For All - Shaw Festival Theatre

Mystery at The Shaw. Discover your inner Sherlock Holmes and solve the mystery of The Shaw! An immersive, puzzle-solving adventure on the grounds of the Festival Theatre.

Theatre discovery. Calling all theatre lovers! Exclusive access to the creative minds who bring our productions to life. Four plays, three lunches, presentations, and parking.
Price based on blue seating.

Immerse yourself in history. Experience the history of WWI through the lens of theatre with plays, tours, talks and music. Includes three Shaw productions and special presentations at the Shaw Festival, the Niagara Historical Society Museum and Fort George. Schedule subject to change. Price based on blue seating.
Presented in partnership with the Niagara Historical Society & Museum and Parks Canada

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.

Get hands-on and help create The Magician’s Nephew. Join us in a one-hour interactive experience before the show! Participate in an actor-led workshop where you will build a keepsake prop, create a soundscape, learn a song and discover what a Dream Detective is. Don’t miss this unique opportunity to get closer to The Shaw action. Fun for all ages! Children attending the workshop must be accompanied by an adult (18+). Book online when you book your tickets or call our Box Office 1.800.511.7429.
Excludes May 26 & 27. Note: June 10, Sept 15 & 19 workshops will be held in a rehearsal hall at the Festival Theatre.

Peek into the Process. Delve into the actor’s process and explore a scene from our 2018 Season in this interactive, up-on-your-feet session. Led by a member of the Shaw Ensemble.

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.

Friday Night Live with Kate Hennig, our new Associate Artistic Director. Join Kate on the beautiful Festival Theatre patio for cocktails ($) and casual conversation. Following Friday evening performances at the Festival Theatre in July and August.

Engage with the actors. An informal question-and-answer session with members of the Company.
Tuesday evenings after the performances (except Mythos and those marked P and MP), in all three theatres.
Supported by The Guarantee Company of North America

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

Moderated discussions. Long after the curtain falls, Shaw audience members continue to talk about the intellectual and emotional meanings of the play.

Following O’Flaherty V.C. and Tuesday & Friday matinee performances (except those marked P and MP), join fellow patrons for an engaging facilitated discussion.

Sponsored by Pratt & Whitney Canada and Riverview Cellars Estate Winery.

History and Theatre: Is theatre an effective lens through which to examine history? Join us with Director Peter Hinton.

Art as War Propaganda: What is the role and responsibility of artists when confronted by war? Join us with Shaw artists.

Discover the magic involved in the creation of Narnia. Fun for the whole family.

Exclusive backstage access! An hour-long guided, backstage tour of the Festival Theatre.

A late evening of superb jazz and drinks ($). Plus, meet the musicians.

Food! Refreshments! Live Music!
Thursdays in July & August following matinee performances at the Festival & Studio Theatres. Open to all, no theatre ticket required.

WWI Sing Along. Do war songs rise out of war or are they created for war? Join Shaw Music Director Paul Sportelli to learn about and sing the songs of WWI.

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.

July 14: Redpatch by Raes Calvert and Sean Harris Oliver
Redpatch is a new Canadian play about a young Metis solider from the Nuu-chah-nulth nation of Vancouver Island, who volunteers to fight for Canada. Set in both the battlefields of France, and in Canada, Redpatch follows the experiences of this young solider as he endures the horrors of war.

September 30: Gnit by Will Eno
A rollicking and very cautionary tale about, among other things, how the opposite of love is laziness. Gnit is a faithful, unfaithful reading of Henrik Ibsen’s Peer Gynt.

Musical delights. A Sunday morning concert performed by members of the Shaw Festival’s Orchestra at the Festival Theatre. The July 15 concert will be held at the Court House, 26 Queen Street.

Includes open bar, delicious bites and lively entertainment! All funds raised from this event will help support The Shaw Festival.

For more information, contact Shelley Kuzma, 1-800-657-1106 ext 2226.