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
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
This is the second year that we have visited the First Ontario Performing Arts Centre to see a play at the Foster Festival. Norm Foster's plays are funny and sweet, and you always come away feeling good.
Sandra B
We went to see a new Norm Foster play called Renovations for Six at FirstOntario PAC. Norm Foster is always good, but, this time he outdid himself with a very funny play that most of us can identify with. The acting was magnificent.......everyone was perfect in their parts.
Steve B
Norm Foster & team have successfully pulled off another excellent play. Hilda’s Yard was so very funny. Thanks for a very entertaining afternoon
Terry V
If you haven't been to The Foster Festival yet, now is the time to go! Last night's world premiere of Halfway There was incredible!
Zach
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
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
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
"Come Down From the River" has to be my favorite Norm Foster play to date. It is like peeling an onion as it addresses layers of topics such as homosexuality, homophobia, racism, misogany, orphanism, missed opportunities, teen pregnancy, abandonment, family breakups, unfaithfullness, death and yet all interjected with so much mirth. This is a very human play with a very realistic plot and a beautiful message exposed once the onion is all peeled.
Wendy K
The Christmas Tree
Directed by Marcia Kash
24 Actors. 12 Shows. 1 Script. Endless Laughs.
A tree lot. Christmas Eve. One man. One woman. One tree.
Who should get the tree? Each gives reasons why they are the most deserving and each seems unaffected by the other one’s dilemma! It’s a story filled with laughs, heartache, and good old-fashioned Holiday spirit.
We have teamed up with restaurants across the Region to provide unique and safe spaces for food and entertainment.
Tickets are being sold for tables of two and four and all include dinner.
The Foster Festival is Bringing Humour and Christmas Cheer to Small Audiences Across Niagara.
12 Shows. Great Food. Endless Laughs.
There’s never been a more important time to bring Norm Foster’s Humour with Heart to Niagara! The pandemic has robbed us all of the pleasure and experience of live theatre. Physical distancing not only affected the audience, but also the livelihood of our actors and our staff behind the scenes. As a result, The Foster Festival has quickly pivoted by offering staged readings of Norm Foster’s one-act play, The Christmas Tree, at restaurants across the region. Each ticket includes lunch or dinner.
Top of mind is the safety of you, the actors and restaurant staff.
- Each Artist Couple live in the same household so they don’t require physical distancing or masks.
- Restaurants are spacing tables for 2 and 4 people. Seating is limited.
- The Foster Festival and all our partner restaurants are following industry leading standards around health and safety.
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