LITMIR.BIZ

      Antoni Cimolino

      Artistic Director

      Stratford Festival

      “Put some flowers in front. Shows people there’s civilization there.” The remark is attributed to James Anderson, first Archivist-Administrator of the Stratford-Perth Archives and a passionate advocate for local culture and heritage. If he did indeed say that, then he was on to something.

      We judge the quality of life in a city not only by the state of its sidewalks and its sewers, its industrial and commercial vigour, or the efficiency with which its municipal services are delivered — key markers though all those attributes are — but also by the ways in which it makes itself beautiful, spiritually nourishing, and vibrant with life. A city that cultivates beauty, a city buzzing with intellectual and creative energy, is a city worth spending time in.

      Stratford is such a city, and not only because of its internationally renowned theatre festival. The flowers of civilization burgeon and blossom in countless other corners of this unique community; their roots run deep.

      In these pages, Phyllis Hinz and Lamont Mackay gather together Stratford’s richly varied cultural blooms — its artistic endeavours, its architecture, its history, its traditions — into a single convenient bouquet. But in doing so, they reveal something more: a whole cultural ecology, interconnected and mutually sustaining. And one that will always be sprouting new buds.

      Welcome to Stratford. There’s civilization here.

      David Prosser

      Literary and Editorial Director

      Stratford Festival

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      ALTERNATIVE THEATRE WORKS

      SEASON: Spring, Summer, Fall, Winter

      LOCATION: 15 Church Street and 163 King Street

      WEBSITE: www.findglocal.com/CA/Stratford/198136196982116/Alternative-Theatre-Works

      HIGHLIGHT: Intimate alternative theatre offered by performing artists living in Stratford

      Alternative Theatre Works (ATW) is an independent professional theatre company dedicated to producing theatre outside the mainstream in the Stratford region. The company is a group of professional actors, directors, producers, and educators who live in Stratford, love what they do, and want to share their knowledge and skills with their community. Productions, chosen for their merit as good theatre, are short runs to sold-out houses. You might catch a one-man show, an original play, or an original adaptation of a play. One such production was A Tender Thing by Ben Power, in which Romeo and Juliet did not die but are alive and aging. It’s an alternative take on an ageless story.

      In order to provide a full-stage experience, the small company collaborates with other choreographers, musicians, and designers such as Off the Wall, where theatre professionals offer workshops on backstage production. Working together, ATW and Off the Wall mentor emerging artists. Alternative

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