Fabulous plays are being offered for this year’s summer season with song, wit, exuberance and lyricism for which the Stratford Shakespeare Festival company is renowned. Comedies shine with mistaken identities in Twelfth Night, the sport of love at an old fool’s expense in The Merry Wives of Windsor and sophisticated French farce in The Misanthrope, with the master Brian Bedford. Musicals take you from the courtly, medieval love of Camelot to the critically acclaimed production of the rock opera, Jesus Christ Superstar. Contemporary drama is found in Pinter’s The Homecoming and Tremblay’s Hosanna. The dark, bitter side of humanity emerges in the evil of Richard III and the violence of Titus Andronicus.

Each play is brought to life by a host of theatrical masters with the creative energies of Broadway, Gemini and British award winning players, directors and scenic designers unrivaled anywhere in North America. Visit here to search and book your seats online.

A few minutes drive away the Blyth Festival presents its annual season of Canadian plays. This summer six Canadian writers come together to ponder Hometown. The award-winning Vimy reflects on four soldiers’ memories and the consequences of war. Enjoy following the trials of a forlorn loser in his fearless attempts to get a grip on love in Rope’s End. Or get a comical glimpse of life backstage at a small Ontario summer theatre in Early August. For schedule and bookings visit here.