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Niagara-on-the-Lake, ON (September 26, 2013) — Experience culture during Culture Days. Pull back the curtain and discover what really takes place backstage or relax and enjoy a Sunday morning concert at the Shaw Festival. As part of the annual national celebration, The Shaw presents Behind-the-Scenes at the Shaw Festival, a one-hour tour through the Festival Theatre on September 27 and 28, as well as a Coffee Concert performed by members of the Shaw Festival’s Orchestra and special guest on September 29.
Culture Days at the Shaw Festival:
•Behind-the-Scenes at the Shaw Festival: September 27 and 28, 11 a.m. Complimentary backstage tour of the Festival Theatre. Explore the wardrobe and set storage areas, step inside an actor's dressing room and tour the rehearsal halls — where all theatrical journeys at The Shaw begin.
•Coffee Concert: September 29, 11 a.m. The 45-minute concert will take place in the Festival Theatre Lobby. Donations welcome.
For more information, please visit www.shawfest.com or contact the Box Office at 1-800-511-7429 (local 905-468-2172) to reserve a space on the tour. For a full listing of Culture Days events in the Niagara area and across Canada, please visit www.culturedays.ca.
About Culture Days
Culture Days is a collaborative Canada-wide volunteer movement to raise the awareness, accessibility, participation and engagement of all Canadians in the arts and cultural life of their communities. Culture Days was inspired by Quebec’s annual Journées de la culture, founded in
1997 and the success of Alberta Arts Days (now Alberta Culture Days), founded in 2008. The 2013 Culture Days Weekend will take place September 27, 28 and 29 across Canada.
About the Shaw Festival
The Shaw Festival is a theatre company inspired by the work of Bernard Shaw. We produce plays from and about his era and contemporary plays that share Shaw’s provocative exploration of society and celebration of humanity.
Photo: Festival Theatre, Shaw Festival.
2013-09-26
Niagara-on-the-Lake: Shaw Festival takes part in 4th annual Culture Days