Festival Theatre [Stratford]
type: Item
description: theatre in Stratford, Ontario, Canada, main venue of the Stratford Shakespeare Festival
alternative label: Festival Theatre
Wikidata source: Q56489597
EUTA research ID II: 318
Field: architecture
Type of information: Performance venue
Importance: Not rated
Country: Canada
City: Stratford
EUTA building identifier: 6270
opening date: 1957-01-01T00:00:00Z
Wikidata instance: Q24354
Carthalia ID: 833
Preservation state: extant building
Preservation state: Used as theatre today
Note: Built 1957 by Robert Fairfield as a permanent home to the Stratford Festival of Canada (before 1957, a provisional theatre tent was used). Stage design by Tanya Moiseiwitsch and Tyrone Guthrie. Opened 1 Jul 1957 with Shakespeare's Hamlet. 1985 backstage extension. 1996-1997 restoration and rebuilding by Kuwabara Payne McKenna Blunmberg. Re-opened 28 June 1997. Originally 2258 seats, today 1824 seats.