Season Announcement: This Rough Magic | Stratford Festival 2026

Announcing our 2026 season! This will be Antoni Cimolino's final season as Artistic Director. The culmination of a 40-year career with the Festival, including 14 seasons as Artistic Director, this farewell season is a sweeping celebration of theatre, with plays united under the theme of "This Rough Magic". The 2026 playbill across our four venues... Festival Theatre: Antoni Cimolino directs THE TEMPEST. Donna Feore directs a thrilling new production of GUYS AND DOLLS. Back by popular demand is SOMETHING ROTTEN!, directed by Donna Feore. A special limited engagement of WAITING FOR GODOT, directed by Molly Atkinson. Avon Theatre: DEATH OF A SALESMAN, directed by Dean Gabourie. Kim Selody's adaptation of THE HOBBIT will be the Schulich Children's Play, directed by Pablo Felices-Luna. THE IMPORTANCE OF BEING EARNEST, directed by Krista Jackson. A brand-new adaptation of SATURDAY, SUNDAY, MONDAY by Donato Santeramo and Antoni Cimolino. Tom Patterson Theatre: Graham Abbey directs A MIDSUMMER NIGHT'S DREAM. OTHELLO, directed by Haysam Kadri. The world premiere of THE TAO OF THE WORLD, written and directed by Jovanni Sy. Studio Theatre: Charlotte Corbeil-Coleman's new work THE KING JAMES BIBLE PLAY, directed Nina Lee Aquino. More info here: https://www.stratfordfestival.ca/land... #SF2026 #StratfordFestival #Stratfest #SFTempest #SFGuysDolls #SFRotten #SFGodot #SFSalesman #SFHobbit #SFEarnest #SFSatSunMon #SFDream #SFOthello #SFTao #SFKingJames _________________________________________________________________________________________________ Video Chapters: 00:00 Intro 00:38 This Rough Magic 01:23 Something Rotten! 01:54 Guys and Dolls 02:08 The Tempest 02:31 Waiting for Godot 02:54 The Importance of Being Earnest 03:07 Death of a Salesman 03:18 The Hobbit 03:39 Saturday, Sunday, Monday 03:59 A Midsummer Night's Dream 04:20 Othello 04:35 The Tao of the World 04:58 The King James Bible Play 05:36 2026 Productions _________________________________________________________________________________________________ What’s On ► https://www.stratfordfestival.ca/What... Stratfest@Home ► https://www.stratfestathome.ca/ STAY CONNECTED Subscribe on YouTube ►    / @stratfordfestival   Facebook ►   / stratfordfestival   Instagram ►   / stratfest   TikTok ►   / stratfordfestival   LinkedIn ►   / stratford-festival   Bluesky ► https://bsky.app/profile/stratfest.bs... _________________________________________________________________________________________________ The Stratford Festival has been setting the standard for classical theatre in North America for more than 70 years. With the works of Shakespeare at its core, this acclaimed repertory theatre presents a seven-month season of a dozen or more plays in four unique venues, in the beautiful setting of Stratford, Ontario, Canada. It is known for revolutionizing theatre performance in the 20th century by creating the first open or thrust stage of the modern era. This stage, not seen since Shakespeare’s time, offers incredible intimacy with each seat given proximity to the stage. More than 30 million people have attended the Stratford Festival since its founding, flocking to this small Canadian town for unparalleled theatrical experiences. The Stratford Festival captures many of its productions and offers them to the world through its streaming platform, Stratfest@Home.