Enjoying the Arts in Niagara: The Shaw Festival

A Niagara institution since 1962, the Shaw Festival has grown into one of the finest theatre companies in North America, and produces 10 to 12 productions per year that are either the works of George Bernard Shaw or one of his contemporaries.

Stationed in historic Niagara on the Lake, the Shaw Festival performs plays at four different theatres: The Festival Theatre, the largest with 860 seats, the Court House Theatre , with 320 seats, the Royal George Theatre,with 320 seats, and the Studio Theatre, with 200 seats.  Each theatre is unique, and the plays that are produced at each one are carefully chosen so as to get the best seating arrangement with each play.

The Playbill for 2010 is as follows:

The Festival Theatre (map):
An Ideal Husband by Oscar Wilde, April 9th to October 31st
The Women by Clare Booth Luce, May 12th to October 9th
The Doctor’s Dilemna by Bernard Shaw, June 10th to October 30th

Court House Theatre (map):
The Cherry Orchard by Anton Chekhov, April 20th to October 2nd
John Bull’s Other Island by Bernard Shaw, June 18th to October 9th
Age of Arousal by Linda Griffiths, July 23rd to October 10th