"It's not just about finding kid-friendly shows, it's about introducing literacy, culture and critical thinking about the larger issues in life that they will one day confront, because 'All the world's a stage.'" Adam Waxman reflects on the importance of bringing children to the Stratford Festival.

Ready for a show to "smash the Bechdel test all to pieces"? 💪 Maev Beaty and Irene Poole spoke with @intermissionmag.bsky.social to discuss Ransacking Troy, Erin Shields's new "feminist reimagining of Homer’s epics, directed by Jackie Maxwell." www.intermissionmagazine.ca/features/ran... #SFTroy

It is with great sadness that we mark the passing of Graham Greene. Graham was a globally recognized film actor and an award-winning stage and television performer, who joined us here at the Stratford Festival for one unforgettable season, in 2007.

Did you know our musicals are performed by a live orchestra? Toronto Star arts critic Joshua Chong recently sat in on two performances of Dirty Rotten Scoundrels and Annie to see how musical magic is made behind the scenes! #SFAnnie #SFScoundrels

What better salve can there be than an old story with love at its core? ❤️‍🔥Sara Farb and Christopher Allen (who play Rosalind and Orlando respectively) spoke with Next Magazine about this season's As You Like It. #SFAsYouLikeIt

We're thrilled to be nominated for Attractions Ontario's 10th Annual Ontario’s Choice Awards! Vote for us to win the Top Performing Arts spot. You can vote once a day until September 7, 2025: attractionsontario.ca/poll/top-per... 📷 Photo by Ann Baggley.

Ransacking Troy opens at @stratfest.bsky.social next week! Here's my profile of playwright Erin Shields, for whom the future – and past – has always been female. www.theglobeandmail.com/arts/theatre...

✨ Announcing our 2026 season! ✨ The culmination of a 40-year career with the Festival, including 14 seasons as Artistic Director, this will be Antoni Cimolino's farewell season, with plays united under the theme of "This Rough Magic". The 2026 playbill across our four venues...

American friends, are you worried about how you’ll be received in Canada this summer? Fear not! As Jesse Green writes in the New York Times, our arms are wide open for you here in Stratford.

How's this for a boost, Canada? From the Chicago Tribune's chief theatre critic, Chris Jones: "Canadian theater, and Canadians in general, are doing better than their neighbors to the south at focusing on the core values that hold the nation together."

What could be more fun than Jane Austen? Toronto Star critic Joshua Chong was "impressed by Kate Hamill's ability to balance both humour and heart in her adaptation" of Sense and Sensibility. Read full article here: www.thestar.com/entertainmen... #SFSensibility

Canadian theatre has lost a giant, the much loved and admired actor and director Joe Ziegler.

How does an actor perform in three shows and keep all the roles straight? Jessica B. Hill tells CBC's Q with Tom Power "it's an actor's gym." Watch the full interview below!

It is with deep sadness that we mark the passing of actor Michael Blake, our dear friend and much valued colleague. Michael was one of the most gifted actors of his generation. He played an extraordinary variety of parts and did so with an ability and ease that was rare.

This is not Graham Abbey's first foray into The Winter's Tale — he first performed as Florizel in the Festival's 1998 production and directed two other productions. This season, he is portraying the central figure of Leontes. Read more in this interview: ow.ly/vUeX50Wl7aG #SFWintersTale

“I was very, very nervous because I’d never done prose before in Shakespeare.” Sara Farb, now in her 7th season with the Festival, has much to say about preparing for the pivotal role of Rosalind in As You Like It, Shakespeare's beloved comedy. Read the full interview below! #SFAsYouLikeIt

✨ Calling all kindred spirits! ✨ Check out the Kindred Spirits Book Club podcast for an exclusive interview with Caroline Toal, who stars in Kat Sandler's new Anne of Green Gables adaptation in her very first season with the Festival: ow.ly/9xz550WqSFt

📢 BIG NEWS: our 2025 season is extended, and just in time for the BIGGEST SALE OF THE YEAR! 🎉 The Globe and Mail were "gobsmacked by the strength of this year’s opening week", and with overwhelming audience demand, we're thrilled to be extending four productions into the winter months.

Stratford is "like a slice of Europe" and is definitely worth a visit this summer! Besides coming to see a show at the Festival, there's plenty to do in our hometown while you're here. www.narcity.com/stratford-on...

Looking forward to seeing @hirokanagawatv.bsky.social’s adaptation of Mark Sakamoto's Canada Reads-winning memoir FORGIVENESS @stratfest.bsky.social I talked to Kanagawa & director @staffordarima.bsky.social for @thestar.com www.thestar.com/entertainmen...

Christine Baranski: “I think I’m an actress because when I was in high school, we took a train up to the Stratford Festival and I was just hit with an arrow in the heart." Read more on how a trip to Stratford Festival sparked her love of theatre and acting: www.ellecanada.com/culture/cele...

"This is a play that survives time. It's really easy to find Macbeths around." Listen to Q with Tom Power for an exclusive interview with Director Robert Lepage on resetting Macbeth during the biker wars of the 1990s: www.cbc.ca/listen/live-... #SFMacbeth

Great opening night for Macbeth @stratfest.bsky.social Phenomenal staging. Mind-blowing.

