Shaw Festival
Photo credits: see Practical Info below
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| Country and Region | Canada — Ontario |
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| Type of Festival | Drama |
| Location of Festival | Niagara-on-the-Lake, Ontario Canada |
| Festival Contact Information | Shaw Festival |
| Festival Description | The Shaw Festival features diverse productions that include Shaw re-envisioned by both directors and writers, newly commissioned works, plays by a new generation of provocative playwrights, re-explored classics and returning Festival favourites. |
| Festival Dates | April 3 - October 27, 2013 |
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Festival Events:
Plays 2013:
- Guys and Dolls (1950), Book by Jo Swerling & Abe Burrows, music & lyrics by Frank Loesser. Based on two short stories by Damon Runyon.
- Directed by Tadeusz Bradecki
Venue — Festival Stage
- Directed by Tadeusz Bradecki
- Lady Windermere’s Fan (1892), Oscar Wilde
- Directed by Peter Hinton
Venue — Festival Stage
- Directed by Peter Hinton
- Enchanted April (2003), Matthew Barber, adapted from the novel by Elizabeth Von Arnim.
- Directed by Jackie Maxwell
Venue — Festival Stage
- Directed by Jackie Maxwell
- Peace in our Time: A Comedy (2012), Adapted from the Bernard Shaw play Geneva (1938) by John Murrell.
- Directed by Blair Williams
Venue — Court House
- Directed by Blair Williams
- The Light in the Piazza (2003), Book by Craig Lucas, music & lyrics by Adam Guettel. Based on the novella by Elizabeth Spencer.
- Directed by Jay Turvey
Venue — Court House
- Directed by Jay Turvey
- Lunchtime: Trifles (1916) and A Wife for a Life (1913), Susan Glaspell and Eugene O’Neill
- Director to be announced
Venue — Court House
- Director to be announced
- Major Barbara (1905), Bernard Shaw
- Directed by Jackie Maxwell
Venue — Royal George
- Directed by Jackie Maxwell
- Our Betters (1915), W. Somerset Maugham
- Directed by Morris Panych
Venue — Royal George
- Directed by Morris Panych
- Faith Healer (1979), Brian Friel
- Directed by Craig Hall
Venue — Royal George
- Directed by Craig Hall
- Arcadia (1993), Tom Stoppard
- Directed by Eda Holmes
Venue — Studio Theatre
- Directed by Eda Holmes
Practical Info:
Photo credits:
- Ruth Sherwood in Wonderful Town—Photo by David Cooper.
- Ruth Sherwood with members of the cast of Wonderful Town—Photo by Emily Cooper.
- Devon Tullock as Buster Keaton, Kawa Ada as Charlie Chaplin and the Keystone Kops in Mack and Mabel—Photo by David Cooper.
- Tara Rosling as Joan in Saint Joan—Photo by David Cooper.
- Douglas E. Hughes as Magistrate and Guy Bannerman as Bartley Fallon in The Kiltartan Comedies—Photo by David Cooper.
- Ben Carlson as Leonard Charteris and Nicole Underhay as Julia Craven in The Philanderer—Photo by David Cooper.
- Benedict Campbell as Inspector Goole and Moya O’Connell as Sheila Birling in An Inspector Calls—Photo by Emily Cooper.
- Peter Hutt as Arthur Birling in An Inspector Calls—Photo by Emily Cooper.
- Laurie Paton as Mrs Collins and David Schurmann as The Bishop in Getting Married—Photo by David Cooper.
Ticket:
- Information and brochures can be obtained through the Shaw Festival Box Office or website:
- By phone Toll free in US and Canada 1-800-511-7429
- Local (905) 468-2172
- International +01 905-468-2172
- Fax (905) 468-3804
- Online at http://www.shawfest.com
- By mail:
Shaw Festival
Box 774
Niagara-on-the-Lake, ON L0S 1J0
Canada
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