A beautiful marriage and a brilliant military career are destroyed by the devious manipulations of a vindictive comrade. Heroism and dishonour walk hand in hand in this gripping tale of jealousy, regret and revenge.

Othello

Stratford Festival

Strange things happen in the woods by night, with neither spirit nor mortal safe from the wiles of the trickster Puck. For mismatched lovers, romance runs delightfully amok, but true love triumphs at dawn.

A Midsummer Night's Dream

Rural England, 1759. Halley’s Comet burns in the sky, and a young woman is sentenced to hang. But when she tries to escape the noose by claiming to be pregnant, a jury of twelve women are gathered to decide whether she is telling the truth. As tensions rise, their task becomes a reckoning: with the law, with power, and with the roles they’re forced to play in a world that silences them.

Tony-Award Nominee Lucy Kirkwood’s The Welkin (Chimerica, The Children) is a bold and blistering courtroom drama—by turns darkly comic and quietly devastating—about justice, duty, and righteous dissent.

The Welkin

Young Centre for the Performing Arts

Can one ever be truly full? From celebrated artist Guillermo Verdecchia, Feast is a biting look at a world where some are movers and some are moved and how long we can last when your family is falling apart.

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Feast

Tarragon Theatre

Late one night, after a university faculty soirée, George and Martha welcome a younger couple into their home. As the alcohol flows and dawn approaches, the young couple are drawn into George and Martha’s toxic games until the evening reaches its climax in a moment of devastating truth-telling.

Who's Afraid of Virginia Woolf?

St. Lawrence Centre for the Arts

This riveting play endures as a powerful commentary on society, solidifying its status as one of the best scripts of the last century. Presented by Canadian Stage.

Thomas Ryder Payne

Events

Upcoming events

May 1 - Sep 26, 2026

A Midsummer Night's Dream · Stratford Festival

May 22 - Sep 27, 2026

Othello · Stratford Festival

Past events

May 22 - Sep 27, 2026

Othello · Stratford Festival

May 1 - Sep 26, 2026

A Midsummer Night's Dream · Stratford Festival

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