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The Play's the Thing

Caesar and Cleopatra, Hamlet and Ophelia, Moby Dick and Captain Ahab energize all the senses with brilliant productions until November 9th. A whole new group of plays are on stage at the Stratford Shakespeare Festival.

Be thrilled by the 76 trombones and 110 cornets in the Americana of The Music Man. Or be immersed in the smoky and dark sensibilities of Weimar Berlin in Cabaret. Come experience Shakespeare by the finest company in North America presented and performed by Tony award winning actors, set designers and directors.

Adrian Noble’s Hamlet is fresh and thrilling. Discover the many timeless faces of love, from The Taming of the Shrew’s sharp and fiery-tongued battle of the sexes to the wit and wordplay of Love’s Labour’s Lost, as four young men struggle with rash vows that so easily melt in the warmth of a young woman’s smile. Or be stirred by the resilience of the human spirit, as it endures the tragedy of conquest in The Trojan Women and triumphs over tyranny in Fuente Ovejuna.

The mentoring of a queen is performed by the master Christopher Plummer, at the top of his game, in Caesar and Cleopatra in a dazzling production by Des McAnuff. Or see a new Canadian play in music and movement telling the story of Moby Dick.

Come and stay for a few plays, we know you will agree, Stratford is really the only place in Canada this autumn for commanding and entertaining theatre.