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Stratford Festival @stratfest.bsky.social · 13h
With his final season as Artistic Director nearing its close, Antoni Cimolino reflects on a legacy built on artistic ambition, collaboration and a deep belief in our shared humanity in a new conversation with Next Magazine’s Ryan Borochovitz. ow.ly/nJMo50ZSU3N #SFTempest #SFSatSunMon
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Interview: What more can anybody say about Antoni Cimolino? » NEXT Magazine
The Stratford Festival’s artistic director says farewell with swansong productions
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The Stage @thestage.co.uk · 23/09/2026
Jonathan Church’s first season at the helm of Canada’s Stratford Festival is to include a production of Mary Poppins directed by Jonathan O’Boyle and Stephen Mear. Read more 👇
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Jonathan Church unveils first Stratford Festival season including Mary Poppins
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aisling murphy @aislingmurph.bsky.social · 23/09/2026
Big changes happening at the Stratford Festival next year. (Revised performance times! Three musicals! A two-part play!) Some familiar work in 2027, too: Anne of Green Gables and Chicago are back as remounts. Lots more @theglobeandmail.com: www.theglobeandmail.com/culture/stag...
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Stratford Festival 2027 season will include earlier start times and the return of Des McAnuff
Incoming artistic director Jonathan Church’s first season features Mary Poppins plus remounts of Chicago and Anne of Green Gables
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Stratford Festival @stratfest.bsky.social · 19/09/2026
A decade after moving to Canada from the U.S., Globe and Mail theatre critic Aisling Murphy shares the 10 productions that helped define her understanding of what it means to be Canadian, including our Casey and Diana and Anne of Green Gables. ow.ly/uL9B50ZPqzo #SFGreenGables #SFCaseyDiana
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I left the U.S. for Canada a decade ago. These plays and musicals taught me what it means to be Canadian
These works made me fall in love with the Great White North
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Stratford Festival @stratfest.bsky.social · 16/09/2026
Fiona Reid and Carter Gulselth, who play the formidable Lady Bracknell and deliciously absurd Algernon Moncrieff, spoke with Next Magazine about finding truth in Oscar Wilde's witty comedy, The Importance of Being Earnest. ow.ly/uGyR50ZOlsR #SFEarnest
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Interview: Fiona Reid and Carter Gulseth share their earnest thoughts about Oscar Wilde’s comedic masterpiece » NEXT Magazine
Victorian triviality feels decidedly modern in Stratford’s ‘The Importance of Being Earnest’
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Stratford Festival @stratfest.bsky.social · 15/09/2026
Othello is Shakespeare’s only title role explicitly identified as a racialized Black man. In this season’s production, Jordin Hall and Jessica B. Hill discuss how Black kinship enriches the story and its representation onstage. ow.ly/Kc3L50ZNSol #SFOthello
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Interview: Jordin Hall and Jessica B. Hill discuss how Black kinship can enrich the dynamics of ‘Othello’ » NEXT Magazine
Intentional casting has the power to enhance what’s already being told
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Stratford Festival @stratfest.bsky.social · 11/09/2026
From his Stratford debut in Guys and Dolls in 2017 to this season's return nine years later, Devon Michael Brown has come full circle. He chats with Intermission about his journey and balancing the acrobatics of performing in two musicals. ow.ly/bQK550ZMKhY #SFGuysDolls #SFRotten
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How Devon Michael Brown dances through two Stratford musicals
“It's so exhausting, but it's really rewarding,” Devon Michael Brown says of performing in 'Something Rotten!' and 'Guys and Dolls.'
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Stratford Festival @stratfest.bsky.social · 10/09/2026
Michael Man spoke with Intermission Magazine to reflect on shapeshifting into three vastly different characters this season in A Midsummer Night's Dream, The Hobbit and The Tao of the World. www.intermissionmagazine.ca/features/mic... #SFDream #SFHobbit #SFTao
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Meet Michael Man, the versatile actor playing Gollum at Stratford
In his second consecutive season at Stratford, actor Michael Man discusses playing Gollum and other roles through physicality and instinct.
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Stratford Festival @stratfest.bsky.social · 09/09/2026
The New York Times chief theatre critic Helen Shaw saw four productions during a whirlwind two-day visit to Stratford. She celebrates Antoni Cimolino's "final, gracious" season and remarks that the shows she saw "contained more splendor than many New York spectacles." ow.ly/UXGE50ZLC7h
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At the Stratford Festival, Forgiveness Is a Power Move
For his final year as artistic director, Antoni Cimolino directs “The Tempest,” and like Prospero, he understands how to wield acts of kindness.
