Apr
30
Wed
Stratford Festival
April 30 – Oct 12, 2014
By Lewis Carroll
Adapted for the stage by James Reaney
Directed by Jillian Keiley
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Climbing through her living-room mirror, Alice enters a world of wonders populated by such fantastical characters as Humpty Dumpty, Tweedledee and Tweedledum, the Walrus and the Carpenter – and the fearsome Jabberwock. Children and adults alike will be delighted by this spectacular journey into the topsy-turvy realm of the dreaming mind.
Royal Shakespeare Company
30 April – 2 October 2014
Directed by Polly Findlay
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When wealthy landowner Arden’s suspicions of his wife Alice cheating on him are confirmed, Arden, Alice and her lover find themselves playing a deadly game as a series of would be murderers set off in pursuit of Arden.
Polly Findlay makes her RSC debut to direct this anonymously written thriller.
May
5
Mon
King Lear – Stratford, Ontario Shakespeare
by William Shakespeare
Directed by Antoni Cimolino
Directed by Antoni Cimolino
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About the Play
An aging monarch resolves to divide his kingdom among his three daughters, with consequences he little expects. His reason shattered in the storm of violent emotion that ensues, with his very life hanging in the balance, Lear loses everything that has defined him as a king – and thereby discovers the essence of his own humanity.
May
8
Thu
Stratford Festival
May 8 – Oct 11, 2014
Written by Dale Wasserman
Directed by Robert McQueen
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Awaiting trial by the Inquisition, poet and playwright Miguel de Cervantes is assailed by his fellow prisoners, who try to seize the manuscript of his masterpiece, Don Quixote. His inspired response: a challenge to join him in staging his stirring tale of Quixote’s obsessive quest to attain an impossible dream.
May
16
Fri
May 16 @ 6:00 am – Oct 11 @ 7:00 am
A Midsummer Night’s Dream – Stratford, Ontario Shakespeare
by William Shakespeare
Directed by Chris Abraham
Directed by Chris Abraham
Festival Theatre
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About the Play
Threatened with death if she marries against her father’s wishes, Hermia elopes with her lover, Lysander, pursued by rival suitor Demetrius and his spurned admirer, Helena. In the enchanted woods, love’s lunacy reaches its giddiest heights – both for the bewildered couples and for an aspiring actor transformed into the unlikely consort of a fairy queen.