Monday, June 30, 2025
Forgiveness is "another must-see at this year's Festival" and has garnered a Critic's Pick from The Globe and Mail!
Adapted from Mark Sakamoto's Canada Reads-winning memoir, Forgiveness tel…
SOURCE: YouTube at 06:48PMMeet Harper Rae Asch, the talented young girl performing the title role in Annie!
We’ll be meeting all the orphans of Annie, so tune in for more. 🤗 And be sure to book your tickets for…
SOURCE: YouTube at 12:42PMSaturday, June 28, 2025
Anne of Green Gables is "a celebration of imagination, our individuality and of finding the remarkable in the everyday" and it's simply "unmissable" (Toronto Star).
Book now for this "hear…
SOURCE: YouTube at 06:02PMThursday, June 26, 2025
This is not your ordinary Jane Austen remake.
Sense and Sensibility is a "boisterous new production" and a "rollicking comedy" (Toronto Star).
"If you're chomping at the bit for the next se…
SOURCE: YouTube at 05:06PMThursday, June 19, 2025
“Never before has cheering for the bad guys been so fun." 👏
Let's hear it for Dirty Rotten Scoundrels, which received a Critic's Pick in The Globe and Mail! 🎉
You're in for a "damn …
SOURCE: YouTube at 02:24PMSaturday, June 14, 2025
The Winter's Tale is a "magical and fantastical" delight with "hearty and plentiful humour" rating 4 out of 4 stars in the Toronto Star!
“Graham Abbey delivers a tour de force performance …
SOURCE: YouTube at 06:32PMThe Winter's Tale is a "magical and fantastical" delight with "hearty and plentiful humour" rating 4 out of 4 stars in the Toronto Star!
“Graham Abbey delivers a tour de force performance …
SOURCE: YouTube at 12:36PMSaturday, June 7, 2025
As You Like It is "more than just a delightful escape" (BroadwayWorld). Experience Shakespeare's comedy in this "genre-bending, post-apocalyptic boom". A Critic's Pick in The Globe and Mail!…
SOURCE: YouTube at 04:06PMThursday, May 29, 2025
Rev your engines for Macbeth!
Here's a first look at Shakespeare's tragedy told through the lens of a motorcycle gang in Robert Lepage's bold retelling.
You don't want to miss this, get y…
SOURCE: YouTube at 07:02PMWednesday, May 28, 2025
Here's a look at Annie, the feel-good musical that is capturing people's hearts.
Be sure to get your tickets: https://www.stratfordfestival.ca/WhatsOn/PlaysAndEvents/Production/Annie
Book:…
SOURCE: YouTube at 06:32PMFriday, May 2, 2025
Powerful together.
Excitement is building for Macbeth, with Tom McCamus in the titular role opposite Lucy Peacock's Lady Macbeth. This is not the first time these two powerhouse actors have …
SOURCE: YouTube at 10:12PMTuesday, April 22, 2025
Step into the rehearsal hall with us as…
Shakura Dickson runs the number "Here I Am", which announces her arrival as Christine Colgate in Dirty Rotten Scoundrels. She is conducted by Music…
SOURCE: YouTube at 06:36PMTuesday, April 15, 2025
Step into the rehearsal hall with us as…
Broadway composer and arranger David Dabbon talks about the additional dance music he has arranged and orchestrated for Annie. David's job is to ta…
SOURCE: YouTube at 10:06PMSaturday, April 12, 2025
Step into the rehearsal hall with us as…
Harper Rae Asch rehearses the hopeful and heart-breaking tune "Maybe" for Annie. She is accompanied on piano by Music Director Laura Burton and Ass…
SOURCE: YouTube at 02:54PMThursday, April 10, 2025
Take a break in the rehearsal hall as...
Annie stars Cydnee Abbott (Pepper) and Devon Michael Brown (Fred McCracken/Wacky, Kaltenborn) show off some tricks and flips to Director-Choreographe…
SOURCE: YouTube at 08:12PMTuesday, April 8, 2025
Ever wish you could sneak backstage and see how the magic’s made?
