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  • Deceitful Above All Things - Audio Play | New France

    “Deceitful Above All Things” immerses us in blood and lust via the tumultuous arrival in New France of two young women: one pursuing an illicit love affair with a priest, the other determined to escape the tyranny of childbearing. Both will challenge the conventions of their time and forge the mo...

  • Dark Heart - Audio Play | New France

    In “Dark Heart”, we shift backwards in time to explore the backstories of the minor characters from “Deceitful Above All Things”, as they attempt to solve a supernatural mystery in this taut historical thriller. A young French bride disappears into the forest. Has she run off to be with her lover...

  • Heartless - Audio Play | New France

    “Heartless” propels us twenty years into the future, and into the voice of the daughters of the original families. An examination of the power of story telling and community to heal the intergenerational trauma of colonization.
    "Heartless" was recorded on the traditional lands of the Anishinabe, ...

  • Disaster

    Following the catastrophic sounds of a vehicle collision, we encounter a disoriented woman and a man in the throes of pain, attended by a paramedic. Who are they and what has happened? From this dramatic opening “Disaster” explores themes of fear, trauma, care, fate, and unresolved grief.

  • Everyday Forum Podcast

    1 season

    A new podcast highlighting the best of thought-provoking events with celebrated guest speakers recorded live from the Stratford Festival's Meighen Forum. With in-depth introductions by Festival actors Beck Lloyd and Khadijah Roberts-Abdullah, each episode expands on popular narrative themes in th...

  • Director's Notes

    2 seasons

    What determines a play’s artistic vision? What fuels the narrative and propels it from page to stage? What transports the audience from their own world to the life of another?

    The question does not lie with “what” but rather with “who.”

    Director’s Notes, the official podcast from STRATFEST@HOME...