Foster Festival Tickets
Welcome Foster Friends!
Welcome to The Norm Foster Theatre Festival’s Ticketing Page. Below you will find more details about our shows and ticket information.
Advertised ticket pricing is all-inclusive pricing. The price you see is the price you pay!
Box Office Hours
MON-FRI 10am-4pm
Closed on weekends.
All voicemails will be answered during box office hours.
To purchase tickets by phone, please call: 1.844.735.4832 x3. A seating chart for the Mandeville Theatre is shown at the bottom of this page.
2025 Subscriptions
Pick 3 and Pick 4 Surprise Subscriptions are the best deal of the season!
Personalize your own subscription and Pick 3 from On a First Name Basis, Screwball Comedy, Mechanically Inclined, or A Niagara Christmas Carol. If you can’t decide, choose a Pick 4 subscription and enjoy all four productions in the package.
Subscribers also have access to exclusive discounts for additional special events. By becoming a Pick 3 or Pick 4 subscriber you receive a 10% Discount on tickets to Love Letters, Bedtime Stories, and Stakeout.
A unique PROMO CODE for each special event will be sent to 2025 Subscription holders.
[Pictured]: David Rowan, Melanie Janzen, Peter Krantz, & Caroline Toal | Whit’s End 2024
2025 Subscriptions
Pick 3 Regular $135/person
Pick 4 Regular $180/person
Subscribers save on booking fees!
Subscriptions work out to only $45 per ticket, per person!
The price you see is the price you pay!
Bedtime Stories by Norm Foster
Special Event
A Hilarious Foster Comedy at the Firehall Theatre!
May 28-June 1, 2025
Firehall Theatre, Niagara Falls, ON
What does a radio shock jock, a dying man, two thieves, an aging rock star, an accident-prone stripper, and a woman leaving her husband have in common? Find out in this hilarious Foster comedy!
Featuring Serena Atallah, Nikki Blain, Lou Bradley, Tina Chivers, Scott Cooper, Tim Denis, Wesley Detlor, Rob Goslin, Jonathon Jurmain, Darka Makarec, Vince Marinaccio, Diana Moser, Chris Paxton, Kathleen Phelan-Savage, and Chris Webb.
*This is a special event presented by EnD Productions.
BEDTIME STORIES TICKETS
Running Time: 2 hours
Special Event
2025 Special Event Tickets
Bedtime Stories $40
The price you see is the price you pay!
On A First Name Basis by Norm Foster
Subscription Series
Starring Emily Oriold & Jamie Williams
July 3-17, 2025
Mandeville Theatre, Ridley College, St. Catharines, ON
Back by popular demand, Artistic Director Emily Oriold and Artistic Associate Jamie Williams star in this laugh-out-loud comedy. A very successful but cantankerous novelist discovers that he knows nothing about his maid of 25 years. She, on the other hand, knows absolutely everything about him! He makes it his mission to learn all he can about her in a most engaging conversation. On a First Name Basis is a love story, a social commentary, and a mystery wrapped in witty dialogue and vivid imagery.
ON A FIRST NAME BASIS TICKETS
Running Time: 2 hours
mainstage subscription series
2025 Mainstage Tickets
Adult $55
Senior $50
Groups (10+) $40
2025 Youth & Arts Worker
U30 Youth $25
Arts Worker $25
U18/Student Ticket $15
>please call the Box Office to reserve group, youth, and arts worker pricing, 1.844.735.4832 x3
Screwball Comedy by Norm Foster
Subscription Series
Directed by Emily Oriold
July 23-August 3, 2025
Mandeville Theatre, Ridley College, St. Catharines, ON
Lucky, our Foster pup, makes a welcome return to the stage! It’s 1938 and Mary Hayes is trying to break into the male dominated world of newspaper journalism. Editor-in-Chief Bosco Godfrey sets a competition between his egotistical star reporter and plucky Mary. If Mary wins, she will replace the ace newshound. Screwball Comedy is an homage to those zany screwball comedies of that the 1930s, full of snappy dialogue, outrageous characters, and humour that packs a punch.
