Every summer the International Shaw Society and the Shaw Festival co-host a multi-day symposium at the Shaw Festival in Niagara-on-the-Lake, Ontario, Canada, focused on Bernard Shaw’s works, his contemporaries, and his legacies. Panels and presentations at the Symposium feature new scholarship and discussions relating to plays included in the Shaw Festival’s current season.
New and emerging scholars may be eligible for Bryden Scholarships to help offset the costs of presenting in-person at the symposium.
To register for the in-person Symposium, contact the Shaw Festival Box office at 1-800-511-7429. Some sessions may be available for online attendance; contact the ISS Symposium organizer for more information.
NEW FOR 2024: The ISS will cover the on-site registration cost for ISS members attending the Symposium in person.
Shaw Symposium Schedule
FRIDAY 7/19
2pm My Fair Lady performance (Festival Theatre)
5:00pm Opening Discussion: Shaw, Pygmalion, and My Fair Lady (Niagara-on-the-Lake Museum, 42 Castlereagh St., NOTL). Open to the public.
6:30 pm Dinner on your own
8pm Shaw Variety Show (Spiegeltent) performance (optional)
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SATURDAY 7/20
9am Morning Refreshments (Rehearsal Hall 3)
9:30 am Discussion (Rehearsal Hall 3): My Fair Lady production with Kimberly Rampersad, Shaw Festival Associate Artistic Director
11 am: The Roll of Shaw with Travis Seetoo, Creator and Shaw Festival Embedded Artist
11:30am Box Lunch
2pm The Roll of Shaw performance (Spiegeltent)
4:30pm Group Discussion (Rehearsal Hall 3): Candida Scholarship published during the last 10 years, plus recent productions people have seen or worked on; pre-circulated texts
6pm Dinner on own
8pm Candida performance (Royal George Theatre)
SUNDAY 7/21
9am Refreshments (Rehearsal Hall 3)
9:30am Group Reflection (Rehearsal Hall 3): Candida (9:30am) and My Fair Lady (10:30am) productions with Shaw ensemble members
11:30am Lunch on own
2pm Shaw scholarship pecha kucha session (Rehearsal Hall 3): short, pithy presentations of work in progress or ideas for new projects, with the emphasis placed on the implications for Shaw studies
4pm Business meeting (Rehearsal Hall 3)
5:30pm President’s reception
