Est. 1993, St. John's NL
 

That’s a wrap on our 2024 season!

Two shows, four staff, five contracted artists, 45 volunteers, and countless audience members made our 2024 season a resounding success! Thank you to everyone who made "The Winter's Tale" and "Twelfth Night" a joy to produce and perform.

DEADLINE EXTENDED! Shakespeare by the Sea Festival is commissioning a new play for young audiences for production in future seasons. The selected playwright will receive a $5000 commission fee, and the project will receive dramaturgical support thro
Shakespeare by the Sea Festival is thrilled to announce that we will be commissioning a new play for young audiences for production in future seasons. This project is made possible by the Government of Newfoundland and Labrador’s Year of the Ar
A huge round of thank yous to dramaturgs Keshia Palm and Santiago Guzman, and to @parconline again for producing this 2024 workshop and development session for us and our playwrights. We are already looking forward to Brianna, Nicole, and Pinky&rsquo
A SEASON FOR A NEW BEGINNING COMES TO AN END Two shows, four staff, five contracted artists, 45 volunteers, and countless audience members made our 2024 season a resounding success! Thank you to everyone who made "The Winter's Tale" and &q
Thank you to our friends at @perchancetheatre for a wonderful closing performance of Midsummer Nights Dream! We were so happy to join you to close your season! Shakespeare Summer is a wrap in Newfoundland and Labrador - for now! ✨
Ending Twelfth Night on the 12th? Almost like we planned it! We are a GO for one final time in Harbourside Park tonight at 6:00pm - we can't wait to see you and send off the season with a bang! We recommend arriving early to scope out a place to sit
A great while ago the world begun, With hey, ho, the wind and the rain, But that’s all one, our play is done, And we’ll strive to please you every day. - Feste, Twelfth Night Don't miss our FINAL PERFORMANCE of Twelfth Night tonight at
SUNDAY AUGUST 11TH - Tonight’s penultimate performance of Twelfth Night is a GO! We look forward to welcoming you in Harbourside Park at 6:00pm. We recommend bringing a rain coat, umbrella, and/or a blanket in case of sudden inclement or cold w
The penultimate performance of Twelfth Night is here! Get your last minute doses of Shakespeare here - with a side of commedia and Dungeons & Dragons thrown in! ⚔ Twelfth Night ⚔ Sundays & Mondays at 6:00pm Only until August 12th! Harboursid
✨ The show must go on! ✨ Understudies are the unspoken heroes of theatre, and that has never been more true than in our 2024 season! From The Winter's Tale employing a huge understudy doubling track with the full company taking on at least one additi
Even though we said farewell to this year's cast of "The Winter's Tale" last week, we just had to re-create this cast photo of the 2004 cast of "The Winter's Tale" in the Cabot 500 Amphitheatre. 20 years later, still making theat
✨ FINAL PERFORMANCE SCHEDULE! ✨ As hard as it is to believe, only two performances of Twelfth Night remain before our 2024 season comes to an end. Head to Harbourside Park this Sunday and/or Monday to send us off in style! TWELFTH NIGHT Sundays &am

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