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Theatre Festivals
Atlantic
Atlantic Theatre Festival - professional repertory theatre festival running from mid-June through mid-September
Neptune Theatre - Halifax, Nova Scotia summer festival: June 21 until July 29, 2000 - War Brides - A Musical, book by Grahame Woods, music and lyrics by Joey Miller
Shakespeare By The Sea Festival - St. John's, NFLD
Quebec
- Montreal Fringe Festival - annual summer festival combining theatre, dance and musical acts from around the globe in downtown Montreal
Ontario
- Blyth Theatre Festival - Set in the rural Village of Blyth, Ontario, just twenty minutes from Lake Huron's sandy beaches, the Blyth Festival is a world class Canadian theatre dedicated to producing New Canadian Plays
- du Maurier WORLD STAGE - North America's largest international festival of contemporary theatre in English
- Fringe Festival of Independent Dance Artists - site includes history, calls for entry, sponsors, photos, schedule of Toronto festival
- Fringe Festival of Toronto - schedule, volunteer and ticket info and more
- Highland Summer Festival - Dramatic and musical productions from early July to mid-August in the heart of cottage country, Haliburton, Ontario
- Ottawa Fringe Festival - an urban theatre experience
- Resurgence Theatre Company York Shakespeare Festival - professional, non-profit theatre company that produces an annual Shakespearean production at Fairy Lake (Newmarket, Ontario)
- Shaw Festival - specializes in plays written during Bernard Shaw's lifetime (1856-1950).
- Stratford Festival - Home of the finest in classical and contemporary theatre and North America's largest repertory theatre company
- Stratford, The Shakespearean Festival City - information for prospective tourists to Stratford
- Thunder Bay Fringe Festival - theatre and music festival
Western Canada
British Columbia
Theatre Companies
National
- BigTime Murder Productions - offers interactive mystery and 'radio play' dinner theatre, professionally performed for groups of 10-400 anywhere in North America
- National Arts Centre - Ottawa
- Shakespeare In Action - dedicated to bringing new life to the plays of the bard through performances, in-school plays and workshops, and teacher training (National)
Atlantic
Quebec
- Piggery Theatre- Quebec's longest running English language theatre
- Théâtre la Catapulte - théâtre franco-ontarien de la relève consacré à la création et à l'exploration théâtrale
Ontario
- Academy Theatre - century-old theatre presenting plays, concerts, and musicals year-round, and hosting the popular Kawartha Summer Theatre
- Act II Studio - Theatre for Older adults in conjunction with the Ryerson continuing educaton department
- African-Canadian Dramatic Arts Society Inc. (ACDAS) - non-profit organization founded in 1991; aim is to increase public awareness of African-Canadian arts in the community at large through quality, diversified entertainment (Ottawa)
- Brampton Music Theatre - information on upcoming shows, reviews of current shows, and history of past shows
- Cabbagetown Theatre Company
- Canadian Stage Company - offers company, production, ticket sales, and seasonal performance information
- CubeCity writes and produces original musical theatre in Toronto, Ontario and Los Angeles, California
- East Side Players - One of Toronto's oldest community theatres, providing a season of four plays
- The Eastern Ontario Drama League - an affiliation of Community Theatre groups in Eastern Ontario, E.O.D.L. is also a participating member of Theatre Ontario. The Eastern Ontario Drama Festival came into being as result of the intense interest in theatre of Canada's Governor-General, Lord Bessborough, and his desire to initiate a Dominion-wide Amateur Theatre Festival
- Grand Theatre - turn-of-the-century, refurbished theatre, featuring theatrical productions and dance events from national and international repertoires (London, Ont.)
