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.....

The Festival Theatre is the main venue of the Stratford Festival in Stratford, Ontario, seating 2,192 and featuring one of the most celebrated thrust stages in the world. The theatre's origins trace to 1953, when Stratford-born journalist Tom Patterson conceived a Shakespeare festival for his hometown. With the support of legendary British director Tyrone Guthrie and theatrical designer Tanya Moiseiwitsch, a revolutionary thrust stage was created and housed under a giant canvas tent in the parkl.....

The Tom Patterson Theatre is a 600-seat performance venue in Stratford, Ontario, Canada, operated by the Stratford Festival, one of North America's largest and most prestigious classical repertory theatre companies. The theatre is named after Tom Patterson, the Stratford-born journalist who founded the festival in 1953. The Stratford Festival produces a season of approximately a dozen plays each year across multiple stages, drawing audiences from across Canada and the United States to the small .....