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2012 Shaw Festival Calendar
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"Imagination is the beginning of creation. You imagine what you desire, you will what you imagine and at last you create what you will."
- George Bernard Shaw - (1856-1950)
Preview of this year's shows to help you plan your holidays
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The Shaw Festival is one of the largest repertory companies in North America, and the only theatre in the world that specializes in plays written by Bernard Shaw and his contemporaries (1856-1950) "plays about the beginning of the modern world." The 2012 Season will feature eleven diverse productions that include: Shaw re-envisioned by both directors and writers, newly commissioned works, plays by a new generation of provocative playwrights, re-explored classics and returning Festival favourites appearing on the Festival’s four Niagara-on-the-Lake stages: The 2012 season will start on April 1 and end October 31. Ticket
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| Ragtime Book by Terrence McNally, lyrics by Lynn Ahrens, music by Stephen Flaherty |
The celebrated Tony Award-winning adaptation of E.L. Doctorow’s ground-breaking novel. This musical epic traces the roots of 20th century America through the complex stories of three very different families. “A fascinating and celebrated piece when it was first produced in Toronto in 1996, Ragtime’s themes and ideas are even more timely today and it is thrilling to be able to explore and re-present them here at The Shaw,” stated Ms. Maxwell. Director:
Jackie Maxwell |
| Present Laughter by Noel Coward |
Last seen at The Shaw in 1990, this new production continues the Festival’s ongoing celebration of this brilliant playwright and will be directed by Ensemble member David Schurmann. Director:
David Schurmann |
| His Girl Friday Adapted by John Guare, from The Front Page by Ben Hecht and Charles MacArthur and the Columbia Pictures film |
A brilliant blending of the 1940 movie of the same name with its original source, The Front Page by Ben Hecht and Charles MacArthur. This screwball comedy, served with a sharp dash of politics and corruption, will be directed by Ensemble member Jim Mezon, who last directed 2008’s An Inspector Calls. Director:
Jim Mezon |
| Misalliance by Bernard Shaw |
After her directorial success with last season’s Cat on a Hot Tin Roof, Associate Director Eda Holmes tackles Bernard Shaw’s comedy of the laws of sexual attraction and the difficulty of fitting them into marriage. Director: Eda Holmes |
| The Millionairess by Bernard Shaw |
Bernard Shaw’s madcap comedy centred on one of Shaw’s most glorious larger-than-life heroines Epifania Ognisanti di Parerga Fitzfassenden. Director: Blair Williams |
| French Without Tears by Terence Rattigan |
A sexy comedic romp set in the south of France and one of Rattigan’s longest running hits on the London stage. Director: Kate Lynch |
| Come Back Little Sheba Author William Inge |
Artistic Director Jackie Maxwell continues her rich relationship with the work of William Inge with the domestic drama Come Back Little Sheba. Ms. Maxwell previously directed other Inge works Picnic and Bus Stop at The Shaw in 2001 and 2005, respectively, to critical acclaim. Director: Jackie Maxwell |
| A Man and Some Women by Githa Sowerby |
A Man and Some Women, a provocative story of a family driven apart by money. A Man and Some Women continues the successful archaeological programming that included The Shaw’s highly acclaimed 2004 production of Sowerby’s first full-length play Rutherford and Son and its 2008 production of The Stepmother. Director: Alisa Palmer |
| Hedda Gabler |
The Shaw is also delighted to welcome back renowned actor and director Martha Henry. Ms. Henry will direct Henrik Ibsen’s Hedda Gabler. Ms. Henry last directed The Autumn Garden at The Shaw in 2005 and is thrilled to be bringing this classic Ibsen play. Director: Martha Henry |
| Trouble in Tahiti Music and libretto by Leonard Bernstein |
Booth and Lincoln are brothers - one is a Lincoln impersonator and reformed 3-card monte hustler, the other a petty thief. Their names are no accident and their struggle to survive forces them to confront history, family and the future. An award-winning play by one of North America's most thought-provoking playwrights. Director:
Jay Turvey |
| Helen's Necklace by Caaaarole Frechette |
After a season of great success in the Studio Theatre with the staging of Topdog/Underdog and When the Rain Stops Falling, the focus shifts to a Canadian writer in 2012. Award-winning Quebec writer Carole Fréchette’s poignantly poetic Helen’s Necklace (Le Collier d’Hélène), translated and adapted by John Murrell, will be the next offering of contemporary Shavian work in the Studio. Director:
TBC |
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