Brushing Up Your Shakespeare
Brushing Up Your Shakespeare I am an avid listener of The History of English Podcast, by Kevin Stroud, which helps while away the time as I commute back and forth from Stratford to the Great Satan to the south (thank you, Immigration Canada). Unless you’re a hopeless language nerd like me, I can’t wholeheartedly recommend […]
Blyth Festival Podcast
The Blyth Festival Podcast I wanted to give a brief shout out to the Blyth Festival Podcast, an excellent way to keep abreast of what’s coming up at Blyth. Hosted by Joanne Wallace, Blyth’s Director of Development, these short (35 to 45 minute) episodes typically take the form of interviews with the playwrights of upcoming […]
“We’re A Cult” – The Leonor
“We’re A Cult” – The Leonor Stratford has a new “third space!” The Leonor on George is hard to categorize and hard to resist. It’s a bookshop/boutique/tea room/performance space that seeks to become a gathering place for Stratford’s arts community and those drawn to it. The tag line says it all – “Where Creativity and […]
Stratford Festival Takes A Giant Step – Backward
Stratford Takes A Giant Step – Backward When the Stratford Festival began in 1953, it was helmed by a Brit, the legendary Tyrone Guthrie. The Festival continued to turn to the mother country for leadership for many years thereafter. Since Richard Monette became Artistic Director in 1994 the Festival has been solidly in Canadian hands. […]
Complete List Of Plays By Norm Foster
Complete List Of Plays By Norm Foster I have become a huge fan of the plays of Norm Foster as regular readers of OntarioStage may have noticed. I am always eager to add to the number of Norm Foster plays that I have seen. Norm Foster is often described as Canada’s Neil Simon. It’s not […]
The New York Times ❤️ Stratford Festival
“On Canada’s Top Stage, Macbeth and Annie Are Talking to Americans” Jesse Green, lead critic for the New York Times, has written what amounts to a love letter to the Stratford Festival’s 2025 season. His gloss on the themes of the season thus far is spot on and well worth reading. I hope this piece […]
Stratford Extends Its 2025 Season
Stratford Extends Its 2025 Season The Stratford Festival has announced that several shows will be extended well into the Fall. They are: Anne of Green Gables – now playing through November 16, 2025 Macbeth – now playing through November 22, 2025 Dirty Rotten Scoundrels – now playing through November 23, 2025 Annie – now playing […]
Abraham Out As Cimolino Successor
Abraham Out As Cimolino Successor It appears that Chris Abraham, once considered one of the top candidates to replace Antoni Cimolino as artistic director of the Stratford Festival is out of the running. From the Toronto Star: “The Stratford Festival’s search for a new artistic director, the most powerful and influential position in the country’s […]
Liars At A Funeral Is Back
Liars At A Funeral Is Back I saw Liars At A Funeral in 2023 at the Blyth Festival and raved about it. This season it is being revived by Drayton Entertainment at the St. Jacobs Country Playhouse. As is so often the case with plays and productions I love I hesitate to see other productions. […]
Norm Foster’s Halfway There Is Back
Last season, Drayton Entertainment revived Norm Foster’s Halfway There at their namesake venue in Drayton and I absolutely adored it. So when I learned they were bringing it back this season, this time at their very stylish Cambridge location, I was quick to book tickets and bring friends along. The show boasts the same cast […]