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Stratford Festival @stratfest.bsky.social · 03/09/2026
Before taking his final bow as Artistic Director, Antoni Cimolino joins Kelsey McEwen on CTV Your Morning to discuss his last two Festival productions, The Tempest and Saturday, Sunday, Monday. Both productions run until October 24. youtu.be/92RtJ6WIhIc?... #SFTempest #SFSatSunMon
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Antoni Cimolino Reflects on 40 Years at the Stratford Festival | Your Morning
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Stratford Festival @stratfest.bsky.social · 31/08/2026
To bring Prospero and Miranda's relationship to life in The Tempest, Geraint Wyn Davies and Ashley Dingwell forged a close creative bond built on trust, openness and vulnerability. Rea more in their Next Magazine interview: ow.ly/9YjK50ZHomp #SFTempest
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Interview: Veteran Geraint Wyn Davies and newcomer Ashley Dingwell bridge generations in Stratford’s “The Tempest” » NEXT Magazine
A two-way masterclass where the torch goes both ways
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Stratford Festival @stratfest.bsky.social · 24/08/2026
"It's a big role, and the journey (Rosa) goes on is a wild ride." Rose Napoli reflects on making her Stratford Festival debut in Saturday, Sunday, Monday, starring in Antoni Cimolino’s final production as Artistic Director. Read the interview: ow.ly/OBFr50ZEMZF #SFSatSunMon
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After 20 years, Windsor actor Rose Napoli makes her Stratford debut
Napoli stars as the headstrong matriarch Rosa Priore in the English retelling of Saturday, Sunday, Monday this summer
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Stratford Festival @stratfest.bsky.social · 22/08/2026
Two new Canadian works at the Festival are finding fresh meaning in texts from the distant past. 📖 NEXT Magazine spoke with Charlotte Corbeil-Coleman and Jovanni Sy 施崇梵 about the inspirations behind The King James Bible Play and The Tao of the World. ow.ly/OcLC50ZCVco #SFTao #SFKingJames
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Two new plays at the Stratford Festival seek a language for responding to the past » NEXT Magazine
Jovanni Sy 施崇梵 and Charlotte Corbeil-Coleman discuss ‘The Tao of the World’ and ‘The King James Bible Play’
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Stratford Festival @stratfest.bsky.social · 21/08/2026
Singapore is rarely represented on stage or screen, making it an exciting challenge for Festival actors this season to master Singlish, the distinctive dialect at the heart of The Tao of the World, a new play written and directed by Jovanni Sy 施崇梵. Read more: ow.ly/S9Xy50ZC4ls #SFTao
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How these Stratford Festival actors learned one of the most difficult English dialects
Jovanni Sy's “The Tao of the World,” set in Singapore, features dialogue in the tricky Singlish dialect.
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Stratford Festival @stratfest.bsky.social · 20/08/2026
As The Tao of the World opens tonight, playwright and director Jovanni Sy 施崇梵 speaks with CBC Q's guest host Garvia Bailey to discuss why Singapore was the perfect setting for this fresh and funny new work. 🎧 Listen to the full interview: ow.ly/5mVN50ZC3M7 #SFTao #SF2026 #Stratfest
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Folger Shakespeare Library @folger.edu · 14/08/2026
As he wraps up his final season as Artistic Director of the Stratford Festival @stratfest.bsky.social, Antoni Cimolino discusses revisiting "The Tempest," the power of forgiveness, and the "rough magic" that makes theater possible. 🎙️ Listen on the podcast: www.folger.edu/podcasts/sha...
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Stratford Festival's Antoni Cimolino | Folger Shakespeare Library
Folger Shakespeare Library is the world's largest Shakespeare collection, the ultimate resource for exploring Shakespeare and his world. Shakespeare belongs to you. His world is vast. Come explore. Jo...
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Stratford Festival @stratfest.bsky.social · 12/08/2026
In an interview with BroadwayWorld, Dan Chameroy reflects on the rare opportunity to perform two vastly different characters in both musicals this season, Nostradamus in Something Rotten! and Sky Masterson in Guys and Dolls. www.broadwayworld.com/toronto/arti... #SFRotten #SFGuysDolls
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Interview: Dan Chameroy of SOMETHING ROTTEN! and GUYS AND DOLLS at Stratford Festival
BroadwayWorld spoke with Chameroy about what makes a musical sizzle, trusting your scene partner—even when it’s the stage itself—and how to balance explosive humour with laid-back cool.
