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| Shaw Festival |
The Shaw Festival
was started in 1962 by Niagara-area lawyer and playwright Brian Doherty. During the
summer, Mr. Doherty organized eight weekend performances of Don Juan in Hell and Candida
by Bernard Shaw under the title "Salute to Shaw". For this event,
the Assembly Room in the historic Court House on Queen Street was converted into a small
theatre.The following year, the Shaw Festival Theatre
Foundation was established as a non-profit organization, with an elected volunteer Board
of Governors whose mandate was to produce the dramatic works of Bernard Shaw and his
contemporaries.
This year productions includes:
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Royal George Theatre |
Court House Theatre |
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April 1 to October 5
Wonderful Town
Festival TheatreA musical adventure about being
young and pursuing a dream, based on the play My
Sister Eileen and the stories by Ruth McKenney. Sisters Eileen and Ruth arrive in
New York City in 1935, fresh off the bus from Columbus, Ohio, to find fame, fortune and
love. Lucky for them, they've landed in Greenwich Village, where artists, bohemians and a
cast of colourful characters greet them. Seen through the eyes of these two young
hopefuls, New York never seemed more charming, vibrant or fun as the sisters slowly come
to discover what wonderful things life can really bring in this town. |
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April 11 to November 1
Getting Married
Royal George TheatreMarriage à la Shaw! The
bishop's daughter is getting married today. Or at least she was until she and her groom
begin to have their doubts. They've each received a pamphlet titled "Do You Know What
You Are Going to Do? By A Woman Who Has Done It" and they both begin to question
whether marriage is any kind of sensible union. Soon the whole household from the
bishop to the green grocer has an opinion to share. A witty, provocative and
thoroughly modern look at this venerable institution. |
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April 17 - November 2
An Inspector Calls
Festival TheatreA spring evening, 1912, and the
prosperous Birling family has gathered for an intimate dinner. Their daughter's engagement
to a fine young man of means is the cause for celebration, but the festivities are
interrupted when a police inspector unexpectedly calls. He is looking into the death of a
young woman and as Inspector Goole questions each member of the family, skeletons come
clattering out of the closet and a remarkable web of connections unfolds. |
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April 29 - October 4
The Stepmother
Court House TheatreA refreshing twist on the
'wicked stepmother' story the young stepmother, Lois Relph, cares deeply for her
new daughters. It's her husband who's the problem he can't seem to hold on to money
and everyone in town knows it. Except his wife. She's a hard-working dressmaker who must
support her family and when their daughter wants to get married, more than one secret must
be revealed. An undiscovered theatrical gem from the author of Rutherford and Son, and the North American premiere of a
play written in 1924. |
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May 3 to November 1
The Little Foxes
Royal George TheatreFamily and money a
lethal combination. When the Hubbard siblings decide to invest in a cotton mill, the
struggle for the biggest slice of the pie begins. Brothers Ben and Oscar connive and
scheme, but it is their powerful sister Regina who will seemingly stop at nothing to get
what she wants. The treachery of these Southern foxes is a timeless story about the power
of greed. One of Lillian Hellman's best known works, the deliciously treacherous Regina
Giddens has been played by some of theatre and film's most commanding women including
Tallulah Bankhead, who originated the role on Broadway, and Bette Davis, who starred in
the 1941 movie. |
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June 1 - October 4
A Little Night Music
Court House TheatreThree mismatched couples gather
for a weekend in the country the lawyer and his much younger wife, the actress who
is having an affair with a jealous military man, and the lawyer's son who is hopelessly in
love with his young stepmother. Under the mystical lights of Sweden's midnight sun, loves
are lost and found, longed for and forgotten, all set to some of musical theatre's most
enduring songs including the classic "Send in the Clowns". Based on the
Ingmar Bergman film Smiles of a Summer Night, the
original production won five Tony Awards including Best Musical. |
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June 7 - October 4
The President
(Lunchtime)
Royal George TheatreIn this fast-paced comedy, the
clock starts ticking for a powerful bank president when the young heiress under his care
announces her secret marriage to a Communist taxi driver! Norrison tries in vain to
convince her to divorce him but she is prepared to make her big announcement to her
parents, who are arriving imminently. So what does a Chief Executive do? Simply transform
this wholly unsuitable suitor into the perfectly well-bred, well-mannered, well-spoken
son-in-law all in under an hour! |
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June 25 - October 5
After The Dance
Royal George TheatreIt's 1938 and the
generation of Bright Young Things are still carrying on like it's the Roaring Twenties.
They're that "lost generation", the ones that missed World War I and are trying
desperately to deny the looming threat of the next war. And to the younger generation,
their life of endless parties seems utterly frivolous. But David and his wife Joan can't
stop looking back to a time and place when the bright lights shone on them. When a young
woman enters their lives, however, it seems to signal the party might be ending. |
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July 6 - November 1
Mrs. Warren's
Profession
Festival TheatreShaw's story of the ultimate test
of a mother-daughter relationship is one of his most enduring and best-loved plays. Mrs.
Kitty Warren has worked hard to provide for her daughter Vivie, to give her the genteel
upbringing she never had. Now that Vivie is about to embark on her own career, her mother
decides that it is time for her feminist daughter to finally learn the truth about her
mother's profession. The shocking news sets the stage for a battle royal between mother
and daughter about sex, love, money and morality. |
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July 12 - October 5
Belle Moral: A
Natural History
Court House TheatreOn a foggy Scottish coast lies
an ancestral home called Belle Moral. There, by day, young Pearl MacIsaac considers
questions of science and nature, and by night, dreams of mythical creatures and mysterious
brides. This is a house full of mystery just who is in the attic and why does Pearl
have an ear in a jar? Part magic, part philosophy and part who dunnit, the play is a
hilarious and spellbinding story and a rousing call for tolerance and diversity from
Ann-Marie MacDonald, one of Canada's most beloved writers. |
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August 29,
September 12, 27 and October 4
Follies: In Concert
Limited Engagement!
Festival Theatre"Broadway Baby",
"I'm Still Here", "In Buddy's Eyes", "Losing My Mind"
celebrated contemporary Broadway standards that all come from Stephen Sondheim's legendary
musical, Follies. We're presenting the bittersweet
tale of the reunion of Broadway showgirls and the men in their lives in concert form, so
sit back and enjoy our simple and sophisticated version of this brilliant musical. Book
soon there are only four performances! |
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