2013 Visitors' Guide - Stratford Festival

THE FORUMTHE FORUMDonna Michelle St. Bernard. Photo by Denise Grant Photography, courtesy of Toronto Arts Foundation. Jackie Maxwell Bill RauchActive ExplorationsPanels and DebatesOriginal Pronunciation, with Tim CarrollStudio Theatre, Saturday, June 1, at 10 a.m.Using scenes from Romeo and Julietas illustration, the director explores theimplications of original pronunciation in theperformance of Shakespeare’s plays. $20.Israeli Folk DancingSunday, June 23, andSaturday, September 21, at 12:30 p.m.Learn a few of the dances that thegrandchildren of the characters in Fiddler onthe Roof might have done at their weddings.No observers, please. $15.All for Fun and Fun for AllSundays, July 7 and October 6, at 10:30 a.m.This interactive, fun-filled workshop onThe Three Musketeers immerses 10- to12-year-olds in the historical time period andintroduces the basics of swordplay. Parentsand chaperones wishing to observe mustbook free tickets. Children’s tickets: $30.Fiddler on the Roof: Song and DanceThursday, July 11, andFriday, August 2, at 10:30 a.m.Find out what it’s like to be in a musical atthe Stratford Festival. Company membersteach you a song and dance from Fiddler onthe Roof. No observers, please. $30.Tommy Guitar SchoolSaturdays, July 20 and August 24, at 6 p.m.Bring your electric guitar and learn some riffsfrom the rock-’n’-roll score of Tommy.No observers, please. $22.The Foreign Exchange, withDonna Michelle St. BernardStudio Theatre Annex,Sunday, August 11, at 5:30 p.m.Honorary “Foreign Ministers” are invited toilluminate and ignite candid conversationsabout race and culture. $10.Voice Work:Art and Science in Changing VoicesThursday, October 3, to Saturday, October 5Christina Shewell, internationally knownspeech language therapist and voice coach,offers a two-and-a-half-day intensive forspeech language pathologists, singingteachers, and teachers and coaches oftheatre voice. $325.Shylock AppealsStudio Theatre,Saturday, October 5, at 10:30 a.m.Witness the appeal of Shylock’s sentence asargued by prominent lawyers before a courtof outstanding Canadian judges. $25.Playful PreviewsBring the whole family for an active, on-yourfeetintroduction to the play you’re about tosee. No observers, please. $15.Romeo and JulietSaturday, July 13; Sunday, July 28; andSaturday, August 10, at 12:30 p.m.The Merchant of VeniceSundays, August 18 and 25, at 12:30 p.m.Reform It Altogether: DirectingShakespeare TodayStudio Theatre, Sunday, July 14, at 11 a.m.With directors Chris Abraham, Tim Carroll,Antoni Cimolino and Martha Henry. Chair:David Prosser. $10.Writing About the Right to DieStudio Theatre, Thursday, August 15, at 10:30 a.m.With journalist, broadcaster and author IanBrown (The Boy in the Moon), playwrightand lighting designer Itai Erdal (Howto Disappear Completely), author ZoeFitzGerald Carter (Imperfect Endings) andplaywright Judith Thompson (The Thrill).Moderator: Alex Bulmer. $10.What’s Past Is Prologue:Classical Theatre in Our TimesStudio Theatre, Sunday, August 18, at 10:30 a.m.With artistic directors Peter Hinton, JackieMaxwell, Bill Rauch and others. Chair: AntoniCimolino. $10.The Power of Women / Women in PowerStudio Theatre Annex,Sunday, August 18, at 7 p.m.With author, playwright and activist SusanG. Cole, scholar Margaret Jane Kidnie andother panellists to be announced. $10.Anti-Semitism and The Merchant of VeniceStudio Theatre, Wednesday, August 21, at 11 a.m.Len Rudner from the Centre for Israel andJewish Affairs, Holocaust historian FrankBialystok and Shakespeare expert Vivian Rakoffexamine the confrontation of synagogueand state in The Merchant of Venice. $10.Chris AbrahamToday’s Youth: Driving Social ChangeVenue and date to be announced.Panellists examine the participation of thenext generation in the Arab Spring, theMontreal riots and the Occupy movement. $10.Theatre Artists Displaced by WarVenue and date to be announced.Panellists explore the gifts and challengesthey have faced as artists exiled from theirnative homes. $10.Global Theatre PracticesVenue and date to be announced.Panellists put the Festival’s own practice intoa global context. $10.Does Shakespeare Still Matter?Venue and date to be announced.The Festival dares to ask: is the work of adead British playwright still relevant? If so,how and why? $10.36 stratfordfestival.ca1.800.567.1600 | 519.273.1600 37