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In 1956, under Artistic Director Michael Langham, work began on a permanent theatre to house the Moiseiwitsch stage. Designed by Robert Fairfield, the Festival Theatre has a circular floor plan and a “pie-crust” roof, echoing the Festival’s origins under canvas.
Jul 13, 2023 · ‘The first great festival in this country’: 70 years ago, Stratford stepped onto the world’s stage. On July 13, 1953, the curtains came up on a festival that would make an Ontario city the Bard’s home away from home
Jul 13, 2018 · A look back at the successful first season of the Shakespearean Festival in Stratford, Ont. When the "peaceful, pretty Ontario city of Stratford" welcomed the first audience to the stage under a...
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Tom Patterson grew up in the heart of Stratford, playing in its famous Shakespearean Gardens and walking along the Avon River. From a young age, Tom recognized the importance of the Bard to the town, and he wanted to amplify that connection by positioning Stratford as the go-to place for theatre in the area. In 1951, he approached Mayor Simpson abo...
In 1952, the group, which was affectionately named the Stratford Shakespearean Festival of Canada Foundation, solicited the help of Tyrone Guthrie – a world-renowned director from Ireland. Guthrie was enticed by the creative freedom the committee was willing to allow him to champion the construction of the theatre. Under his guidance, designer Tany...
Over the past several decades, the Festival Theatre has continued to be renovated to better reflect the needs of its patrons. The 1,826 seats at the Festival Theatre aren’t enough to contain the passion and excitement of the theatregoers who travel from across Canada, the United States and even Britain to see the incredible performances that take p...
Treat yourself to a theatre weekend in Stratfordthat also includes beautiful accommodations, elevated comfort food and the charm of a town that loves the arts enough to build, protect and promote the vitality of Canada’s theatrical epicentre.
Aug 1, 2023 · It’s a remarkable achievement for one of Canada’s first arts festivals, considering its rather humble beginnings. Tom Patterson founded the Stratford Shakespearean Festival in 1953. A Second World War veteran and local journalist who wrote for Maclean’s, he had no previous experience in the theatre industry.
Oct 31, 2012 · The Stratford Festival (named the Stratford Shakespearean Festival, 1953–57; Stratford Festival, 1957–99; Stratford Festival of Canada, 2000–08; Stratford Shakespeare Festival, 2008–12) is an annual repertory theatre festival.
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Jul 13, 2023 · The 2-day event, the first of its kind held in Canada, brought together over 300 actors, writers, directors, technicians, casting agents, critics and other theatre workers in an attempt to promote a multiracial theatre that more accurately reflects contemporary Canadian society.