Take this whirlwind tour behind the scenes at the Festival Theatre with this hyper-lapse video! From the intricate details…
SOURCE: YouTube at 08:03PMSunday, April 6, 2025
Step into the rehearsal hall with us as…
Laura Condlln (Miss Aggie Hannigan), Amanda Lundgren (Lily St. Regis) and Mark Uhre (Rooster Hannigan) rehearse their scheming song “Easy Street…
SOURCE: YouTube at 12:36PMFriday, April 4, 2025
Step into the rehearsal hall with us as…
Annie stars Harper Rae Asch (Annie) and Dan Chameroy (Oliver Warbucks) have some fun with Director-Choreographer Donna Feore as they work on the de…
SOURCE: YouTube at 06:12PMThursday, April 3, 2025
The Understudy premieres today on STRATFEST@HOME!
This Stratfest@Home original, filmed at the Festival’s Warehouse and Avon Theatre, offers a glimpse behind the curtain of the theatre worl…
SOURCE: YouTube at 05:32PMSaturday, March 29, 2025
Step into the rehearsal hall with us as…
Jonathan Goad and Liam Tobin rehearse the duet "Dirty Rotten Number" for Dirty Rotten Scoundrels. They are conducted by Music Director Franklin Bra…
SOURCE: YouTube at 03:24PMThursday, March 27, 2025
This World Theatre Day, it’s all hands on deck as we get ready for a fabulous season. But there’s time to pause and reflect on the impact theatre has on the world.
Canadian theatres em…
SOURCE: YouTube at 03:36PMWednesday, March 26, 2025
Step into the rehearsal hall with us as…
Ron Sexsmith performs “Under the Greenwood Tree” — one of his original songs for this season’s production of As You Like It, with lyrics by…
SOURCE: YouTube at 02:18PMSaturday, March 22, 2025
Step into the rehearsal hall with us as…
Harper Rae Asch rehearses the signature song “Tomorrow” for Annie, accompanied on piano by Music Director Laura Burton and James Smith, Associa…
SOURCE: YouTube at 12:54PMMonday, February 3, 2025
✨From the Stratford Festival's 2023 season, Alice Childress's powerful play Wedding Band, an emotional and revealing portrayal of interracial love, set in South Carolina in the shadow of t…
SOURCE: YouTube at 05:24PMWednesday, January 22, 2025
E20: The Body Politic: History of Queer News in the Gay & Lesbian Liberation Era | Everyday Forum Podcast
The Body Politic was Canada's primary queer periodical from 1971 to 1987. It amplif…
SOURCE: YouTube at 01:06PMMonday, January 20, 2025
Infused with romance, comedy and tragedy, Cymbeline is an epic drama. When Cymbeline’s daughter, Innogen, one of Shakespeare’s most celebrated heroines, is thrust into the world of court…
SOURCE: YouTube at 12:24PMSunday, January 19, 2025
Censorship and Artistic Expression In this conversation moderated by actor Khadijah Roberts-Abdullah with Assistant Professor of University of Toronto and Director of the Southeast Asian Sem…
SOURCE: YouTube at 12:06PMTuesday, January 7, 2025
Valley of the Birdtail: Conversation with Co-Authors Douglas Sanderson (Amo Binashii) and Andrew Stobo Sniderman Co-authors Douglas Sanderson (Amo Binashii) and Andrew Stobo Sniderman discus…
SOURCE: YouTube at 02:36PMFriday, January 3, 2025
The "Golden Age" of children's literature (roughly 1850s-1910s) marked a period of innovation and creativity in children's books, giving rise to many enduring classics that continue to capti…
SOURCE: YouTube at 12:36PMTuesday, December 31, 2024
Ecodrama is a new approach to telling stories about the climate crisis through live performance. It invites theatre companies to choose sustainable and decarbonizing pathways of production a…
SOURCE: YouTube at 11:12AMMonday, December 30, 2024
Thank you for joining us for the 2024 season!
Happy Holidays, from the Stratford Festival ✨
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SOMETHING ROTTEN!
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