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MEDIA ADVISORY
May 29, 2022… The Stratford Festival’s 71st season launches officially this week with the openings of five productions across all four theatres starting Tuesday, May 30th: King Lear, Monty Python’s Spamalot, Casey and Diana, Rent and Grand Magic.
There are eight more openings to follow in June, July and August: Much Ado About Nothing, A Wrinkle in Time, Richard II, Wedding Band, Women of the Fur Trade, Les Belles-Soeurs, Frankenstein Revived and Love’s Labour’s Lost.
Further details of Opening Week are outlined below, along with access to production photos.
Tuesday, May 30
7:30 p.m. King Lear
Festival Theatre, 55 Queen Street
Run Time 2:55
Red carpet timing:
6 p.m. Red Carpet begins
6:30 p.m. Stratford Police Pipes and Drums parade to the Festival Theatre
7:30 p.m. Performance begins
10:30 p.m. After party in the lobby
Wednesday, May 31
8 p.m. Monty Python’s Spamalot
Avon Theatre, 99 Downie Street
Run Time: 2:15
Thursday, June 1
8 p.m. Casey and Diana
Studio Theatre, 34 George Street East
Run Time: 2:45
Friday, June 2
8 p.m. Rent
Festival Theatre, 55 Queen Street
Run Time: 2:40
Saturday, June 3
8 p.m. Grand Magic
Tom Patterson Theatre, 111 Lakeside Drive
Run Time: 2:37
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