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Destination Stratford @visitstratford.bsky.social · 04/08/2026
Stratford unfiltered can’t be beat🎭🫶 @stratfest.bsky.social #CanadaSky #Theatre #Nature
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Stratford Festival @stratfest.bsky.social · 28/07/2026
"It'll be the cheapest getaway to Naples you'll ever make." Antoni Cimolino directs Saturday, Sunday, Monday, the fourth Eduardo de Filippo play he's directed. Hear him discuss this comic masterpiece on CBC Ontario Morning. ow.ly/RY7j50Zu1oL #SFSatSunMon 📷 Photo by Ann Baggley.
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NEXT Magazine @nextmagazine.bsky.social · 28/07/2026
Some days at @stratfest.bsky.social Festival , Olivia Sinclair-Brisbane falls in love twice. In the afternoon, she’s Sarah Brown, the steadfast Save-a-Soul missionary in “Guys and Dolls”. Hours later, she’s Portia in “Something Rotten!”i Our interview with the star here: nextmag.ca/between-some...
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Between ‘Something Rotten!’ and ‘Guys and Dolls,’ Olivia Sinclair-Brisbane has her biggest Stratford season yet » NEXT Magazine
Two leading roles, one performer, little downtime for Olivia Sinclair-Brisbane
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Stratford Festival @stratfest.bsky.social · 23/06/2026
Donna Feore brings Something Rotten! and Guys and Dolls, two distinctly different musicals, to the Festival Theatre stage this season, with much of the same cast. The director-choreographer spoke with The Canadian Press about the unprecedented achievement. #SFRotten #SFGuysDolls
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From Renaissance England matinee to '40s New York at night: Stratford's musical feat
STRATFORD, Ont. - Donna Feore is pretty sure Stratford is the only place she could pull off the ambitious double-bill currently on offer: two very different musicals on the same
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Stratford Festival @stratfest.bsky.social · 15/06/2026
In a Toronto Star interview, Antoni Cimolino reflects on his time at the Festival, highlighting his work directing Shakespeare, championing the plays of Eduardo De Filippo and fostering new play development. Read now: ow.ly/88MB50Zc4cN #SFTempest #SFSatSunMon #SF2026 #StratfordFestival
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Stratford Festival’s exiting leader Antoni Cimolino reflects on his rollercoaster 14 years as artistic director
Cimolino, a former actor, is stepping down after 14 seasons at the helm of North America’s largest repertory company.
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Stratford Festival @stratfest.bsky.social · 03/06/2026
André Sills speaks with Aisling Murphy of The Globe and Mail as he embarks on his "Double-O" season. Now in his 12th year at the Festival, André is taking on his biggest season yet with the title role in Othello and Oberon in A Midsummer Night's Dream. ow.ly/upOK50Z7cVI #SFDream #SFOthello
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André Sills takes on his biggest Stratford Festival season yet: Othello and Oberon
This year, his 12th at Stratford, Sills will play two meaty roles in completely different shows
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Stratford Festival @stratfest.bsky.social · 29/05/2026
Speaking with CBC Q's Tom Power, Paul Gross recalls the time Due South literally blew up Toronto's El Mocambo. This season, Paul is back at the Festival to take on the role of Vladimir in Samuel Beckett's Waiting for Godot. 📺 Watch the full interview on YouTube: ow.ly/RzQB50Z5LaY #SFGodot
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Stratford Festival @stratfest.bsky.social · 26/05/2026
Opening night of The Tempest was an epic and glorious storm that kicked off the 2026 season yesterday. CTV News Kitchener was there capturing the magic, from the star-studded red carpet, the traditional pipes and drums procession and champagne toast. Watch a recap: ow.ly/irxu50Z4q06
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Curtain rises on Antoni Cimolino’s last season at Stratford Festival
The sun shone as the stars of Stratford Festival gathered to celebrate the opening of the iconic theatre’s 74th season.
