Wrestling, biker culture, Shakespeare and a return to Stratford: Theatremaker Robert Lepage gives audiences what they want
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Stratford Festival just clinched an elusive prize every arts organization wants: A surplus. Here's how
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ESPN digs into Justin Bieber's hockey roots ahead of NHL all-star game: ESPN sent a producer and cameraperson to Stratford last Friday to get shots of the city ...
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'It's a huge problem'- plea for enforcement after drivers park in bus lane : Drivers are parking in a a stretch of bus lane in Hall Green, causing issues
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Sabrina Maddeaux: Is Ontario finally going to ditch its beer monopoly?: The Ford government may not renew its agreement with The Beer Store. And it shouldn't ...
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Dan Chameroy, Vanessa Sears and Tom McCamus to lead 2024 Stratford Festival season
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Two key Gloucestershire routes closed following serious crashes: Emergency services have rushed to two crashes
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Did You Know? Rachel McAdams Wore a $10,000 Wig on 'Mean Girls' So She Wouldn't Have to Bleach Her Hair
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Distinguished theatre artist Marti Maraden went from ingenue to director : A superb actor, Maraden appeared regularly at Stratford and Shaw, then went on to ...
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Love’s Labour’s Lost at Stratford is something to savour, much like a guilty pleasure dating reality show
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Les Belles-Soeurs is funny, poignant yet never sentimental : These women might be limited, sneering at classical music and mouthing stereotypes about their ...
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Shakespeare with a luxury spa feel: White silk robes, stilettos and cross-gender casting? Romantic yearning never felt so modern
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Stratford Festival returns to Neverland as Wendy and Peter Pan to open 2024 season
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Frankenstein revival recounts gothic tale sometimes credited as having invented science fiction
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Paul Gross in King Lear: The problem of succession transcends time: The iconic Canadian actor plays the iconic aging patriarch with a tragically terrible ...
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Which Canadian snagged the latest Drag Race crown? Take our arts quiz to find out
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Stratford Festival’s Richard III starring Colm Feore coming to CBC and CBC Gem: The two-hour production of Richard III will broadcast on CBC and stream for free ...
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Woodstock, Ont. police dog dies in line of duty after ingesting drugs: Woodstock police say the K9 unit responded to assist Stratford police with a drug-related ...
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Quick Glance: Police dog dies in line of duty after ingesting drugs
- Woodstock Police Service announced the death of K9 unit dog Taz on July 3, 2023.
- The Woodstock police K9 unit responded to a call to assist Stratford police with a drug-related investigation on Monday evening.
- Stratford police witnessed two suspects known to police throwing items out of a moving vehicle.
- After the arrest of both suspects around 8 p.m., Woodstock service dogs Taz and Striker assisted police in searching the area where the items were thrown from the vehicle.
A Stratford, Ont., inn where a young Thomas Edison laid his head: Home of the Week: Historic two-storey building in downtown Stratford, Ont. ...
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Stratford Festival’s ‘Women of the Fur Trade’ is a side-splitting comedy that offers truths for this moment
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London police dog bit ear off fleeing suspect: SIU: The province’s police watchdog has cleared a London police officer whose dog bit the ear off a fleeing ...
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We asked 15 theatre companies across Ontario to recommend the best shows to see this summer. Their picks are worth a road trip
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Police make discovery after teen smashes car into fried chicken shop: A 17-year-old boy was detained after a car he was driving crashed into the Best UK Fried ...
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Macbeth goes goblin mode in new Bard on the Beach production: Goblin: Macbeth plays at Bard on the Beach
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Stratford Festival’s ‘Women of the Fur Trade’ is a side-splitting comedy that offers truths for this moment
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The upcoming Canadian jazz calendar includes festivals aplenty and the appearance of double bass icon Ron Carter
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A day at Stratford Festival with Rent’s Nestor Lozano Jr. : The Globe spends a day with actor Nestor Lozano Jr., who plays a starring role in Stratford’s ...
