This summer you have the opportunity to experience The Great Fire, an audio odyssey at The Stratford Festival, as part of the Forum Performances. Seating is limited to a dozen for each listening party, so book your tickets early to enjoy this experience.

The Great Fire evokes a world both everyday and otherworldly. Within a familiar folk setting of competing rural villages, Schimmelpfennig conjures a magical yet modern world beset by prejudice, misunderstanding, plague and climate catastrophe. And as we so often find in times of trauma, there remains friendship, and wonder, and even love.

“Roland Schimmelpfennig is a narrative master, The Great Fire is an inescapably gripping tale. It is at once harrowing, prophetic and achingly beautiful. It is a story that asks: where are we now? And how did we get here?“ - Alan Dilworth

This five-part drama is narrated by Dora Award-winner Maev Beaty with original sound design and mix by Dora Award-winner Debashis Sinha.

The Stratford Festival 2024

Forum Performances

The Great Fire

Lazaridis Hall, Tom Patterson Theatre, Stratford, ON

PERFORMANCE DATES

July 25, 26, 27 at 2PM & 4:30PM

August 15, 16, 17 at 2PM & 4:30PM

September 12, 13, 14, 2024 at 2PM & 4:30PM

This is a performance for small audiences. Limited seating available.

For tickets visit www.stratfordfestival.ca.

Illustration: Maev Beaty. Artwork by Jacob Whibley.