Shaw Festival, 2011
 
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The Past Shapes the Future Celebrate with us 50 years of The Shaw Festival! June 9 – 11, 2011 |
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An interesting and entertaining tour arranged for The Volunteers' Circle of The National Gallery of Canada |
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“My roots are in the past: my hopes are in the future.” ~ Bernard Shaw “This milestone season gives us an opportunity to honour the extraordinary achievements of our past, while creating vivid new signposts for our future, showing how the Shaw Festival will play a leading role in the theatrical conversation of the next 50 years and more.”Artistic Director Jackie Maxwell We’ll help The Shaw Festival celebrate its 50th Anniversary by attending three superb performances as part of this delightful tour. Enjoy guided tours of RiverBrink and Laura Secord’s homestead as well as lunches at Shakespeare’s Steak House and Vineland Estate Winery. Accommodation at the elegant Prince of Wales Hotel. |
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Thursday, June 9 – Early morning departure from the National Gallery
arriving in Hamilton in time for a leisurely lunch at one of the finest restaurants
in the area – Shakespeare’s Steak House. This restaurant has a warm and comfortable feeling in keeping with its old world English theme and the dining room boasts many paintings depicting scenes from Shakespeare’s tales. After lunch, continue to historic Niagara-on-the-Lake and the Prince of Wales Hotel, an oasis of Victorian elegance filled with 21st century comforts. Following dinner on your own, transfer to the Festival Theatre for the evening performance of My Fair Lady. Making its much anticipated first appearance at the Shaw Festival, the glorious music, book and lyrics of the Lerner and Loewe musical that is based on Bernard Shaw’s Pygmalion is celebrated in a fresh new vigorous production of this beloved story. L |
  
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Performance pictures courtesy of The Shaw Festival. |
Friday, June 10 – Breakfast at the hotel. With our local guide, transfer to RiverBrink for a guided tour of the Weir Library of Art. Samuel Edward Weir’s collection contains pieces by many of the important Canadian painters and sculptors including Cornelius Kreighoff, Paul Kane, Marc-Aurèle de Foy Suzor-Coté, Tom Thomson and members of the Group of Seven. It also includes works by American and European artists, including pieces by Jacob Epstein, and Augustus John. Continue our tour by travelling back in time to Laura Secord’s lovingly-restored homestead and be enchanted by stories of her adventures. Our costumed guide will provide information about this historic house and the history of the area. Lunch on your own before departing for the Festival Theatre and the matinee performance of Heartbreak House, Shaw’s epic masterpiece and prophetic depiction of a society teetering on the brink. “...But beneath the brilliant debates, this haunted family is ignoring a greater cloud that is looming.” Written before World War I, Shaw said about the play, “It has more of the miracle, more of the mystic belief in it than any of my others.” Remainder of the afternoon at leisure. Buffet dinner at the hotel. After dinner transfer to the Royal George Theatre for the evening performance of Candida. The delightful comedy that opened the Shaw Festival’s first season returns for the Festival’s 50th — the classic story of a love triangle about a dutiful wife torn between her pastor husband and the ardent love of a young poet. Transfer back to hotel after performance. BD |
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Saturday, June 11 – Breakfast at the hotel. Check out. Late morning departure for the Vineland Estates Winery where we will have a gourmet lunch with wine. Vineland Estates is not only the home of fine wine and cuisine, but its landmark stone tower stands over a former Mennonite homestead with structures that date back to the 1840s. After lunch, a brief tour of the winery before our return to Ottawa. BL |
For more details on this tour or to request a brochure, please feel free to contact us at 613-236-5555 or email Jean Sheikh at [email protected]. |
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Coordinators: Sheila Klein Frank Anglin Travel Agency: Executive Worldwide Travel Agent: Jean Sheikh, C.T.C. (613) 236-5555 Or 1-800-267-5552 Registration No.: 1892605 |
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