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Stratford Festival @stratfest.bsky.social · 26/05/2026
As Antoni Cimolino prepares to take his final bow as Artistic Director, he reflects on his 39 season career at the Festival in an interview with the Canadian Press. Have a read: ow.ly/llGl50Z4lvc #AntoniCimolino #SFTempest #ThisRoughMagic #SF2026 #StratfordFestival
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After 39 years, Antoni Cimolino prepares to take his final bow at Stratford
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Stratford Festival @stratfest.bsky.social · 22/05/2026
CBC Q's Tom Power sits down with Antoni Cimolino as he begins his final season as Artistic Director, directing The Tempest, a fitting and powerful Shakespearean swan song that remains incredibly relevant today. Listen to the full interview: ow.ly/ktqI50Z3he8 #SFTempest #SF2026 #Stratfest
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Glenn Sumi @glennsumi.bsky.social · 20/05/2026
Really loved talking with Richard Lee, who’s playing Bilbo Baggins in @stratfest.bsky.social’s new production of THE HOBBIT this year. www.goaheadsumi.com/richard-lee-...
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Richard Lee travels to Middle-Earth (and back again) at Stratford
The actor takes on the biggest role of his career as the small but mighty title character in The Hobbit
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Stratford Festival @stratfest.bsky.social · 20/05/2026
In conversation with Joe Szekeres of Our Theatre Voice, Marissa Orjalo reflects on her path to a professional career in theatre going into her fourth season at the Festival. Read the full interview: ow.ly/RRs150Z2iHF 📷 Marissa Orjalo. Photography by Dariane Sanche. #SFTempest #SFEarnest
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Stratford Festival @stratfest.bsky.social · 09/05/2026
We’re very grateful for the funding announced earlier this week by local MPP Matthew Rae, Stan Cho, Minister of Tourism, Culture and Gaming, and the Government of Ontario. Through the Experience Ontario program, the Festival will receive a $125,000 to support of our 2026 season, This Rough Magic.
Photography by Ann Baggley.
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Stratford Festival @stratfest.bsky.social · 07/05/2026
Celebrated Canadian actor Tom McCamus speaks with Brent Bambury on CBC Radio’s Day 6 as he takes on two iconic and deeply existential roles at the Festival this season: Estragon in Waiting for Godot and Willy Loman in Death of a Salesman. Listen here: ow.ly/exqj50YWf4K #SFSalesman #SFGodot
Tom McCamus. Photography by Dariane Sanche.
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Stratford Festival @stratfest.bsky.social · 21/04/2026
Filmmaker Barry Avrich will premiere his latest documentary, This Above All: The Theatrical Life of Antoni Cimolino, at Hot Docs on April 27. Ahead of the premiere, Aisling Murphy of The Globe and Mail spoke with Barry about what drew him to the project.
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Barry Avrich peeks behind the curtain at Antoni Cimolino’s retirement from the Stratford Festival
This Above All: The Theatrical Life of Antoni Cimolino premieres at Hot Docs on April 27
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Stratford Festival @stratfest.bsky.social · 17/04/2026
"It's a perfect play... on every level, a delight." Step into the rehearsal hall as Carter Gulseth, Joe Perry, Allison Lynch and Marissa Orjalo talk about The Importance of Being Earnest. Get your tickets: ow.ly/hKjp50YLhJt #SFEarnest #SF2026 #StratfordFestival #Stratfest
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Stratford Festival @stratfest.bsky.social · 15/04/2026
"It's impossible not to live up to it." Step into the rehearsal hall as Jennifer Rider-Shaw and Olivia Sinclair-Brisbane talk about rising to the incredibly high standards of the dancers in Guys and Dolls. Previews begin in exactly one week (April 22): ow.ly/zY8z50YK7si #SFGuysDolls
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Stratford Festival @stratfest.bsky.social · 14/04/2026
"Puck is play." Step into the rehearsal hall as Mike Nadajewski finds the playfulness of Puck, the clever and mischievous sprite in A Midsummer Night's Dream. This enchanting production will cast its spell soon. Previews begin May 1: ow.ly/VwNH50YIZma #SFDream #SF2026 #StratfordFestival
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Stratford Festival @stratfest.bsky.social · 13/04/2026
"What are we doing here?" Step into the rehearsal hall as Paul Gross wrestles with life's unanswered questions in Waiting for Godot. #SFGodot #SF2026 #WaitingForGodot #SamuelBeckett #Stratfest
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Stratford Festival @stratfest.bsky.social · 12/04/2026
"He is one of the finest actors in the world today." Step into the rehearsal hall as Antoni Cimolino speaks about the nuance and depth that Geraint Wyn Davies brings to the role of Prospero in his production of The Tempest. Come see Geraint unleash his magic: ow.ly/rLej50YHkyu #SFTempest
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Stratford Festival @stratfest.bsky.social · 11/04/2026
"You can give them one seed of an idea and... they make the domino connections." Step into the rehearsal hall as Dean Gabourie reflects on the process of directing Death of a Salesman with actors as skilled as Lucy Peacock and Tom McCamus. Book now: ow.ly/1zM550YHglQ #SFSalesman #SF2026
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Stratford Festival @stratfest.bsky.social · 10/04/2026
Othello: "extraordinary characters, extraordinary circumstances." Step into the rehearsal hall as Haysam Kadri directs Shakespeare's relentless and timeless tragedy. Previews for Othello begin May 22. Get your tickets now: ow.ly/4cC850YH9yV #SFOthello #SF2026 #StratfordFestival #Stratfest
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Stratford Festival @stratfest.bsky.social · 10/04/2026
"Being asked to play Gandalf is a little bit like my version of being asked to play King Lear," says Tim Campbell. Campbell and co-star Richard Lee spoke with the Stratford Times about stepping into two of the most beloved roles in The Hobbit.
