Stratford Festival @stratfest.bsky.social · 7hWarmest congratulations to Anne Carson, poet, essayist, translator and playwright, on being awarded the 2026 Nobel Prize in Literature. We were proud to produce her acclaimed adaptations of Sophocles' Elektra in 2012 and Euripides’ The Bakkhai in 2017. 050
Stratford Festival @stratfest.bsky.social · 29/09/2026With 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 ow.lyInterview: What more can anybody say about Antoni Cimolino? » NEXT MagazineThe Stratford Festival’s artistic director says farewell with swansong productions 040
Reposted by Stratford FestivalThe Stage @thestage.co.uk · 23/09/2026Jonathan 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 👇thestage.co.ukJonathan Church unveils first Stratford Festival season including Mary Poppins 022
Reposted by Stratford Festivalaisling murphy @aislingmurph.bsky.social · 23/09/2026Big 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...theglobeandmail.comStratford Festival 2027 season will include earlier start times and the return of Des McAnuffIncoming artistic director Jonathan Church’s first season features Mary Poppins plus remounts of Chicago and Anne of Green Gables 081
Stratford Festival @stratfest.bsky.social · 19/09/2026A 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 ow.lyI left the U.S. for Canada a decade ago. These plays and musicals taught me what it means to be CanadianThese works made me fall in love with the Great White North 183
Stratford Festival @stratfest.bsky.social · 16/09/2026Fiona 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 #SFEarnestow.lyInterview: Fiona Reid and Carter Gulseth share their earnest thoughts about Oscar Wilde’s comedic masterpiece » NEXT MagazineVictorian triviality feels decidedly modern in Stratford’s ‘The Importance of Being Earnest’ 030
Stratford Festival @stratfest.bsky.social · 15/09/2026Othello 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 #SFOthelloow.lyInterview: Jordin Hall and Jessica B. Hill discuss how Black kinship can enrich the dynamics of ‘Othello’ » NEXT MagazineIntentional casting has the power to enhance what’s already being told 020
Stratford Festival @stratfest.bsky.social · 11/09/2026From 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 #SFRottenow.lyHow 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.' 022
Stratford Festival @stratfest.bsky.social · 10/09/2026Michael 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 #SFTaointermissionmagazine.caMeet Michael Man, the versatile actor playing Gollum at StratfordIn his second consecutive season at Stratford, actor Michael Man discusses playing Gollum and other roles through physicality and instinct. 020
Stratford Festival @stratfest.bsky.social · 09/09/2026The 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/UXGE50ZLC7how.lyAt the Stratford Festival, Forgiveness Is a Power MoveFor his final year as artistic director, Antoni Cimolino directs “The Tempest,” and like Prospero, he understands how to wield acts of kindness. 040
Stratford Festival @stratfest.bsky.social · 03/09/2026Before 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 #SFSatSunMonyoutu.beAntoni Cimolino Reflects on 40 Years at the Stratford Festival | Your MorningYouTube video by CTV Your Morning 060
Stratford Festival @stratfest.bsky.social · 31/08/2026To 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 #SFTempestow.lyInterview: Veteran Geraint Wyn Davies and newcomer Ashley Dingwell bridge generations in Stratford’s “The Tempest” » NEXT MagazineA two-way masterclass where the torch goes both ways 010
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 #SFSatSunMonow.lyAfter 20 years, Windsor actor Rose Napoli makes her Stratford debutNapoli stars as the headstrong matriarch Rosa Priore in the English retelling of Saturday, Sunday, Monday this summer 020
Stratford Festival @stratfest.bsky.social · 22/08/2026Two 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 #SFKingJamesow.lyTwo new plays at the Stratford Festival seek a language for responding to the past » NEXT MagazineJovanni Sy 施崇梵 and Charlotte Corbeil-Coleman discuss ‘The Tao of the World’ and ‘The King James Bible Play’ 021
Stratford Festival @stratfest.bsky.social · 21/08/2026Singapore 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 #SFTaoow.lyHow these Stratford Festival actors learned one of the most difficult English dialectsJovanni Sy's “The Tao of the World,” set in Singapore, features dialogue in the tricky Singlish dialect. 002
Stratford Festival @stratfest.bsky.social · 20/08/2026As 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 021
Reposted by Stratford FestivalFolger Shakespeare Library @folger.edu · 14/08/2026As 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...folger.eduStratford Festival's Antoni Cimolino | Folger Shakespeare LibraryFolger 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... 073
Stratford Festival @stratfest.bsky.social · 12/08/2026In 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 #SFGuysDollsbroadwayworld.comInterview: Dan Chameroy of SOMETHING ROTTEN! and GUYS AND DOLLS at Stratford FestivalBroadwayWorld 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. 042
Reposted by Stratford FestivalDestination Stratford @visitstratford.bsky.social · 04/08/2026Stratford unfiltered can’t be beat🎭🫶 @stratfest.bsky.social #CanadaSky #Theatre #Nature 052
