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The Festival was founded as the Stratford Shakespearean Festival of Canada, by Tom Patterson, a Stratford-native journalist who wanted to revitalize his town's economy by creating a theatre festival dedicated to the works of William Shakespeare, as the town shares the name of Shakespeare's birthplace, Stratford-upon-Avon, England.
Since opening in 2022, Tom Patterson Theatre is a part of the yearly festival which showcases Shakespeare plays and other theatre productions. It also has a secondary performance hall. [citation needed] The Stratford Festival provides educational experiences for both students and teachers which includes workshops, meet and greets, and camps. [6]
In April 2021, the Stratford Festival announced a season of plays and cabarets, most of which took place under canopies outside the Festival and Tom Patterson Theatres with reduced cast sizes and social distancing. Only Three Tall Women was presented indoors at the Studio Theatre. [10] The 2021 season theme was metamorphosis. [11] Plays
From the 1950s into the 1990s, the place to beat was the American Shakespeare Festival in Stratford, founded by John Houseman with casts that might include the likes of Katharine Hepburn or ...
Festival Theatre is a performing arts theatre in Stratford, Ontario that is the main venue of the Stratford Festival. The theatre was constructed in the spring of 1953 and was completed in time for the festival's opening on 13 July of that year. The original theatre comprised concrete bleachers covered by a tent and was usable only in the summer.
The Stratford Festival has increased its diversity efforts on stage in recent years. In 2011, famed actress Seana McKenna crossed the gender line by starring as the king in “Richard III”.
In 2024, this show felt like an ode to those women, and some men, who found the courage to stand up against abusers and take the side of the young and vulnerable.
Theatre festivals are amongst the earliest types of festival. Classical Greek theatre was associated with religious festivals dedicated to Dionysus , called the City Dionysia. The medieval mystery plays were presented at the major Christian feasts.