Season Announcement: This Rough Magic | Stratford Festival 2026

Описание: Announcing our 2026 season!
This will be Antoni Cimolino's final season as Artistic Director. The culmination of a 40-year career with the Festival, including 14 seasons as Artistic Director, this farewell season is a sweeping celebration of theatre, with plays united under the theme of "This Rough Magic".

The 2026 playbill across our four venues...

Festival Theatre:
Antoni Cimolino directs THE TEMPEST.
Donna Feore directs a thrilling new production of GUYS AND DOLLS.
Back by popular demand is SOMETHING ROTTEN!, directed by Donna Feore.
A special limited engagement of WAITING FOR GODOT, directed by Molly Atkinson.

Avon Theatre:
DEATH OF A SALESMAN, directed by Dean Gabourie.
Kim Selody's adaptation of THE HOBBIT will be the Schulich Children's Play, directed by Pablo Felices-Luna.
THE IMPORTANCE OF BEING EARNEST, directed by Krista Jackson.
A brand-new adaptation of SATURDAY, SUNDAY, MONDAY by Donato Santeramo and Antoni Cimolino.

Tom Patterson Theatre:
Graham Abbey directs A MIDSUMMER NIGHT'S DREAM.
OTHELLO, directed by Haysam Kadri.
The world premiere of THE TAO OF THE WORLD, written and directed by Jovanni Sy.

Studio Theatre:
Charlotte Corbeil-Coleman's new work THE KING JAMES BIBLE PLAY, directed Nina Lee Aquino.

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Video Chapters:
00:00 Intro
00:38 This Rough Magic
01:23 Something Rotten!
01:54 Guys and Dolls
02:08 The Tempest
02:31 Waiting for Godot
02:54 The Importance of Being Earnest
03:07 Death of a Salesman
03:18 The Hobbit
03:39 Saturday, Sunday, Monday
03:59 A Midsummer Night's Dream
04:20 Othello
04:35 The Tao of the World
04:58 The King James Bible Play
05:36 2026 Productions
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The Stratford Festival has been setting the standard for classical theatre in North America for more than 70 years. With the works of Shakespeare at its core, this acclaimed repertory theatre presents a seven-month season of a dozen or more plays in four unique venues, in the beautiful setting of Stratford, Ontario, Canada.

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