarves reclaim their home,...

The Importance of Being Earnest
The Importance of Being Earnest
May 19 – Oct 23, 2026

Two dashing men-about-town create false identities to escape social obligations and win the hearts of the women they love, only to find themselves entangled in...

Death of a Salesman
Death of a Salesman
May 5 – Oct 24, 2026

An aging commercial traveller chases a fading dream of success, blind to the illusions that have shaped his life and shattered his family. As memories...

Saturday, Sunday, Monday
Saturday, Sunday, Monday
Aug 4 – Oct 24, 2026

In this comic masterpiece, a lively Neapolitan household is thrown into turmoil when a simmering marital rift between the family matriarch and her withdrawn husband...

The Tempest
The Tempest
Apr 28 – Oct 24, 2026

On an enchanted island, a deposed duke uses his magical powers to conjure a storm at sea, bringing him face to face with the brother...

Something Rotten!
Something Rotten!
May 11 – Oct 31, 2026

The Bottom brothers, two struggling playwrights in Renaissance London, need a hit. That’s easier said than done when your chief competition is local rockstar William...

Guys and Dolls
Guys and Dolls
Apr 22 – Nov 1, 2026

In the bustling streets of New York, a smooth-talking gambler wagers he can charm a pious missionary, while another high roller desperately fights to keep...



Review: CICADAS at Tarragon Theatre


by Ilana Lucas - May 17, 2026

What did our critic think of CICADAS at Tarragon Theatre?...

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. ...

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Théâtre Capitole (11/25-11/29)
Jordan in Toronto Jordan
Young People's Theatre (10/16-10/23)
Death of a Salesman in Toronto Death of a Salesman
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TIME AND TRANSFORMATION in Toronto TIME AND TRANSFORMATION
Meridian Arts Centre – George Weston Recital Hall (6/20-6/20)
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FirstOntario Performing Arts Centre (11/24-11/24)