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THREAD: We've heard your requests and we're happy to deliver: our award-winning film series is coming to a couch near you! Next Thursday, we're launching a virtual "film festival" offering FREE streaming of 12 of our finest Shakespeare productions...

Here's how it works:

12 films
Streaming FREE on our YouTube channel
One released every Thursday at 7pm EST
Each film will be available for three weeks

And the best part? You'll have the best seats in the house (literally).

Here's our lineup...

First up, KING LEAR. This unforgettable production – one of our top-selling Shakespeares of all time – “catapults Colm Feore into the ranks of the world’s greatest living actors.”

Debut: Thursday, April 23 - 7pm EST
Streaming: April 23 to May 14

📷 Colm Feore, Sara Farb

Next, CORIOLANUS. This "jaw-dropping" production was included on “Best Theatre of 2018” lists in The Washington Post, Toronto Star, NOW and The Globe and Mail. If you missed the “greatest contemporary staging of this play,” now’s your chance.

APRIL 30 to MAY 21

📷 André Sills

MACBETH is a love story soaked in blood – one in which a couple destroy themselves, each for the sake of the other. Leaving people “gasping in the dark,” this “brilliant, terrifying show” will leave you tingling.

MAY 7 to MAY 28

📷 Ian Lake

Magic is in the air! This elaborate, eye-popping production of THE TEMPEST is anchored by a performance full of “passion and power” by theatre legend Martha Henry – “the poetry emerging from her lips is something to behold.”

MAY 14 to JUNE 4

📷 Martha Henry

TIMON OF ATHENS | Timon's generosity makes him the most popular man in Athens – till his funds run out. Set in the 21st century, this Shakespearean treasure “fits well in a self-absorbed world of virtual reality goggles and vacuous club music.”

MAY 21 to JUNE 11

LOVE’S LABOUR’S LOST: a coming-of-age story that dwells sweetly on the naiveté of youth while leading its protagonists to understand the true meaning – and cost – of love. Shakespeare’s poetic love story comes to vivid life in this “sublime” production.

MAY 28 to JUNE 18

HAMLET has been called the greatest play in the English language and this production “the most complete, most fulfilling, most satisfying in decades of theatergoing.”

JUNE 4 to JUNE 25

📷 Jonathan Goad

When the rule of a hedonistic king is questioned, rebellion ensues, culminating in an attempt to commit an atrocity against a child. Here's your rare opportunity to see KING JOHN, in this “deliciously contemporary” production.

JUNE 11 to JULY 2

📷 Tom McCamus, Brian Tree

This magical production of Shakespeare’s epic adventure tale, THE ADVENTURES OF PERICLES, is a delight for the eye and ear. “Moving and fun from beginning to end,” it’s a story rarely told, and one you won’t soon forget.

JUNE 18 to JULY 9

📷 Deborah Hay, Evan Buliung

Led by an “excellent cast,” this steamy production of ANTONY AND CLEOPATRA paints an unforgettable landscape depicting the devastation wrought by the heart’s transgressions.

JUNE 25 to JULY 16

📷 Yanna McIntosh, Geraint Wyn Davies

In this poignant production of ROMEO AND JULIET, “the cobwebs have been dusted off of the text, making you feel as if you’re hearing it for the first time.”

JULY 2 to JULY 23

📷 Antoine Yared, Sara Farb

Finally, in THE TAMING OF THE SHREW, Deborah Hay gives a “performance for the ages” as the Shrew, and Ben Carlson is the perfect counterpoint as her plotting suitor, creating a chemistry that sets the stage alight.

JULY 9 to JULY 30

📷 Deborah Hay, Ben Carlson

Stay tuned for more details (did someone say viewing party?!) See you Thursday! 🍿