- Great Canadian Theatre Company (Ottawa)
- Great Big Theatre Company - serving Hamilton-Wentworth and the surrounding region with mainstage productions, workshops, classes, and travelling shows for children and youth
- Gryphon Theatre - live theatre group based out of Georgian College in Barrie Featuring a number of summer and winter performances
- Hamilton Theatre Inc
- Herongate Barn Theatre - located in the heart of the Dufferin-Rouge Agricultural Preserve near Huron Country Playhouse
- Highland Summer Festival - Four dramatic and musical productions from July 4 to August 17 in the heart of cottage country, Haliburton, Ontario
- Huron Country Playhouse Page - unofficial site
- HurlyBurly Theatre Company - bringing a new tradition of live Shakespeare to Toronto, with fresh, relevant productions which explore the genius of the Bard's text to speak to audiences of all ages
- Little Red Theatre - has been providing young children with quality theatre since 1988 under the artistic direction of Jody Terio. Its main task is travelling to schools and community theatre groups to perform plays
- Mighty Brave Productions - Toronto based theatre company also produces in New York City. Accepts resumes year round
- Oh Canada Eh?! Dinner Show - musical celebration of Canada (Niagara Falls)
- Original Kids - childrens theatre company in London, Ontario
- Orpheus Musical Theatre Society - has been delighting Ottawa audiences with musical presentations, especially Broadway muscials and choral performances for 90 years
- Oshawa Little Theatre - non-profit community theatre offers information on season of plays, tickets, subscriptions
- Ottawa Little Theatre - drop by for current play information, or just a bit of interesting local history
- Pressed For Time Theatre Company - a small company dedicated to the production of NEW Canadian plays (Ottawa)
- Regent Theatre - offers theatre production information and schedule, as well as film presentations, community links (Piction)
- Resurgence Theatre Company - professional, non-profit theatre company that produces an annual Shakespearean production at Fairy Lake (Newmarket)
- Sandy Hill Theatre - volunteer/amateur theatre group serving the Sandy Hill area of Ottawa
- serious cow productions - Toronto-Canada-based theatre company with the goal of creating visually-interesting, physical theatre based on cerebrally-challenging, original works
- Shakespeare In Action - a non-profit, Toronto-based educational theatre company dedicated to bringing new life to the plays of the bard through main stage performances, in-school plays and workshops. Artistic Director: Michael Kelly
- Soulpepper Theatre - critically acclaimed Toronto-based theatre company offering the classics each summer
- Summer At The Roxy - summertime theatre in the vibrant community of Owen Sound
- Sudbury Theatre Centre - a professional company that has been in existence since 1971. E-mail: stc@isys.ca
- Théâtre la Catapulte La Catapulte a le mandat de créer un théâtre stimulant et intelligent, un théâtre qui remet en cause l'idée que le public se fait du théâtre. Son théâtre en est un d'exploration et de création (Ottawa)
- Théâtre Français de Toronto
- Theatre & Company - professional ensemble theatre company with a September-May season (Kitchener)
- Theatre Night In Merrickville - Merrickville, Ontario
- Theatre Passe Muraille - 32nd season in Toronto includes last season's smash hit, The Drawer Boy and its original cast plus the world premiere of four new original works
- Theatre Woodstock - annual season lineup, history of the company, and other information
- Threshold Theater (Toronto)
- Tioram Arts Projects (also called TAP) is a professional theatre company producing a variety of stage performances. Founded in 1983, primarily to bring professional productions of the highest quality to small and larger centres, Tioram Arts Projects is dedicated to providing proven hits, recent national and international successes and new scripts. Tioram Arts Projects also operates The Festival of Comedy, a company who's mandate is the presentation of classic and modern comedies. More information...
- University Players - SODA's resident company, with ticket information, news on the current season, and links to the school (Windsor)
- Upstart Crow Theatre Group (Toronto) - Canadian Shakespearean Festivals: SHAKESPEARE'S RUGBY WARS!!! - a re-telling of Shakespeare's Wars of the Roses History Cycle as an all-out Rugby Game - July 5 - 15, 2001 at The Toronto Fringe Festival; DANISH AUGUST - production of HAMLET! - With an edited text and an intimate setting, we hope to bring Shakespeare's legend down to size for a more personal experience. Exact date to be announced
- Theatre Woodstock - annual season lineup, history of the company, and other information
Western Canada
- Alberta Theatre Projects - includes an events calendar, ticketing information, overview of upcoming plays
- Company of Rogues Actors Studio - Calgary, Alberta; joe@corogues.com
- The Empress Theatre - presents fabulous live music, great Canadian plays and first run movies. Adventure and romance, music and ghost stories, it's all here in Fort Macleod, AB
- Ghost River Theatre - Doug Curtis, Artistic Director; Calgary, AB
- Headlines Theatre - Vancouver ased; world leader in community specific, issue-oriented theatre
- Manitoba Theatre Centre
- Marionnettes du Bout du Monde - Un théâtre de marionnettes pour enfants
- One Yellow Rabbit - contemporary, adult based performance theatre company (Calgary)
- Pacific Theatre - Inspiring Our Community With Excellent Theatre (Vancouver)
- Theatre Junction - offers production and schedule information for upcoming season, as well as organization information and contacts (Calgary)
- Theatre Calgary - produces classic plays from Canadian and international repertoires Emphasizing substantial, complex stories relevant to the people of Calgary and Southern Alberta
- Winnipeg Jewish Theatre - founded in 1987 exists to present theatre of high artistic quality that relects the Jewish experience
British Columbia
Yukon
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