Wonderful show , great actors in a small but intimate environment. we will be back to enjoy another evening with you. Staff were very helpful also.
Sharon
The dialogue is laugh out loud funny. The theatre is very comfortable and the nearby restaurants serve tasty fare. A lovely new theatre experience.
Jacqueline
Norm Foster & team have successfully pulled off another excellent play. Hilda’s Yard was so very funny. Thanks for a very entertaining afternoon
Sharon H
I have went to a number of the festival productions. The acting is outstanding! The dialogue is outstanding! It makes for an outstanding night!
Chris
Very funny play; loved the show. Great theatre; not a bad seat in the house. I predict the Foster Festival will join The Shaw Festival & The Stratford Festival as a major attraction in Ontario.
Mary
A wonderful venue to highlight and introduce new works of Canada’s most prolific playwright. Beautiful intimate performance space with great sight lines. Not a bad seat in the house. The team is first rate!!
Terry
We saw Screwball Comedy tonight and loved it! So much talent on stage and behind the scenes. We'll definitely be getting tickets for the remaining shows of the season. Highly recommend!
Wendy
If there is one thing that really disappoints me about going to the Norm Foster Festival is the simple fact that more people don't take advantage of such a great event.
@yankeefan730
Just saw Lunenburg with friends and family. We all loved it! It was funny and moving and the acting was excellent. So glad we went. A brilliant evening.
Sandra
The Foster Festival had two world premiers this summer and I was able to see "Renovations for Six" - Norm has not missed a beat this this new play - his 59th. Add this festival and this theatre to your summer fun.
CanAussie416 - Trip Advisor
WIDOW WONDERLAND
by Norm Foster
Directed by jamie williams
Stage manager, meghan froebelius
december 5-16, 2021
12 Artists. 1 Script. 6 Interpretations. Endless Laughs.
Widow Wonderland is a happy Christmas play, even though the two characters are a widow and a widower. But, you can’t have a depressing Christmas play. It is frowned upon by the playwright’s Christmas play union. And so Norm Foster has fashioned a cheerful one act Christmas play that throws a widow and a widower together at their apartment building’s Christmas dinner for those who are alone during the holiday season. Michael and Sharon wind up at a table for two during this December 23’rd dinner and what follows is an evening of getting to know one another with all of the awkwardness and politeness and silliness that a first meeting often includes. Best of all, and most important of all, it is funny.
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2021 Season
On behalf of everyone at The Foster Festival, we wish to offer our most sincere appreciation to our ticket holders, our subscribers and everyone who has navigated these uncharted times with us. Thank you.
Out of an abundance of caution and care for all of our patrons, we have made the difficult decision that we will not be returning to the FirstOntario Performing Arts Centre. However, we are committed to continuing to produce Norm Foster’s work through performances in a combination of online offerings, outdoor venues and indoor venues across Niagara.
“Like so many of our fellow theatre organizations, we have to think about the safety of our artists, crew, staff and audiences at this time. Gathering in large numbers still poses a big question mark for all of us,” says Emily Oriold, Artistic Producer. “It’s the question of walking back into a theatre with confidence where audience members can sit side by side openly sharing in the laughter and artists can feel safe on our stages.”
Stay tuned for more exciting announcements about our 2022 programming. Since the shutdown in March 2020, Norm Foster has written 10 new plays and we are definitely looking forward to sharing a handful of them in 2022!
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