The Shaw Festival: Behind the Curtain (2013)
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From PBS - With unprecedented access, The Shaw Festival: Behind the Curtain captures the unique creative process of one of North America's longest running, most distinctive and exciting theatre experiences. Each year between April and October, the Shaw Festival--which began in 1962 with the mandate on works by George Bernard Shaw--presents around 10 plays on four stages that attract patrons from all over the world. Located in Niagara-on-the-Lake, Ontario, Canada--the Shaw's one-of-a-kind schedule has actors and directors working on several plays at once. Over eight months, crews design and build sets on a finely honed schedule that is both frenetic, creative, and amazingly well planned and executed. Follow the process of getting the play from the page to the stage as The Shaw Festival: Behind the Curtain provides insight into every aspect of production at a summer theatre festival.
- Release date
- July 19, 2013
- Country of origin
- United States
- Music
- Lance Anderson
Cast
- Debra McGrath as Narrator
- Tanya Apostolidis as Self
- Philip Atfield as Self
- Laurann Brown as Self
- Laurann Brown as dialect coach
- Elaine Calder as Self
- Peter Clarey as Self
- Leonard Conolly as Self
- Julia Course as Self
- Jerry Doiron as Self
- Cindy Emery as Self
Crew
- Aaron Lam · Director
- Jeremy Major · Director
- Aaron Lam · Writer
- Jeremy Major · Writer
- Aaron Lam · Producer
- Jeremy Major · Producer
- Lance Anderson · Composer
- Chris Broadley · Cinematographer
- Martin Buzora · Cinematographer
- Ed Hannaford · Cinematographer
- Dave Mydlo · Cinematographer
- Aaron Lam · Editor
- Jeremy Major · Editor