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. 021
Reposted by Stratford FestivalNEXT Magazine @nextmagazine.bsky.social · 28/07/2026Some 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...nextmag.caBetween ‘Something Rotten!’ and ‘Guys and Dolls,’ Olivia Sinclair-Brisbane has her biggest Stratford season yet » NEXT MagazineTwo leading roles, one performer, little downtime for Olivia Sinclair-Brisbane 032
Stratford Festival @stratfest.bsky.social · 23/06/2026Donna 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 #SFGuysDollsow.lyFrom Renaissance England matinee to '40s New York at night: Stratford's musical featSTRATFORD, 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 061
Stratford Festival @stratfest.bsky.social · 15/06/2026In 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 #StratfordFestivalow.lyStratford Festival’s exiting leader Antoni Cimolino reflects on his rollercoaster 14 years as artistic directorCimolino, a former actor, is stepping down after 14 seasons at the helm of North America’s largest repertory company. 031
Stratford Festival @stratfest.bsky.social · 03/06/2026André 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 #SFOthelloow.lyAndré Sills takes on his biggest Stratford Festival season yet: Othello and OberonThis year, his 12th at Stratford, Sills will play two meaty roles in completely different shows 051
Stratford Festival @stratfest.bsky.social · 29/05/2026Speaking 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 162
Stratford Festival @stratfest.bsky.social · 26/05/2026Opening 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/irxu50Z4q06ow.lyCurtain rises on Antoni Cimolino’s last season at Stratford FestivalThe sun shone as the stars of Stratford Festival gathered to celebrate the opening of the iconic theatre’s 74th season. 031
Stratford Festival @stratfest.bsky.social · 26/05/2026As 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 #StratfordFestivalow.lyAfter 39 years, Antoni Cimolino prepares to take his final bow at StratfordSTRATFORD, ONTARIO, CANADA - 030
Stratford Festival @stratfest.bsky.social · 22/05/2026CBC 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 040
Reposted by Stratford FestivalGlenn Sumi @glennsumi.bsky.social · 20/05/2026Really 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-...goaheadsumi.comRichard Lee travels to Middle-Earth (and back again) at StratfordThe actor takes on the biggest role of his career as the small but mighty title character in The Hobbit 031
Stratford Festival @stratfest.bsky.social · 20/05/2026In 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 020
Stratford Festival @stratfest.bsky.social · 09/05/2026We’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. 040
Stratford Festival @stratfest.bsky.social · 07/05/2026Celebrated 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 061
Stratford Festival @stratfest.bsky.social · 21/04/2026Avrich continued: "With this, I wasn’t looking for some underbelly or exposé. This is a man who stayed in Canada, who could have taken jobs or directorships anywhere in the world. He could have taken sabbaticals. But instead he stayed and shaped the place through some extraordinarily complex times." 030
Stratford Festival @stratfest.bsky.social · 21/04/2026Reflecting on his long-standing interest in Antoni's work, Avrich said: "I’ve kept a close eye on Antoni since the Richard Monette days. When I thought about his trajectory and his career, I thought it needed to be a film. As Canadians, I don’t feel we’re that great at celebrating our own." 130
Stratford Festival @stratfest.bsky.social · 21/04/2026Filmmaker 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.theglobeandmail.comBarry Avrich peeks behind the curtain at Antoni Cimolino’s retirement from the Stratford FestivalThis Above All: The Theatrical Life of Antoni Cimolino premieres at Hot Docs on April 27 150
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 131
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 120
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 030
Stratford Festival @stratfest.bsky.social · 13/04/2026Experience Waiting for Godot for the first time on the Festival Theatre stage. Book now for this limited run, ending July 31: www.stratfordfestival.ca/WhatsOn/Play... Stay tuned for more behind-the-scenes insights, coming to Stratfest@Home this fall. 000
Stratford Festival @stratfest.bsky.social · 13/04/2026Today marks the birthday of Samuel Beckett (April 13, 1906). 120 years later, his towering achievement continues to resonate, inviting audiences to pause, wait and search for humanity's place in the universe. 100
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 140
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 031
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 010
Stratford Festival @stratfest.bsky.social · 10/04/2026Othello: "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 020
Stratford Festival @stratfest.bsky.social · 10/04/2026Read the full interview here (pg 23): www.granthaven.com/_files/ugd/a... 000
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. 100
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 120
Stratford Festival @stratfest.bsky.social · 08/04/2026Oscar 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 021
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 020
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 000