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Nurse and surgeon left without paycheques due to vaccine status: While other COVID-19 regulations have loosened at Ontario hospitals this year ...
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Quick Glance: Unvaccinated Hospital Staff Left Without Pay
- Nurse and surgeon are not receiving pay due to their vaccination status.
- Hospital officials consider vaccination a requirement to work.
- Two unvaccinated staff members are advocating for a change in vaccine policies to address the healthcare worker shortage.
- The HPHA may change its vaccine policies in the future, but they are currently still in place.
What to do in Stratford this summer: Come for festival season, but stay the weekend for the city’s offstage
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Stratford police: Parental abduction suspect, daughter may be here: RCMP is asking for the public's help finding a 35-year-old woman suspected parental abduction ...
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With Wedding Band, Stratford Festival uncovers potential new classic: Thoughtful revival of forgotten American script brings poignancy but does not always do ...
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Stratford 2023: ‘Wedding Band’ is a complex, tender love story: This play by novelist Alice Childress follows the love story of Julia, a Black woman, and Herman ...
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$133K in drugs, stolen police gear seized, man charged: OPP: Police gear found in drug raid
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Stratford Festival’s brief stage adaptation A Wrinkle in Time will leave kids wanting more - which is not a complaint
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Village Wooing and Mother, Daughter experiment on, rather than with, the Shaw Festival’s audiences
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Stratford Festival: Much Ado About Nothing is really something else with a little Shields added to the Shakespeare
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Classic car gift marks new motoring partnership: The British Motor Museum has been gifted a Singer Le Mans to mark a team-up with The Patrick Foundation.
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Stratford Festival production of Richard II is bold and brash, but not-quite-fully realized
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Police incident leaves road closed - updates : Walford Road sealed off as traffic and buses diverted
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Nestruck on Theatre: Chilina Kennedy’s new musical gets a star-studded recording. Plus: The politics of dimming marquees
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A new play in Winnipeg reveals the secrets of Shakespeare’s ‘dark lady’. Plus: what’s opening on stages across the country this week
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Grand Magic: Third time’s the charm for Antoni Cimolino and Eduardo De Filippo at the Stratford Festival
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At 70, Ottawa's Ron Davies' next act is playwriting: Transitions is one of more than 40 shows ranging from musicals to dramas to stand-up to see during the ...
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Man seriously hurt after falling from height : Emergency services rushed to the scene in Stratford Road, Sparkhill, earlier today (June 12)
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REVIEW: Stratford Festival's Rent delivers fun, deeply emotional rock opera: The Stratford Festival's production of Rent is a great introduction to the hit rock ...
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SEE IT: Monty Python star Eric Idle surprises Stratford Festival audience: Comedy legend Eric Idle took the Stratford Festival stage Saturday during the curtain ...
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Paul Gross is non-stop watchable as King Lear at Stratford Festival: Gross’s unorthodox and enlivening performance had me wondering what he would do next ...
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Rock musical Rent resurrected in a loving production to convert the skeptics at Stratford Festival
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Serviceable Spamalot a sign of a Stratford Festival failing in quest to find a higher musical-theatre purpose
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The Stratford Festival ritual of opening week is finally back: Opening week is a performance all its own and the annual tradition is ready to return after being ...
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Stratford Festival’s AIDS drama Casey and Diana is moving celebration of women who choose compassion over fear
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PHOTOS: Leamington vs. Stratford in Sutherland Cup final's Game 7: The Leamington Flyers beat the Stratford Warriors 4-0 in Tuesday night’s Game 7 in Stratford ...
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Canadian summer theatre dominated by the Bard and the no-holds-barred: From Shakespeare and the Edmonton Fringe Festival to Cirque du Soleil and Come From Away ...
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Gypsy grips once again at the Shaw Festival - thanks to a sublime performance by Kate Hennig
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Stratford teen gets 8 years for fatal Grand Bend stabbing: A Stratford teen has been sentenced to eight years in prison for the fatal stabbing of an Exeter man ...
