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The Shaw Festival: Extraordinary Theater and Nature in Niagara

Enjoy three performances, engaging lectures and backstage access at the renowned Shaw Festival. Then dive deeper into the region’s culture with an icewine tasting at a local vineyard.
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Program No. 10396RJ
Length
5 days
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1,649
Ontario

The Shaw Festival: Extraordinary Theater and Nature in Niagara

Enjoy three performances, engaging lectures and backstage access at the renowned Shaw Festival. Then dive deeper into the region’s culture with an icewine tasting at a local vineyard.
Length
5 days
Starts at
1,649
Program No. 10396 RJ

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Jun 13 - Jun 17, 2022
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1,649
Jul 11 - Jul 15, 2022
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1,779
Sep 19 - Sep 23, 2022
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DATES & starting prices
PRICES
Jun 13 - Jun 17, 2022
Starting at
1,949
Jul 11 - Jul 15, 2022
Starting at
2,169
Sep 19 - Sep 23, 2022
Starting at
1,949

At a Glance

Renowned for its stylish productions, the Shaw Festival is home to one of North America’s largest repertory companies. Immerse yourself in theater with performances, backstage experiences and lectures by Shaw company members. Round out your stay in Niagara with visits to Niagara Falls, the Niagara Parks Butterfly Conservatory and a local winery for a tasting of Niagara’s renowned icewine.
Activity Level
On Your Feet
Walking up to a few blocks; some stairs.

Best of all, you’ll…

  • Enjoy private pre-show introductions to each play and post-show chats with cast members.
  • Complement your in-depth, behind-the-scenes look at the Shaw Festival with orchestra seats to three performances.
  • Experience more than 2,000 free-flying butterflies in a lush, rainforest setting, then walk the footpaths of the Botanical Gardens and one of Canada’s finest collections of ornamental trees, shrubs and roses.
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Suzanne Merriam
Suzanne comes from a background of professional acting with experience in theatre, mask, puppetry, television, film and arts education. She has performed with Carousel Players and Theatre Beyond Words and has worked on two children’s television shows. Suzanne is passionate about using theatre in her work with young people. She is an instructor for Brock University where she also earned her Masters of Education. Officially Suzanne’s title is Senior Manager, but to those who have worked with her, she is known affectionately as “The Goddess.”

Please note: This expert may not be available for every date of this program.

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Daina earned her degree in Fashion and Arts and worked as a Fashion Events Coordinator for five years. In 2003, she and her long-time partner both left their jobs to combine their artistic talents and start their own business, Chameleon Painting and Specialty Plaster. Partnering with leading designers, their work has been showcased in several decorating and design publications. Daina lives in Toronto and is passionate about the arts, travel and her local roots. She looks forward to sharing the Shaw Theatre Festival with you!
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Suzanne Merriam View biography
Suzanne comes from a background of professional acting with experience in theatre, mask, puppetry, television, film and arts education. She has performed with Carousel Players and Theatre Beyond Words and has worked on two children’s television shows. Suzanne is passionate about using theatre in her work with young people. She is an instructor for Brock University where she also earned her Masters of Education. Officially Suzanne’s title is Senior Manager, but to those who have worked with her, she is known affectionately as “The Goddess.”
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Pilgrimage
by Annie Leibovitz
Niagara Falls, the houses of Virginia Woolf and Charles Darwin in the English countryside and Sigmund Freud's final home, in London, Thoreau's cabin at Walden Pond, the Massachusetts studio of sculptor Daniel Chester French, the trails above the Yosemite Valley, where Ansel Adams worked for fifty years, Georgia O'Keeffe and Eleanor Roosevelt but also Elvis Presley and Annie Oakley are all included in this remarkable portfolio of images.
Inventing Niagara
by Ginger Strand
A witty, well-researched tale of the transformation of a natural wonder into an engineering feat, spectacle and monument.
The Monarch Butterfly, Biology and Conservation
by Karen Oberhauser (Editor), Michelle Solensky (Director)
A collection of scholarly review articles on the monarch butterfly and its conservation, partly drawn from two citizen science projects: Journey North and the Monarch Larva Monitoring Project.
Fodor's Toronto, With Niagara Falls & the Niagara Wine Region
by Inc. (COR) Fodor's Travel Publications
This practical guide in the popular series is packed with insider information in an easy-to-use format.
The Theatre, A Concise History
by Phyllis Hartnoll, Enoch Brater (Contributor)
A fully illustrated survey of the theater from the days of the ancient Greeks to today, part of the "World of Art" series.
The Great Lakes
by Wayne Grady
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A World of Butterflies
by Brian Cassie, Robert Michael Pyle (Introduction)
Vivid color images and short descriptions of some the world's most beautiful butterflies fill this photographic celebration.
Niagara, A History of the Falls
by Pierre Berton
Meticulously researched and entertaining, this history of Niagara Falls captures the sideshow atmosphere of the place with its honky-tonk attractions and daredevil feats. An engrossing social history.
Selected Stories
by Alice Munro
This collection of 28 short stories represents some of Munro's finest work. A powerful range of emotional, evocative tales set throughout the cities and rural towns of her native country.
The Deptford Trilogy
by Robertson Davies
An omnibus edition of Fifth Business (1970), The Manticore (1972) and World of Wonders (1975). Noteworthy for their faultless prose, memorable characters and trenchant humor, these novels follow the fate of three youths in Ontario.
The Living Great Lakes
by Jerry Dennis
Jerry Dennis, known for his writing on fly-fishing and canoeing, interweaves observation, anecdote and history in this tale of the lakes and his month-long voyage aboard the schooner Malabar.
Niagara Falls (Images of America)
by Daniel Dumych
A photohistory of the town that grew up around the falls, drawn from the archives of the Niagara Library.





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