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The Shaw Festival eNewsletter – August

Thursday, Jul 29th, 2010 by Marketing Guy | 0 Comments
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In this month’s edition of the Shaw Festival eNewsletter:
Bravo Shaw!, Age of Arousal, August in Niagara & more!

The Doctor’s Dilemma – Preview

Friday, Jun 25th, 2010 by PR Lady | 3 Comments
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Our production of The Doctor’s Dilemma by Bernard Shaw has been playing to enthusiastic preview audiences for about one week now. When I saw its second dress rehearsal, I fell in love with the piece.

Valentine’s Day wrap-up

Friday, Feb 12th, 2010 by Marketing Guy | 0 Comments
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First love is only a little foolishness and a lot of curiosity. – GBS
As I write this entry today, it’s gently snowing outside, the office is warm and a secret valentine left a box of chocolates outside my office to share with everyone … ah the temptation of Valentine’s Day. If you haven’t been following [...]

The Shaw Festival eNewsletter – February

Tuesday, Feb 9th, 2010 by Marketing Guy | 0 Comments
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Here’s the February edition of the Backstage Pass. In it you’ll find details about Niagara-on-the-Lake’s Days of Wine and Chocolate (a great Valentine’s idea) and a contest to win tickets to An Ideal Husband. Of course, if you didn’t receive the Backstage Pass in your inbox last week, sign-up here.

The Shaw Festival eNewsletter – January edition

Friday, Jan 15th, 2010 by admin | 0 Comments
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One of my goals this year in the marketing department is to make our content more accessible to you, our patrons. So, to help accomplish this goal, I’ll be publishing our monthly eNewsletter in our blogs. If you don’t currently receive our eNewsletter via email,  the contest for Backstage Pass subscribers at the bottom of [...]

There’s a lot going on at this time of year!

Monday, Dec 21st, 2009 by Marketing Guy | 0 Comments
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It’s rather odd here at the Festival theatre this time of year, the halls are kind of quiet –  yet buzzing at the same time. Here’s what’s been going on in the marketing department at the Shaw Festival these last couple of months.

40 plus years of history in a few small warehouses!

Thursday, Sep 10th, 2009 by Marketing Guy | 0 Comments
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This entry is the first in a series about our 2010 photo shoot which will lead up to our season announcement in late September. We will follow our announcement with more articles about our 2010 season up until the time you can order your tickets. If you’d like to be one of the first in [...]

Prime Minister Harper Visits the Shaw Festival

Friday, Sep 4th, 2009 by Marketing Guy | 0 Comments
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The Shaw Festival was honoured today to host the Prime Minister of Canada, Stephen Harper. Mr. Harper was at The Shaw to host a roundtable for owners and operators of tourism businesses in the Niagara Region to hear their perspectives on the current challenges and future opportunities facing our industry.

The roundtable was held on the [...]

Did you know?

Friday, Jul 17th, 2009 by Marketing Guy | 0 Comments
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Hey, did you know that you can follow the Shaw Festival on twitter? Or that our Facebook fan site is growing and being updated almost daily? If you’re reading this, then you already know that we’ve got a blog where you can hear from actors, and of course Marketing Guy. Do you receive our Backstage [...]

A Sneak Peek!

Tuesday, Jun 16th, 2009 by Marketing Guy | 2 Comments
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Every season, we strive to provide visitors to our website (shawfest.com) with as much information about each play that we possibly can. A couple of years ago, we started producing eCommercials that were about a minute or so long and provided a visual overview of a selection of each season’s plays.

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