Toronto , Ontario is the third-largest theater center in the English-speaking world after New York and London, and has many important performance houses. Many of Canada’s most significant cultural events take place in Ontario. The annual Stratford Festival, in Stratford Ontario is perhaps the best known theatrical festival in Ontario. Running from May through November the festival features the works of William Shakespeare as well as contemporary drama, concerts and musicals. The Shaw Festival, in lovely Niagara-on-the-Lake, runs from April through November and features the works of Irish-born playwright George Bernard Shaw, as well as various other plays by various artists. Some other theatre groups in Ontario are The 4 th Line Theatre in Milbrook, Ontario, The Red Barn Theatre in Jackson’s Point and the Showboat festival Theatre in Port Colborne, Ontario.

• 4th Line Theatre, Millbrook
• Drayton Entertainment - Drayton
• Drayton Entertainment - Grand Bend
• Drayton Entertainment - St. Jacobs
• Drayton Entertainment - Penetanguishene
• Globus Theatre, Bobcaygeon
• Lighthouse Festival Theatre
• Port Hope Festival Theatre, Port Hope
• Red Barn Theatre, Jackson's Point
• Shaw Festival, Niagara-on-the-Lake
• Showboat Festival Theatre, Port Colborne
• Stratford Festival of Canada, Stratford
• The Lord of the Rings, Toronto
• Theatre Collingwood, Collingwood
• Thousand Islands Playhouse, Gananoque