Theatre in Canada
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The contemporary theatre scene in Canada revolves around companies and summer festivals based at facilities in Canadian cities.
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Western Canada
- Edmonton is best known for the Edmonton Fringe Festival, the first and largest fringe theatre festival in North America. The major theatre of Edmonton is the Citadel.
- Winnipeg is the home of the Manitoba Theatre Centre, and the Winnipeg Jewish Theatre.
Central Canada
- Toronto has a large and vibrant theatre scene, with many different companies, some producing large-scale Broadway-style productions (produced by companies like Mirvish Productions), and others producing plays by Canadian and other playwrights. Some of the major theatre companies of Toronto include: Canadian Stage, Tarragon, Theatre Passe-Muraille, the Factory Theatre, Soulpepper, and Buddies in Bad Times. Toronto has several theatre festivals during the year, including Summerworks and the Toronto Fringe Festival.
- Montréal's theatre scene is split between French and English-language theatre. The National Theatre School of Canada is based there.
Eastern Canada
- Halifax has the Neptune Theatre, the major theatre for that city.
- Glace Bay has the Savoy Theatre, a cultural centre for Cape Breton Island.
- Charlottetown has the Confederation Centre of the Arts with its 1,100 seat mainstage theatre being one of Atlantic Canada's pre-eminent performing arts facilities.
- Moncton has the restored Capitol Theatre, one of only eight theatres of the ca. 1922 Pantages/Vaudeville design in the nation.
- Saint John has the restored Imperial Theatre, an historic ca. 1913 modern adaptation of the Italian Renaissance.
- Fredericton is host to The Playhouse, a gift to the people of New Brunswick by Lord Beaverbrook in 1964.
- St. John's has the St. John's Arts and Culture Centre with a 1,000 seat main theatre.
Summer Festivals
Major summer theater festivals include:
- The Stratford Festival of Canada, based in Stratford, Ontario.
- The Shaw Festival, based in Niagara-on-the-Lake, Ontario.
- The Charlottetown Festival, based in Charlottetown, Prince Edward Island.
- Shakespeare by the Sea, Halifax
See also
External Link
- Canadian Theatre Encyclopedia (http://www.canadiantheatre.com/)