The contemporary theatre scene in Canada revolves around companies and summer festivals based at facilities in Canadian cities.

Western Canada

• Edmonton is best known for the Edmonton Fringe Festival, the first and largest fringe theatre festival in North America. The major theatre of Edmonton is the Citadel .

• Winnipeg is the home of the Manitoba Theatre Centre , and the Winnipeg Jewish Theatre .

Central Canada

• Toronto has a large and vibrant theatre scene, with many different companies, some producing large-scale Broadway-style productions (produced by companies like Mirvish Productions ), and others producing plays by Canadian and other playwrights. Some of the major theatre companies of Toronto include: Canadian Stage, Tarragon , Theatre Passe-Muraille, the Factory Theatre , Soulpepper, and Buddies in Bad Times. Toronto has several theatre festivals during the year, including Summerworks and the Toronto Fringe Festival.

• Montréal's theatre scene is split between French and English-language theatre. The National Theatre School of Canada is based there.

Eastern Canada

• Halifax has the Neptune Theatre , the major theatre for that city.

• Glace Bay has the Savoy Theatre, a cultural centre for Cape Breton Island.

• Charlottetown has the Confederation Centre of the Arts with its 1,100 seat mainstage theatre being one of Atlantic Canada's pre-eminent performing arts facilities.

• Moncton has the restored Capitol Theatre, one of only eight theatres of the ca. 1922 Pantages/Vaudeville design in the nation.

• Saint John has the restored Imperial Theatre, an historic ca. 1913 modern adaptation of the Italian Renaissance.

• Fredericton is host to The Playhouse, a gift to the people of New Brunswick by Lord Beaverbrook in 1964.

• St. John's has the St. John's Arts and Culture Centre with a 1,000 seat main theatre.

Summer Festivals

Major summer theater festivals include:

• The Stratford Festival of Canada, based in Stratford, Ontario.
• The Shaw Festival, based in Niagara-on-the-Lake, Ontario.
• The Charlottetown Festival, based in Charlottetown, Prince Edward Island.
• Shakespeare by the Sea, Halifax

See also

• List of Canadian playwrights
• List of Canadian plays

External Link

• Canadian Theatre Encyclopedia