Shaw Festival Practicalities

Shaw Festival tickets & locations, Niagara on the Lake

Photo Credit: Chris Beard, Shaw Festival

You can purchase your tickets online, over the phone or in person, but if you're keen on a particular play you're best to book ahead so you won't be disappointed. If you're interested in several plays you might get a better price by purchasing a annual subscription.

The Festival has three separate theatres in Niagara on the Lake Ontario, so when you buy your tickets, make sure to double-check which theatre is hosting your play! Here are the three sites:

1. Courthouse Theatre – 26 Queen Street - For the first 11 years this is where all of the plays were produced. Today it's one of the two "smaller" spaces, seating 327 audience members. Budget tip: You can get cheap tickets in the last rows, less than HALF the price of the next-level tickets. The ceiling is quite low there so if you’re over 6 foot tall you might have to duck before you take your seat but once sitting down you won’t notice any difference.

2. Festival Theatre - 10 Queen's Parade – Opened in 1973, this is the largest space, seating 856. Note: this building also contains the small “Studio theatre”. It has a café and shop.

3. The Royal George - 85 Queen Street - Across the street and not far down from the Courthouse Theatre. Seats 328. Was originally built as a vaudeville house to entertain the troops in WWI. Still has an Edwardian look. Nice little theatre bookstore/boutique next door with funny books and gift items. Even if you're not going to the play that day, it's worth a visit.

For tickets and further information, here's the website: http://www.shawfest.com

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