SCREWBALL COMEDY TICKETS
Running Time: 2 hours
mainstage subscription series
2025 Mainstage Tickets
Adult $55
Senior $50
Groups (10+) $40
2025 Youth & Arts Worker
U30 Youth $25
Arts Worker $25
U18/Student Ticket $15
>please call the Box Office to reserve group, youth, and arts worker pricing, 1.844.735.4832 x3
Mechanically Inclined by Steve Ross
Subscription Series
Directed by Jamie Williams
August 14-24, 2025
Mandeville Theatre, Ridley College, St. Catharines, ON
One of the plays developed through The Foster Festival’s 2024 Fostered Playwrights Festival, it was a favourite amongst attendees. Born and raised in the Niagara Region, Steve Ross has performed at theatres across the country including 21 seasons with the Stratford Festival. Shakespeare isn’t your typical fare for the amateur, but when Abby gets her chance to direct A Midsummer Night’s Dream with a cast of community misfits, she discovers more drama outside the rehearsal hall than in it. Mechanically Inclined is a hilarious look at how theatre can bring purpose, meaning, and connection to even the most motley of crews.
MECHANICALLY INCLINED TICKETS
Running Time: 2 hours
mainstage subscription series
2025 Mainstage Tickets
Adult $55
Senior $50
Groups (10+) $40
2025 Youth & Arts Worker
U30 Youth $25
Arts Worker $25
U18/Student Ticket $15
>please call the Box Office to reserve group, youth, and arts worker pricing, 1.844.735.4832 x3
Paddyman Comes To Canada
Special Event
Featuring Declan “Paddyman” O’Sullivan
August 6, 2025
Mandeville Theatre, Ridley College, St. Catharines, ON
Join us for “Paddyman Comes to Canada” – a celebration of Irish music and personal stories pulled from the real-life travels and adventures of Declan “Paddyman” O’Sullivan!
A wandering Irish Minstrel of the first degree, Paddyman will have you laughing, singing, and dancing with his blend of curated and original music interspersed with auto-biographical stories full of heart and humour. Come and discover how this Irishman came to call Canada his home. He is joined by a fiddler and an accordionist to fill out this joyful evening of music!
DECLAN “PADDYMAN” O’SUVLLIVAN TICKETS
Running Time: 2 hours
SPECIAL EVENT
2025 Special Event Tickets
Paddyman Tickets $40
The price you see is the price you pay!
The Stakeout by Norm Foster
Special Event
Starring Emily Oriold & Jamie Williams
October 2-5, 2025
Old Pelham Town Hall, Fenwick, ON
Two cops are assigned to conduct a stakeout at a bus stop across the street from a house where suspected drug deals are being made. With nothing but time on their hands they try to remain as inconspicuous as possible while maintaining their cover as a married couple. Not an easy task having never met before. What could go wrong? Find out as Emily and Jamie take to the stage in Stakeout!
With musical guests Melissa-Marie Shriner and Declan (Paddyman) O’Sullivan!
Stakeout Tickets
Running time: 2 hours
Special Event
2025 Special Event Tickets
The Stakeout $40
The price you see is the price you pay!
A Niagara Christmas Carol adapted by Jamie Williams
Subscription Series
Directed by Emily Oriold
Dates still TBA – Nov/DEC 2025
Mandeville Theatre, Ridley College, St. Catharines, ON
In partnership with the St. Catharines Museum and Welland Canals Centre, and in commemoration of the 200th anniversary of the Welland Canal Company and the construction of the Canal itself, Dickens’ beloved holiday ghost story is set in 19th century St. Catharines at the time of the Canal’s build. A Niagara Christmas Carol is a uniquely Canadian take on the traditional story of Ebenezer Scrooge’s redemption.
A NIAGARA CHRISTMAS CAROL TICKETS
Running Time: 2 hours
mainstage subscription series
2025 Mainstage Tickets
Holiday Pricing $50
Groups (10+) $40
2025 Youth & Arts Worker
U30 Youth $25
Arts Worker $25
U18/Student Ticket $15
>please call the Box Office to reserve group, youth, and arts worker pricing, 1.844.735.4832 x3
Gift Certificates Available For Any Occasion!
Give the best of Foster to someone special. Gift Certificates never expire and can be given for any dollar amount you wish! Certificates can be redeemed for tickets to any Foster Festival show or event.
Mandeville Theatre Seating Chart - 270 Seats
Thank you to our 2025 Season Supporters
