For All - Shaw Festival Theatre

Educational, informative, entertaining and inspiring. Enrich your understanding of the work on our stages through discussions with artists, writers, scholars, and fellow participants.  Six plays (The Madness of George III, Saint Joan, Androcles and the Lion, 1837: The Farmers’ Revolt, An Octoroon and Middletown), lunches, reception, guest lectures and parking.
The Shaw’s premier adult education experience features speakers Branden Jacobs-Jenkins (playwright, An Octoroon) and Will Eno (playwright, Middletown).

*$785 for Shaw Friends

Join us for three days of exclusive access to the creative minds who bring our productions to life. Four plays, three lunches, presentations, and parking.

*$395 for Shaw Friends

Academics and Shaw experts from around the world gather for a five-day conference in beautiful Niagara-on-the-Lake, Ontario. Co-sponsored by the Shaw Festival, the International Shaw Society and York University. To register.

Working with a team of mature theatre-lovers, discover the tools actors use to make text and characters come alive. In a supportive community of your peers, delve into text from the era of Bernard Shaw, culminating in a final performance. Ten theatre classes led by Shaw Ensemble members. For all experience levels and walks of life. Cost covers all 10 Sundays.  

Utilizing scenes from The Shaw’s 2017 Season, delve into the text and learn acting techniques that will help bring the words to life. This interactive two-hour session is led by a member of the Shaw Ensemble.

*$35 for Shaw Friends

The basics – how to do it safely, believably and bump-free! The skills needed to bring a character alive for the stage are transferable to all areas of life. Hands-on sessions led by a member of the Shaw Ensemble.

*$35 for Shaw Friends

Learn how to wear top hats, gloves, or corsets and see how they can define your character. The skills needed to bring a character alive for the stage are transferable to all areas of life. Hands-on sessions led by a member of the Shaw Ensemble.

*$35 for Shaw Friends

Working with a team of mature theatre-lovers, discover the tools actors use to make text and characters come alive. In a supportive community of your peers, delve into text from the era of Bernard Shaw, culminating in a final performance. Ten theatre classes led by Shaw Ensemble members. For all experience levels and walks of life. Cost covers all 10 Sundays.  

Meet Bernard Shaw, with Jim Mezon, Ensemble Member. An engaging and entertaining hour with Shaw Professionals!

*$15 for Shaw Friends

The Directors Process – a director to director conversation. An engaging and entertaining hour with Shaw Professionals!
June 22: Tim Carroll and Krista Jackson
July 27: Eda Holmes and Meg Roe

*$15 for Shaw Friends

Engage with the actors. An informal question-and-answer session with members of the company.
Tuesday evenings after the performances except those marked P and O, in all four theatres.

Program Supporter

A company member introduces An Octoroon. For all evening performances except those marked P and O. At the Royal George Theatre.

A company member introduces that evening’s play. For all performances except those marked P and O. On the Members Terrace at the Festival Theatre.

Dear Mr Newton: Letters from an Actor, with Christopher Newton, AD Emeritus and Michael Healey playwright/actor. An engaging and entertaining hour with Shaw Professionals!

*$15 for Shaw Friends

Moderated discussions. Long after the curtain falls, Shaw audience members continue to talk about the intellectual and emotional meanings of the play. Following Tuesday and Friday matinee performances (except those marked P and O), join fellow patrons for an engaging discussion.

Program Supporters

Mandate vs Mission: What’s the point of The Shaw? with Tim Carroll, Artistic Director and Christopher Newton, Artistic Director Emeritus.

*$15 for Shaw Friends

The Ensemble: Has ensemble theatre had its day? with a panel of Shaw Ensemble members.

*$15 for Shaw Friends

Exclusive backstage access! An hour-long guided, backstage tour of the Festival Theatre.
*$5 with ticket to a performance

The Victorians loved a good ghost story. And all theatres have ghosts. Join us backstage and learn about the spirits of The Shaw.

*$15 with ticket to a performance

Our brilliant Ensemble members take you back to the basics, allowing your imagination to soar as they speak. The choice of plays is always hugely varied in form and content and some have raised cheers while others caused tears, but several of them have ended up as full productions in later seasons.

Sept 9: The Resistible Rise of Arturo Ui
By Bertolt Brecht
English translation by Jennifer Wise
Original work entitled Der aufhaltsame Aufstieg des Arturo Ui

Sept 30: Musical Reading of Little Mercy’s First Murder
Book and Lyrics by Morwyn Brebner
Music by Jay Turvey and Paul Sportelli

Musical delights. 
A Sunday morning concert performed by members of the Shaw Festival Orchestra.

Each year’s repertoire showcases the work of exceptional Canadian and international composers and performers—to delight and stimulate both the newest and the most sophisticated listeners.

• Six-pack Pass: valid for any concert valued at $45 or less. Excludes the Opening (July 14), Closing (Aug 13), Trinity College Choir Concerts, Rossini & Dinner Jazz Packages.
• Buy tickets to four or more concerts and receive a 15% discount (after June 15, 10% discount). Excludes Trinity College Choir Concerts and Rossini & Dinner Jazz Packages.

Student Pricing: College/University: $10, High school: $5 (*available for select performances)

Call the Box Office at 1.800.511.7429 to purchase ticket packages or student tickets.

Taxes not included in ticket prices.

During Doors Open Niagara-on-the-Lake, several sites of historical or architectural significance will be open to the public for free. Keep an eye on the website for information about free events at the Shaw Festival.

Thank you for another successful year for the garden tour!
Check back November 2017 for information regarding our 2018 Shaw Guild Garden Tour.