the shaw festival

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Julie Martell & Mara Teare on Frenchy’s: The Thrift Musical & the Development of New Canadian Work

Amanda Campbell July 19, 2026

On June 20th I found myself in a Eastern...

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On Becoming a Shavian one Podcast Episode at a Time with Kelly Wong & Alexis Milligan

Amanda Campbell June 5, 2026

There is a mammoth undertaking happening at the Shaw...

Raquel Duffy & Anthony Black on Bringing Albee’s Martha & George to Life in Halifax

Amanda Campbell February 28, 2026

Raquel Duffy, who plays Martha in Neptune Theatre’s Who’s...

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Shawn Wright Brings Ghost Light Back to His Hometown Saint John

Amanda Campbell January 26, 2026

In the early 2010s Shawn Wright would sit with...

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Alexis Milligan on Living in NS & Working at the Shaw Festival

Amanda Campbell June 17, 2025

Forging a life in the theatre while being based...

In Loving Memory of Patricia Hamilton

Amanda Campbell May 4, 2023

I was devastated to read that legendary Canadian theatre...