For All - Shaw Festival Theatre

Unpack the tools actors use to make text and characters come alive. In a supportive community of your peers, delve into classical text culminating in a final presentation. Exclusive access to Shaw professional coaches/teachers. For all experience levels.

Join Associate Artistic Director Kate Hennig and explore women theatre artists from Mae West to today. Panels and guest speakers on Sex, Victory, Getting Married. Reception, lunch and parking.

Focusing on four plays, gain access to the creative minds who bring our plays to life. Includes lunches, presentations and parking. Cost does not include theatre tickets.

Shaw at The Shaw: a focus on Getting Married and Man and Superman. Reception, picnic lunch and parking. Cost does not include theatre tickets.

An exploration of six plays — our premier adult education experience. Lunches, reception, guest lectures and parking. Cost does not include theatre tickets.

Are you curious about what goes on backstage and who works there? Here’s your chance to find out.

Focusing on four plays, gain access to the creative minds who bring our plays to life. Includes lunches, presentations and parking. Cost does not include theatre tickets.

In teams of 2-8 people, test your knowledge of holiday theatre and film musicals in this 40-minute trivia challenge. Example: Which crooner sold over 100 million copies of Irving Berlin’s White Christmas? Bing Crosby. Easy, right?! Gift for the winning team.

A playful intro to the basics of tap dance with an actor from Holiday Inn. Fun for ages 10+ and all experience levels.

Unpack the tools actors use to make text and characters come alive. In a supportive community of your peers, delve into classical text culminating in a final presentation. Exclusive access to Shaw professional coaches/teachers. For all experience levels.

A pre-show workshop for all ages. Join an actor from The Horse and His Boy and help to create the show. A 40-minute workshop prior to all matinee and evening performances.

Up close and personal … our 2019 Shaw directors and designers share their insights and visions.

The Horse and His Boy (April 6), Brigadoon (May 4), The Glass Menagerie (May 22),
The Ladykillers (June 11), Sex (June 21), Cyrano de Bergerac (July 30),
Man and Superman (Aug 15), Holiday Inn (Nov 15)

Are you curious about what goes on backstage and who works there? Here’s your chance to find out.

Join Shaw Music Director Paul Sportelli to learn about and sing-along to music theatre classics including Brigadoon.

An open invitation to join Shaw Company members for cocktails ($) and casual conversation.

An informal question-and-answer session with actors following Tuesday evening performances (except those marked P and OC), in all three theatres.

A Company member introduces that evening’s play. For all Festival Theatre performances except those marked P and OC.

Following Tuesday, Friday and Saturday matinees in all theatres and all The Russian Play performances (except those marked P and OC), join fellow patrons for an engaging facilitated discussion.

Sponsored by Riverview Cellars Estate Winery

Conversations about theatre, art and culture.

• June 15 – Theatre Criticism in the Age of Social Media with Laura Hughes, Shaw Communication Manager and Karen Fricker, Toronto Star Theatre Critic
• June 22 – The Sex of Mae West with Peter Hinton, Shaw Director and guest
• July 20 – Theatre and Politics with Tim Carroll, Shaw Artistic Director and guest
• Aug 24 – Re-Imagining Classical Theatre with Shaw Actors
• Sept 21 – GBS on Marriage, Morals, and Modernity with Dr Leonard Conolly, Resident Shaw Scholar and guest
• Oct 5 – Creating Mahabharata with Ravi Jain, Shaw Director and guest

In teams of 2-8 people, test your knowledge of holiday theatre and film musicals in this 40-minute trivia challenge. Example: Which crooner sold over 100 million copies of Irving Berlin’s White Christmas? Bing Crosby. Easy, right?! Gift for the winning team.

An hour-long guided tour of the Festival Theatre. Some dates not available – see calendar for details.

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

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.

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

Eat, drink, dance and bid merry! 

SAVOUR culinary treats. ENJOY an open bar, starting with the traditional Shivaree Gimlet! DANCE the night away. BID in the auction to win one-of-a-kind private dining experiences, hard-to-get tickets to sporting and cultural events, Shaw props & memorabilia, and much, much more!

A spectacular annual garden tour in Niagara-on-the-Lake organized by the Shaw Guild that you won’t want to miss. Check back for information on the 2019 tour.