The red carpet is rolled out... We're getting ready for our big 2025 season opening tonight! As You Like It kicks us off with a black-tie event not to be missed at the Festival Theatre. Will we see you there? #SF2025 #StratfordFestival #Stratfest

🗞️ Also in today's Toronto Star: Hear from Costume Designer Michael Gianfrancesco on the costumes needed to transplant the Scottish play into the 1990s biker wars in Quebec. #SFMacbeth #StratfordFestival #SF2025 #Stratfest

In today’s Toronto Star! Hear from actors Tom McCamus, Lucy Peacock, Graham Abbey, Tom Rooney and André Sills about working with Director Robert Lepage to fulfill his vision for Shakespeare’s most haunting tragedy. #SFMacbeth #StratfordFestival #SF2025 #Stratfest

The flag is at half-staff as we remember theatre great Charles Strouse, who died yesterday at age 96 after a truly remarkable career. A three-time Tony Award-winner, Strouse wrote the score for Annie, on stage at the Festival this season. Strouse was also the winner of both Emmy and Grammy awards.

Director-Playwright Kat Sandler discusses adapting Anne of Green Gables for today, while also keeping the spirit of the classic Canadian novel by L.M. Montgomery. Listen on the Kindred Spirits Book Club podcast: open.spotify.com/episode/345F... #SFGreenGables #SF2025 #StratfordFestival #Stratfest

This painting is Lepage's Macbeth Thank you so much Robert Lepage for meeting me at the gallery See this painting through the summer at Agora Gallery, Stratford and see the play at the Stratford Festival 🙂 And a big thank you to the wonderful costume designer, Michael Gianfrancesco 🙂

Queen's University alumni are making their mark at the Stratford Festival, with at least 15 graduates currently working behind the scenes and on stage. Discover how they’re setting the stage this season!

Artistic Director Antoni Cimolino's beautiful production of The Winter's Tale starts performances today! Tickets and production credits: www.stratfordfestival.ca/WhatsOn/Play... #SFWintersTale #StratfordFestival #SF2025 #Stratfest

Six of our talented craftspeople were featured in @theglobeandmail.com on Saturday! Check out this exclusive look at the behind-the-scenes artisans that bring our shows to life: www.theglobeandmail.com/arts/theatre...

The stage is set… Dirty Rotten Scoundrels starts today! With palm trees, wealthy women and cunning con artists, this musical will sweep you away to the French Riviera! Tickets and production credits: www.stratfordfestival.ca/WhatsOn/Play... #SFScoundrels #StratfordFestival #SF2025 #Stratfest

As You Like It starts previews today! Director Chris Abraham breathes fresh life into Shakespeare’s comedy, and Set and Costume Designer Julie Fox has made this world reality. Tickets and production credits: stratfordfestival.ca/WhatsOn/Play... #SFAsYouLikeIt #StratfordFestival #SF2025

Stratford's one of CBC's Top 10 Canadian Travel Destinations! 🎉 Our beautiful hometown made The Current's shortlist of best places to travel to in Canada. Thanks to everyone who voted for us throughout the month. We hope you can come visit us soon! Performances for our 2025 season are underway.

Remember to cast your vote for Stratford every day until April 30!

The Anne-ticipation is over! Anne of Green Gables starts previews today, and we can't wait to be immersed in the beauty of Avonlea and this uplifting Canadian story. Tickets and production credits: stratfordfestival.ca/GreenGables #SFGreenGables #StratfordFestival #SF2025 #Stratfest

Where are Canadians travelling to instead of the U.S.? We're thrilled that the Festival along with our hometown Stratford make up two spots among the best travel destinations according to @theglobeandmail.com newsletter readers. We hope to see you soon!

Act, laugh, and perform—right at the Library! Join @stratfest.bsky.social pros for a series of interactive theatre workshops. 🎟️ Plus, you could win 2 free tickets to a Stratford Festival show! 📅 Weekly workshops in May Registration opens one week before each session. buff.ly/FLNqxpR

Our beautiful hometown Stratford has been highlighted as one of the top 20 Canadian travel destinations by CBC's The Current. Cast your vote to make sure Stratford earns a spot in the top 10! You can vote once per day until April 30, so please share far and wide to ensure our city makes the cut.

"...she’s been through a hard time, but she’s still optimistic and still trying to make everyone happy." Harper Rae Asch on the title character of #SFAnnie, a role she landed after a nationwide search. Find out how this 11-year-old is preparing for her Festival debut.

A #Stratford PSA: @stratfest.bsky.social has put out a separate guide for the Meighen Forum events, which are everything from short-run theatre to concerts to lectures to panels to tours outside the main plays: From Goblin Oedipus to @drjengunter.bsky.social. Download it from stratfordfestival.ca

To all the women working on stage and off at the Stratford Festival and theatres everywhere, Happy International Women's Day! #IWD2025 #Stratfest #SF2025 #AccelerateAction

Our beautiful Tom Patterson Theatre has just received the Honour Award for Architecture from the U.S. Institute of Theater Technology. We’re celebrating this award with Hariri Pontarini Architects, who collaborated on the theatre’s design with us. Photos by doublespace photography

Dreaming of a European getaway? Maybe the next best thing? ✨ Narcity recently called out Stratford's European vibes and historical charm. It’s the perfect spot to visit this year! Check out the article at the link in our bio and start planning your getaway. 🚂 ow.ly/XGFc50UVcRh

My Lord of Hastings anxiously awaiting the audition calls for @stratfest.bsky.social 2025 ! "Are they doing Richard Iii this season........?" Sorry bud... not this time, again... sorry. #shakespeare #catsofbsky #cats

CBC’s Karis Mapp joined us in the Annie rehearsal hall and got to watch as the actors hung out with the dogs for the very first time. 🐶 Check out her interviews with the cast, crew and trainers. Shows start on April 19! Be among the first to see it! 🎟️ ow.ly/WeIl50V2n4m Pictured: Dan Chameroy