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Stage Door News
July 17 2015… Thanks to popular demand, the Stratford Festival is extending the runs of The Alchemist, The Physicists and The Last Wife. All three productions have been extended twice before, but the demand for tickets continues to outstrip supply.
The Physicists, starring Seana McKenna, Geraint Wyn Davies and Graham Abbey and directed by Miles Potter, opened to rave reviews in May and has been entertaining full houses ever since.
The Alchemist, starring Jonathan Goad, Stephen Ouimette and Scott Wentworth, is directed by Artistic Director Antoni Cimolino and opens on August 15.
The Last Wife, a new play by Kate Hennig developed through the Festival’s Laboratory, stars Maev Beaty and is directed by Alan Dilworth. It opens August 14.
The following performances have been added to the calendar and tickets are now on sale:
Tuesday, September 29, 2 p.m.: The Physicists
Thursday, October 1, 2 p.m.: The Alchemist
Thursday, October 1, 8 p.m.: The Physicists
Saturday, October 3, 2 p.m.: The Physicists
Saturday, October 3, 8 p.m.: The Alchemist
Wednesday, October 7, 2 p.m.: The Last Wife
To purchase tickets, visit www.stratfordfestival.ca or call the box office at 1.800.567.1600.
Production support for The Alchemist is generously provided by Sylvia D. Chrominska, Dr. Dennis & Dorothea Hacker, Diana Tremain and Barbara & Chip Vallis.
Production support for The Physicists is generously provided by Alice & Tim Thornton.
Production support for The Last Wife is generously provided by Karon C. Bales & Charles E. Beall.
Corporate sponsor for the 2015 season of the Tom Patterson Theatre is BMO Financial Group.
Support for the 2015 season of the Tom Patterson Theatre is generously provided by Richard Rooney & Laura Dinner.
Support for the 2015 season of the Studio Theatre is generously provided by Sandra & Jim Pitblado.
The Stratford Festival continues through to November 1, featuring Hamlet, The Taming of the Shrew, Love’s Labour’s Lost, Pericles, The Sound of Music, Carousel, The Diary of Anne Frank, The Physicists, Possible Worlds, She Stoops to Conquer, Oedipus Rex, The Alchemist and The Last Wife.
Photo: Seana McKenna and Geraint Wyn Davies. ©2014 Don Dixon.
2015-07-17
Stratford: Stratford Festival adds performances to "The Physicists", "The Alchemist" and "The Last Wife"