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Tara Rosling has worked in the worlds of theatre (predominantly) and film & tv for over twenty-five years. She is looking forward to donning the director hat during The Foster Festival's 2nd annual Fostered Playwrights Festival. In her many seasons at the Shaw Festival some favourite...
Emily is Founder and Artistic Director of The Foster Festival. She has held the most Senior position at The Foster Festival for the past 10 years and has been a professional actor and director for over twenty years. Select stage credits include: Upcoming: On A First Name...
For Foster Festival: The Christmas Tree 2020 would have marked Chick's 7th season at the Shaw Festival. (Selected Credits) FOR THE SHAW: productions include The Ladykillers, Getting Married, Dracula, The Madness of George III, Once in a Lifetime, War and Peace, Peter Pan, Marathon 33, The Women, Back to Methuselah, Cavalcade. ELSEWHERE: thirteen seasons with Stratford Festival, including Napoli Milionaria!, The Tempest, The Beaux’...
For Foster Festival: The Christmas Tree 2020 would have marked Tom's 11th season at the Shaw Festival. (Selected Credits) FOR THE SHAW: over twenty productions, including Man and Superman, Victory, Saint Joan, The Madness of George III, Peter Pan, Holiday, The Lost Letter, Androcles and the Lion, The Skin of Our Teeth, Cyrano de Bergerac, Camille, Saint Joan. ELSEWHERE: sixteen seasons...
Danny & Delilah by Norm Foster is Peter’s second production with the Foster Festival - the first, the Reading, The Christmas Tree by Norm Foster (with his wife, Gabrielle Jones). A member for 13 years of George Luscombe’s Toronto Workshop Productions - including the landmark production of...
Previous For Foster Festival: The Christmas Tree (reading) Graeme has been at the Shaw Festival for 22 seasons. In 2024, he appeared in Witness for the Prosecution and One Man, Two Guvnors; (Other Selected Credits) FOR THE SHAW: thirty-nine productions since 2003, including A Christmas Carol (2021-22/2017-19), The Apple Cart, The...
FOR THE FESTIVAL: Here on the Flight Path (Director) Most recently Blair directed Light Up The Sky at the Shaw Festival. He also toured Australia with the internationally acclaimed chamber orchestra Tafelmusik in the narrative concert House of Dreams; played William Gillette in The Game's Afoot at Vertigo Theatre (Calgary) and Frank...
Jamie has performed in over 80 productions in the last three decades, as well as written three plays, two of which have been produced: the third upcoming in 2025. In the last number of years Jamie has had the great fortune of donning the director’s...
Originally from Nova Scotia, Darren now makes his home in the Niagara region. And he loves it! He studied theatre at Acadia University in NS and trained at the London Academy of Music and Dramatic Art – LAMDA. He has worked in theatres all across Canada. Some...
Erin made her Foster Festival debut playing Janey Fluck in Hilda's Yard (2019). She is thrilled to be returning for the Festival's 2023 Season playing Sherry Becker in Danny & Delilah. Most recently Erin has had the privilege of touring with Norm Foster and David Nairn...
