We all love the Bard and have experienced some fantastic productions of his plays this season including King Lear, Much Ado About Nothing, Richard II and Love’s Labour’s Lost. 

Your school days may be a thing of the past, but learning never has to end.

In honour of the 400th anniversary of Shakespeare’s First Folio, the Meighen Forum has brought artists together with some of the world’s top experts on the Bard to discuss what makes this text so powerful and vital. Tickets from $29.

A Director’s Journey through the First Folio

Lazaridis Hall, Tom Patterson Theatre

Thursday, September 7, 5:30-7:30pm

Greg Doran, Artistic Director Emeritus of the Royal Shakespeare Company, has directed or produced all of the plays within Shakespeare’s First Folio. In this exclusive interview, he sits down with the Festival’s Artistic Director, Antoni Cimolino, to discuss his personal and professional journey and Shakespeare’s legacy and his new book “A Director’s Journey through the First Folio.”

Celebrating the 400^th Anniversary of the First Folio

Lazaridis Hall, Tom Patterson Theatre

Friday, September 15, 10:30-noon

2023 marks the 400th anniversary of the First Folio of Shakespeare. Without this achievement, we would have lost half of his dramatic work. University of Oxford’s Professor of Shakespeare Studies and one of the world’s foremost experts on the Folio, Emma Smith, joins artist and scholar, Dean Gabourie and others as they discuss the origins of one of the great wonders of the literary world.

Forum Academy: Shakespeare’s First Folio

Lazaridis Hall, Tom Patterson Theatre

Sunday, September 17, 2:00-3:00pm

Playing Shakespeare’s First Folio: A practical guide for the actor from original practice to living thought. Building on the work of theatre scholar Neil Freeman and theatre director Patrick Tucker, this session, led by artist and scholar Dean Gabourie, will investigate Shakespeare's First Folio to examine the clues it offers as to how to play the text.

For tickets visit www.stratfordfestival.ca.