The Shaw Festival is a major Canadian theatre festival in Niagara-on-the-Lake, Ontario. Founded in 1962, its original mandate was to produce plays written by George Bernard Shaw, or plays written in his lifetime (1856-1950). In 2000 the mandate was expanded to include plays set within that time period.

List of artistic directors:

• Andrew Allan (1963-1966)
• Barry Morse (1966)
• Paxton Whitehead (1967-1977)
• Christopher Newton (1980-2002)
• Jackie Maxwell (2002-present)

External link

• Shaw Festival Online http://www.shawfest.com