Shaw Education Department – Happy Hour Chat
Don’t miss Thursday’s (26 February) 5 PM EST Happy Hour chat that Matt Ratelle of the Shaw Education Department is doing with Neil Barclay, a longtime actor with the Shaw Festival. He will be playing Mazzini Dunn in this year’s Heartbreak
Celebrating Charlotte’s Birthday
On January 20, 1857, Charlotte Frances Townsend was born. (Her socially-pretentious mother eventually evolved the family name to “Payne-Townshend”). While her younger sister enjoyed the social benefits of their wealthy upbringing in Ireland and England, Charlotte stymied her mother by
The Robert Anderson Trust
Update November 2025: the Trust is now inviting postgraduate and postdoctoral students and scholars in the arts and humanities to apply for the opportunity to visit London for a period of one month of intensive study and research during 2026.
New England Regional Fellowship Consortium
THE NEW ENGLAND REGIONAL FELLOWSHIP CONSORTIUM, a collaboration of 30 major research institutions, will offer at least two dozen awards in the June 1, 2026 – May 31, 2027 application cycle. Each grant will provide a stipend of $5,000 for
David Staller on ‘Behind the Awards’
Director David Staller joins Behind the Awards to chat about his current Off Broadway production of Pygmalion. Listen to the Interview HERE.
From flower girl to fine lady: Wivelsfield Little Theatre bring Shaw’s timeless ‘Pygmalion’ to life.
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President’s Message 2025
Dear friends and fellow Shavians, warmest greetings from the chilly winter of southwestern Ontario, Canada! I’m honoured and excited to be donning the mantle of ISS President for a 3-year term that began January 1. With Vice-President Audrey McNamara in
2024 President’s Message
As a society of Bernard Shaw enthusiasts, theater practitioners, and scholars, we are dedicated to disseminating the ideas Shaw expressed in his books, both fiction and non-fiction, essays, speeches and particularly in his plays for ingestion, dissection, discussion, and finally
Election Results
This fall the ISS issued a call for nominations for the positions of Recording Secretary and Membership Secretary. There was only one nomination for each position, so there was no need to run a formal election and the nominees were