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Stratford Festival
http://www.stratford-festival.on.ca/

A world renowned theatre experience featuring Shakespearean and modern works.  Performers have included Cynthia Dale, Christopher Plummer, and Paul Gross.

Shaw Festival

http://www.shawfest.com
Held in picturesque Niagara-on-the-Lake, the Shaw Festival features plays by George Bernard Shaw and other modern playwrights in an intimate theatre experience. 

Within London

 

Movie Theatres

http://www.tribute.ca

Full listings of recent blockbusters and independent arts movies in and around London.

 

Hyland Cinema
http://www.hylandcinema.com
Discover a wide range of international films, art films, and independent cinema. 

 

Grand Theatre

http://www.grandtheatre.com
London's senior professional theatre presents a winter stock season, from September to May, of major Canadian and international plays in the 839-seat Grand Theatre and separate programs of alternative adult fare and family entertainment in the 150-seat McManus Studio Theatre. The company also hosts occasional outside arts attractions such as the National Ballet of Canada.

King Street Actors Studio
Forest City Gallery, 795 Dundas Street East, London, Ontario N5W 2Z6
Telephone: (519) 434-5875 or (519) 438-1621
This is a co-operative project for London and area actors' professional development.  Training workshops may include improvisation, on-camera, voice, movement, characterization, script interpretation, play writing and auditioning. 

London Musical Theatre (LMT)
http://londonmusicaltheatre.com/
LMT produces two major musical theatre productions - one taking place in autumn and the other in the winter.  It is a community organization which provides opportunities for participation in all aspects of amateur musical theatre.

Theatre Western

http://www.usc.uwo.ca/theatre_western/season.htm

This student troupe produces at least one play a year, usually at Talbot Theatre on the University of Western Ontario campus. 

 

Theatre Schools for Children

 

Original Kids Theatre
http://www.originalkids.com
Covent Garden Market, 130 King Street, Second Floor

Telephone: (519) 679-0598; Summer Camp: (519) 679-3316 
Original Kids is a theatre training program which involves children and teenagers ages 8 to 18 in every aspect of theatre work, including public performances of material ranging from original musicals to Shakespeare, in a variety of venues.

Theatre School

http://www.thetheatreschool.net
366 Richmond Street, second floor, London, Ontario N6A 3C3
Sean Quigley, Artistic Director
This is an independent, self-supporting theatre school aimed at creating respect and commitment to performing arts as a profession.  It offers an intensive theatre program for ages four to adulthood.