MISTRESSES OF MISCHIEF.
Pursuing two respectably married women at the same time, a would-be seducer fails to anticipate that his targets will, quite literally, compare notes. Nor has he reckoned on the mischievous spirit in which the wives will use their wits and wiles to teach him the error of ...

In a revolutionary adaptation by Brad Fraser, this Richard is the story of a king who believes that God gives him the right to live above the rules and who ultimately suffers the consequences. The story is embedded in a time of great freedom that is soon crushed - the late 1970s and early '80s: w...

Set in eighteen hundred and something-something, somewhere upon the banks of a reddish river in Treaty One Territory, where three very different women with a preference for 21st-century slang sit in a fort sharing their views on life, love and the hot nerd Louis Riel. In this lively historical sa...

Golden Lotus is an internationally acclaimed musical based on the most infamous Chinese novel of all time, Jin Ping Mei. Its world premiere theatrical production, which received the Hong Kong English Drama Award for Best Original Work, was captured live and has won over 60 international film awar...

Dive into an hallucinatory 'riff' on the divided self: Encounter two Hamlets, two Ophelias and lots of Ghosts.
With a profound respect for the classic text and brought to vibrant life by a 26-year-old director and a 21-year-old Hamlet, Thog's Hamlet lets the players share the same floor as the au...

A heartwarming 30-minute film, One Small Visit, tells the true story of an immigrant Indian family who passes through the Ohio hometown of Neil Armstrong in the wake of the '69 moon landing and the civil rights movement and ends up on the Armstrong doorstep.

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The story follows Beatrice and Benedick, two quick-witted and sarcastic individuals who are happily single, but whose friends believe they would make a great romantic match. Set in the Early Modern world, an era of ever-changing attitudes towards marriage and power, the play presents a society at...

Henry, tracing his descent from Edward III, has claimed the French crown. Assured by the Archbishop of Canterbury that right is on his side, and needled by the Dauphin’s insolence, he prepares for war. Two incidents momentarily dampen the sense of anticipation: a plot against the king’s life i...

Just Short of Reality is a series of shorts that are told through the genres of surrealism, silent film and dance. Co-existing in one neighbourhood, seven individuals are presented with adversity and choice in this allegorical tale.

Through six different chapters taking place in the same 24-hour...

Illuminated Text is a Canadian Screen Awards nominated interactive video experience providing a deep-dive into Shakespearean text; in this case, Hamlet. The combination of sound, animation, and bold visuals gives different learning styles different ‘ways in’, in a student-led way.

Illuminated Te...

The ultimate royal family crisis.

Prince Hamlet (Amaka Umeh)'s father is dead, poisoned by his uncle (Graham Abbey) who has usurped the throne and married his mother, the Queen (Maev Beaty). When the dead King's ghost appears, commanding his son to revenge his foul and most unnatural murder, Ham...

Cold shoulder? There's a cure for that.

When Helen (Jessica B. Hill) cures the King of France (Ben Carlson) of an ailment that has confounded every other doctor, he grants her lifetime wish: the marital hand of the aristocratic courtier Bertram (Jordin Hall). However, Bertram proves a reluctant ...

The greater the honour, the deeper the shame.

In British-occupied Nigeria, the king is dead, and it is the duty of his horseman, Elesin (Anthony Santiago), to accompany him into the afterlife. While lustily enjoying the pleasures of this world, Elesin proudly anticipates his transition to the n...

An inspiring journey from page to stage.
Anticipating a visit by King George VI, an English teacher at a church-run residential school in Northern Ontario enlists her students in a production of All's Well That Ends Well. But her rigid ideas of how Shakespeare should be performed are challenged ...

From the strawberries in Richard III to the funeral baked meats in Hamlet, food pops up in many of Shakespeare's plays. Stratford Festival Executive Chef Kendrick Prins is joined in the kitchen by actor Qasim Khan, with expert commentary by University of Toronto professor of food studies Jeffrey ...

The celebrated wit of George Bernard Shaw makes sparkling comedy of political drama as veteran strategist Julius Caesar becomes mentor to the enchanting teenage queen of Roman-occupied Egypt. From her first timid encounter with Caesar under a desert moon, Cleopatra grows in strength to become a d...

Shipwrecked on the coast of Illyria, and believing her twin brother drowned, Viola adopts male disguise and enters the service of Duke Orsino, only to find herself entangled in a triangle of unrequited love. Meanwhile, in the household of the Countess Olivia, Sir Toby Belch - portrayed by the gre...

Christopher Plummer stars as the sorcerer Prospero, former Duke of Milan, in this spectacular 2010 production, directed by Des McAnuff. Marooned with his daughter on a remote island populated only by spirits and the monstrous Caliban, Prospero uses his magical arts to raise a storm at sea, bringi...

IN THE SCRIPT OF HISTORY, WHO GETS A SPEAKING ROLE?

In Kenya in 1952, Mercy, a restaurant proprietor, is hired to cater the impending visit of Princess Elizabeth, soon to be Queen. In 2015, another story unfolds in London, England, where a young Kenyan-born Canadian, Tia, is working as an intern...

Curious Kids takes young audiences and their families behind the scenes of the Stratford Festival. This year, our hosts are the young performers from the Festival's 2022 production of Richard III. They take us through Archives, Props and Armoury and Technical Design to unveil the magic that happe...

Ages 3-9
"All the world's a stage," and it's time you found your spotlight! With a little bit of creativity and a lot of imagination, you can transform any space into a theatre - even your very own bedroom! Get ready to take the stage from the comfort of your own home with your new actor pals, Is...

Ages 6-13

Learn how to develop your very own character with Stratford Festival actor, Lindsay Wu, from our 2022 production of Little Women! Character development and identity are essential to storytelling, so dive into this interactive workshop and discover how to move, talk and even breathe in ...

Shakespeare's great comedy of dreaming and desire has it all - spellbound lovers, quarrelling fairies, tradesmen who love amateur theatricals. This is both a deep dive into the realms of the subconscious and a hilarious tribute to the power of the imagination.

The most fundamental techniques of ...