Thursday, July 8^th

Arrive in Toronto. Check in the InterContinental Toronto Centre.  (http://www.torontocentre.intercontinental.com/)

Welcome Dinner and Elliot’s program on Eva Peron & Evita 

Friday, July 9^th  

The Stratford Shakespeare Festival Day (http://www.stratfordfestival.ca/)

Morning departure via charter bus. Snack lunch on bus. Entertainment by Elliot as he enlightens us on Shakespeare’s The Tempest. 

Sightsee, shop, & stroll around town of Stratford.

2:00 Production of Evita at the Avon Theatre

(The Avon Theatre began life in 1901 as a vaudeville house called Theatre Albert, but by the 1950s it was being used almost exclusively as a movie theatre. The Stratford Shakespeare Festival bought the premises in 1963, after renting it for several seasons as a venue for its music and film festivals. A number of major renovations took place over the ensuing years, culminating in the massive renewal project that was completed in 2002.)

Dinner at The Church restaurant

8:00 Production of The Tempest starring Christopher Plummer as Prospero at the main Festival Theatre.

(The Festival Theatre began in 1953 as a tent standing over a wooden thrust stage which was surrounded on three sides by the audience. Such a stage had not been seen by theatre-goers for centuries. Designed by Tanya Moiseiwitsch to specifications proposed by Tyrone Guthrie, this stage has subsequently influenced the design of over a dozen other theatre buildings throughout the world. With the overwhelming success of the Festival’s first season, plans were made for a permanent structure. Designed by architect Robert Fairfield, the award-winning building opened in 1957. The building and its stage have seen a number of changes since then, the most recent of which took place in 1996-97. At that time the front-of-house facilities were extensively remodelled, creating better seating, sightlines and acoustics in the auditorium.)

Saturday, July 10^th

Day City Bus Tour to Art Gallery of Ontario and Casa Loma Castle.

Sunday, July 11^th

Group Breakfast/Elliot’s program on George Bernard Shaw

Bus ride to Niagara-on-the-Lake and The Shaw Festival (http://www.shawfest.com/)

Sightsee, shop, & stroll around town of Niagara-on-the-Lake

2:00 Production of The Doctor’s Dilemma by George Bernard Shaw in main Festival Theatre

(A doctor with a limited supply of a lifesaving cure must make an impossible decision. Who should he treat: a kindly colleague who serves the poor, or an extremely talented but unscrupulous young artist, who also happens to have a beautiful young wife? A typically surprising Shavian “dilemma.”)

Dinner, Tour, & Wine Tasting at Peller Estates Vineyard

Monday, July 12^th

Morning Harbour Tour Boat Ride

Tuesday, July 13^th

***Schedule and Events Subject to Change