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Rating: 5 | Votes: 1 | Date: 10/07/2026 04:03:00

One of the principal stages of the Stratford Festival, the Avon Theatre at 99 Downie Street in Stratford, Ontario has been presenting live performance since 1901. The building began life as a vaudeville and silent-film house before being converted to a cinema in the 1920s. When the Stratford Festival -- the largest classical repertory theatre company in North America -- needed a second indoor stage beyond its iconic thrust-stage Festival Theatre, the Avon was acquired and converted for live thea...