The Shaw Festival … the perfect intermission from life!
Nestled in the heart of Niagara-on-the-Lake, just a short lovely drive down the beautiful Niagara Parkway from Niagara Falls, The Shaw is one of North America’s finest cultural attractions. Each year, from February through December, The Shaw offers an eclectic array of award-winning musicals, family-friendly offerings, quirky comedies, bold dramas, sweeping classics and thrilling whodunits.
Join us for our 2024 Season
Festival Theatre
LERNER AND LOEWE’S
MY FAIR LADY
Book and Lyrics by Alan Jay Lerner
Music by Frederick Loewe
Adapted from Bernard Shaw’s Play and Gabriel Pascal’s motion picture Pygmalion
ONE MAN, TWO GUVNORS
By Richard Bean
Based on The Servant of Two Masters by Carlo Goldoni
With songs by Grant Olding
SHERLOCK HOLMES AND THE MYSTERY OF THE HUMAN HEART
By Reginald Candy
Based on characters by Sir Arthur Conan Doyle
Royal George Theatre
WITNESS FOR THE PROSECUTION
By Agatha Christie
THE SECRET GARDEN
A Play with Songs
Based on the novel by Frances Hodgson Burnett
Adapted for the stage by Jay Turvey and Paul Sportelli
THE ORPHAN OF CHAO (Lunchtime One-Act)
Adapted by Michael Man
Based on the classical Chinese drama,
The Great Revenge of the Zhao Orphan,
by Ji Junxiang
CANDIDA
By Bernard Shaw
Jackie Maxwell Studio Theatre
THE HOUSE THAT WILL NOT STAND
By Marcus Gardley
SNOW IN MIDSUMMER
By Frances Ya-Chu Cowhig
Based on the classical Chinese drama,
The Injustice to Dou E that Moved Heaven and Earth,
by Guan Hanqing
SPIEGELTENT
Enter a secret world of glamour, beauty, and pleasure. Our 1920’s ‘mirror tent’ is the perfect venue for cabaret: listen to music, soak up the atmosphere, catch someone’s eye in their reflection … our cabaret space, alive with music and performance of all kinds.
The Holiday Season Includes:
A CHRISTMAS CAROL
By Charles Dickens
Adapted and originally directed by Tim Carroll
LERNER AND LOEWE’S
MY FAIR LADY
Book and Lyrics by Alan Jay Lerner
Music by Frederick Loewe
Adapted from Bernard Shaw’s Play and Gabriel Pascal’s motion picture Pygmalion
There’s also so much beyond the stage … great workshops, seminars and backstage tours.
Latest Reviews
243grahamer
Niagara Falls, Canada
We had purchased tickets to see Brigadoon for a Sunday matinee. There was an opportunity for a morning "Backstage Tour" prior to the play so we booked. We arrived and were the only two who wanted to...
Gerard S
Akron, New York
For the first time in about 4 years my wife and I had the opportunity to return to the Shaw and Niagara on the Lake. On our first day we saw "A Christmas Carol". What a well done creative show as...
Robert B
Newmarket, Canada
A Christmas Coral - great fun. Talented cast. We will return to Shaw in the future. My 12 year old granddaughter thoroughly enjoyed it.