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Home > Niagara on the Lake > Shaw Theatre

Shaw Festival Theatre

Must to see Niagara on the Lake Theatre. Best Ontario Theatre. Shaw Festival Tickets, Calendar, Schedule


The Shaw Festival Theatre is local but world-famous theater, located in a small Ontario town, Niagara-on-the-Lake. The Shaw Festival started in 1962, and gained the international prestige reputation for excellence and became a world-class theater.

The Shaw Fest is probably the most important and finest attraction that Niagara-on-the-Lake has to offer.

Thanks to the Shaw Theatre this "prettiest town" became recognized worldwide, attracting tourists from all over the world.

At the beginning, this popular Niagara on the Lake theatre festival was created and specialized in plays of the Irish playwright George Bernard Shaw.

Now, the Shaw Fest runs plays like comedies, dramas and classics by Oscar Wilde, Anton Chekhov, Arthur Miller work and many Canadian playwrights, plus concerts, seminars, tours and community events.

Visiting The Shaw Festival


shaw festival theatre in niagara on the lakeNiagara-on-the-Lake and The Shaw Fest combined can also be a perfect wedding, honeymoon and anniversary destination.

Vivid colors of the beautiful parks and gardens, lovely boutiques and antique shops, historic sites, elegant historic homes, award-winning wineries and its vineyards and proximity of the Lake Ontario makes the Shaw Fest experience a truly memorable.


The packages are also available; with a romantic dinner, wine tasting in one of the popular Niagara-on-the-Lake wineries, and evening performance at the Shaw Theatre with a backstage tour.

Ten to twelve shows are presented annually and they generally run from April until December, in three theaters. All theatres are on a short walking distance from each other.

The first theater is called the Court House Theatre and it has 327 seats.

In 1973 the second one has been added - The Festival Theatre, and it has now 869 seats.

In 1980 the third one has been added, The Royal George Theatre and it has 328 seats available.

The Royal George Theatre and the Court House Theatre are located in downtown Niagara-on-the-Lake and Festival Theatre is two blocks farther on.

Shows run at 2pm and 8pm and sometimes they will have a lunchtime performance, at 12:30pm. For Shaw Festival tickets, schedule and discounts tickets use the official Shaw theatre website.

Tickets are sold from $18 CAN to $110 CAN in a high season.

Discount tickets are available and here are ways how to save money:

  • Look for Sunday evening performances, $30-60 CAN price range.
  • For seniors +65 discounts are applicable.
  • Save on previews, before its official opening, 25-38% savings.
  • Book a Sunday matinee and add evening performance
  • If you are 19 to 29 years of age, $30 CAN is the ticket price.
  • Students at Festival Theatre pay only $30 CAN.
  • Festival Theatre offers limited number of balcony tickets for $30 CAN.
  • Purchases before April 30 to save on tickets for all season.
  • Buy tickets for three or four shows.
  • Book early, in January, February and the first half of March.





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