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REVIEW: Stratford Festival's Spamalot offers masterclass in absurdist comedy: Monty Python's Spamalot hits all the right comedic and musical notes at the ...
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At the Shaw Festival, On the Razzle is Tom Stoppard at his most dazzling, least deep
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'Duty': Artistic director's vision ahead of 2023 Stratford Festival season: Stratford Festival 2023: A close look at the plays and themes of the Stratford ...
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The Shaw Festival returns to Narnia with Prince Caspian – and spends a lot of time playing catch up on C.S. Lewis
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WARMINGTON: Remembering veteran Art Boon and how he fought for freedom: Art Boon took part in the landing on the beaches of Normandy and proudly helped with the ...
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Humane Society seeks homes for 8 neglected dogs found abandoned: Stratford’s Humane Society is looking for a home for several large dogs after eight were found ...
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Plants can talk, according to new study: Plants can talk, a new study claims. At least, kind of.
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A new comedy about space and social media by a rocketing writer - and what else is opening on stages across the country this week
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Stratford variety store owner assaulted after confronting man urinating in parking lot
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Ukrainian refugee's death shocks friends, sparks fundraising efforts: Several Ukrainian refugees in Southwestern Ontario are in mourning after the recent death ...
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VIDEO: Police officer dragged, nearly run over amid stolen-pickup arrest: A Stratford police officer trying to arrest a man inside a stolen pickup truck at a gas ...
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OPP investigating sudden death in Perth County: Perth Road 122 is closed between Line 50 and Line 52,.
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Investigators finish probe into fatal local plane crash: Investigators were unable to determine "the complete sequence of events" that led to a small ...
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Can an elite arts event such as Vancouver’s PuSh Festival really build back more inclusively? Like many of its avant-garde shows ...
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Seana McKenna takes on the mother of all roles in Things I Know to be True: McKenna’s character, Fran Price, is a registered nurse with a blunt disposition who ...
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Things to do this week: Feb. 9-15. Music, theatre, dance and more.: Ottawa Citizen arts writers Lynn Saxberg and Peter Hum share their best bets for the second ...
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Teen convicted of fatal stabbing granted bail – for just one week: The Stratford teen who pleaded guilty earlier this week to manslaughter after a fatal stabbing ...
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From Women Talking to Fifteen Dogs, Room to Life of Pi, Canlit is all the rage on screen and stage
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Community and Christmas meet in Loreena McKennitt’s latest album: Loreena McKennitt brings Celtic sounds and a community sensibility to her latest album ...
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Brittlestar teams up with Stratford actor for Christmas music video: A popular Stratford social media star recently teamed up with a musical theatre actor who ...
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Quick Glance: Brittlestar and Stratford Actor Team Up for Christmas Music Video
- Popular Stratford social media star Brittlestar and musical theatre actor Emma Rudy from Stratford have teamed up to produce a music video for a new, original Christmas song with an uplifting message.
- The duo shot the music video in Stratford and decided to film it inside Stratford’s Relic Lobby Bar.
- Rudy said her collaborations with the popular Brittlestar are "always so much fun".
- Between their social media pages and YouTube channels, the new video has so far been viewed more than 130,000 times, Reynolds said. "It’s OK to give in to the Christmas spirit," Reynolds said.
Teenager convicted of manslaughter in Grand Bend stabbing: A Stratford teen has been convicted of manslaughter after a 27-year-old Exeter man was stabbed in ...
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Amid art gallery tensions, member barred after harassment allegations: A Gallery Stratford member accused of harassing a student working at its information desk ...
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The best of 2022: From TV to theatre to music, here are the Globe’s top picks: Globe critics offer the top cultural moments of the year
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Moon shot: Area company on a mission to build lunar rover: STRATFORD – In the massive, dark studio, a black box on wheels about the size of a microwave rolls ...
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