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Stratford Festival @stratfest.bsky.social · 09/04/2026
"Mark does do some jazz hands in it." Step into the rehearsal hall as Dan Chameroy and Mark Uhre, who play Sky Masterson and Nathan Detroit in Guys and Dolls, talk about Crapshooters' Ballet. Guys and Dolls begins on April 22: ow.ly/XpWi50YGJbv #SFGuysDolls #SF2026 #StratfordFestival
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Stratford Festival @stratfest.bsky.social · 08/04/2026
Oscar Wilde uses "wit and conversation as his currency." Step into the rehearsal hall as Krista Jackson directs his brilliant trivial comedy, The Importance of Being Earnest. Previews begin May 19 - get your tickets now: ow.ly/hGFx50YFPKF #SFEarnest #SF2026 #StratfordFestival #Stratfest
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Stratford Festival @stratfest.bsky.social · 07/04/2026
"An interesting and unusual character." Step into the rehearsal hall as Tim Campbell talks about creating his own interpretation of Gandalf in The Hobbit. Book now: ow.ly/yzj250YF2l1 #SFHobbit #SF2026 #StratfordFestival #Stratfest
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Stratford Festival @stratfest.bsky.social · 06/04/2026
"We'll do a scene from Step Brothers, that would be fun..." Step into the rehearsal hall as Dan Chameroy and Mark Uhre discuss their work ethic for Something Rotten! (and bicker like siblings). Get your tickets: ow.ly/NB8G50YCJoP #SFRotten #SF2026 #StratfordFestival #Stratfest
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Stratford Festival @stratfest.bsky.social · 05/04/2026
"There's something about the familial relationships that echo like ripples in the pond." Step into the rehearsal hall as Dean Gabourie reflects on the character archetypes present in Death of a Salesman. Book now: ow.ly/8ivw50YCJiY #SFSalesman #SF2026 #StratfordFestival #Stratfest
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Stratford Festival @stratfest.bsky.social · 04/04/2026
"It is an entry point into your imagination." Step into the rehearsal hall as Richard Lee, who is playing Bilbo Baggins in The Hobbit, reflects on the importance of theatre for young audiences. Book now: ow.ly/hL3z50YCwxn #SFHobbit #SF2026 #StratfordFestival #Stratfest
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Stratford Festival @stratfest.bsky.social · 03/04/2026
"You move at the speed of trust." Step into the rehearsal hall as Graham Abbey talks about encouraging the actors to hold hands and leap into the world of A Midsummer Night's Dream. Book now: ow.ly/Tex750YCJa0 #SFDream #SF2026 #StratfordFestival #Stratfest
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Stratford Festival @stratfest.bsky.social · 01/04/2026
"You've got to make a fool of yourself" in Waiting for Godot. Step into the rehearsal hall as Tom McCamus prepares to play the fool Estragon in Samuel Beckett's timeless tragicomedy. Don't miss this very limited run: ow.ly/mrBl50YBLUs #SFGodot #SF2026 #StratfordFestival #AprilFoolsDay
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Stratford Festival @stratfest.bsky.social · 30/03/2026
Designing for theatre is a "durational art." Step into the Props department as Julie Fox reflects on building the world of The Tempest through its sets and costumes. #SFTempest #SF2026 #StratfordFestival #StageCraft #TheatreDesign
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Stratford Festival @stratfest.bsky.social · 27/03/2026
"The starting impulse" of theatre begins with the director. On World Theatre Day, Antoni Cimolino reflects on the power of directing and what he hopes to achieve with The Tempest. Read more on why he sees this play as "a powerful emotional response to the challenges we face in the world today" 🧵
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