Carousel Players Competitors

Located in Stratford, Ontario, Canada, we are North America’s largest classical repertory theatre company. Each season, we present a dozen or more productions in four distinctive venues. We produce classics, contemporary dramas and musicals, with special emphasis on the plays of Shakespeare.

Twenty minutes from that great wonder-of-the-world, Niagara Falls, and two hours from Toronto, sits the historic town of Niagara-on-the-Lake. A haven of food, wine, history and culture, its tree-lined avenues serve as a getaway destination for visitors from the region, in-the-know urbanites and culture-lovers. Nestled in the heart of Niagara-on-the-Lake, The Shaw is one of North America’s finest cultural attractions offering an eclectic array of quirky comedies, bold dramas and sweeping classics – some of the best theatre ever created.

Located in its multi-venue home the Young Centre for the Performing Arts in Toronto's Distillery Historic District, Soulpepper is Toronto’s largest not-for-profit theatre company. Soulpepper has an integrated mission which includes: industry-leading youth outreach initiatives; the Soulpepper Academy, Canada's only multi-year paid professional training program for theatre artists of all disciplines; and a year-round diverse repertory season which is grounded in the classics and committed to the creation of new works, new forms and innovative practices.