Stratford Festival Studio Theatre
34 George Street East, Stratford, ON
The Studio is the Festival's small room, a short walk from the Avon. One hundred and eighty-five seats, and the slope is the whole story. The Festival's own line: except for wheelchair seating, you enter by steps leading up from stage level, and the back rows are a challenge if mobility is limited.
See the official seating chart & buy tickets
We don't sell tickets. Buy only from the official box office.
- Seats
- 185
- Stage
- Smaller, modified thrust
- Aisles
- Steep. You climb up from stage level.
- Where
- At the rear of the Avon neighbourhood
Map
Parking
Same downtown meters as the Avon. The on-site box office opens one hour before the performance.
Nearest lots
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Accessibility
Wheelchair seating is at stage level. Every other seat is up the steps. If stairs are hard, do not buy a back-row ticket and hope. Ask the box office before you pay.
Seating, without the chart
- The room is small, so a higher seat is still close. You are paying for the climb, not for distance.
- There is no bargain balcony. There is a steep rake. Hold the rail.
- Best-value, in a house this size, is any seat you can reach comfortably. A cheap seat you cannot climb is not a value.
- Sightlines are intimate. Side seats still turn you toward a profile on a thrust.
- We do not reproduce the seating chart.
Best seat for your budget
The Studio has a steep rake. Note that for anyone who finds stairs or a sloped aisle difficult. Sit only where you can get out comfortably.
Festival discount zones: Play On covers Bravo, B, A and A+. Rush is not sold in the Globe Ring, Founders' Row, Spotlight or Bravo zones. The prices and the 2027 terms are on Ways to save. Those zones are Festival tickets, not a price list for every room in town.
See the official seating chart & buy tickets
We don't sell tickets. Buy only from the official box office. This page does not copy a seating chart.
Parking and intermission
Nearest parking is downtown: on-street $1.50 an hour, municipal lots $1.25 an hour, by meter, pay-by-plate or the HotSpot app.
The Cooper and Downie lots are free for 24 hours.
Pre-order interval drinks in the Festival's StratFest OnSite app.
Pre-ordered picnics are collected at the Festival Theatre or the Tom Patterson Theatre, not at this downtown house.
Café hours: from 2 hours before the show until the end of intermission. At the Tom Patterson, hot food goes until 2:30 on matinee days.
Current plays here
Studio shows currently in the guide. Confirm the date on stratfordfestival.ca.
Playing Shylock
2027 · 2027-05-21 to 2027-09-25
Saul Rubinek in the Studio, paired with The Merchant of Venice.
All in the Telling
2027 · 2027-08-04 to 2027-09-26
A world premiere in the Studio, presented with the Shylock trio.
Almighty Voice and His Wife
2027 · 2027-06-11 to 2027-09-25
Daniel David Moses's play, in the Studio.
Where to eat nearby
Walking minutes are planning estimates. Menus and hours belong to the restaurant. We do not book a table.
Menus and hours are on each restaurant's own site.
The Starlight
64 Wellington Street
Walk. About 8 minutes Planning estimate, not a measured Festival time.
Dinner from late afternoon, and the kitchen stays open late. Ideal after a matinee, or after an evening show. A pre-show table only works if you are already downtown and seated early.
Open Monday: —
Their site only. We do not take a reservation, copy the menu, or quote a price.
Bentley's Bar, Inn & Restaurant
99 Ontario Street
Walk. A few minutes Planning estimate, not a measured Festival time.
Open late, so it is the straightforward after-show stop downtown. Fine before the Avon or Studio if you sit down with time to spare.
Open Monday: —
Their site only. We do not take a reservation, copy the menu, or quote a price.
The Common
80 Wellington Street
Walk. About 8 minutes Planning estimate, not a measured Festival time.
A sit-down downtown dinner. Give it the same clock as The Starlight: comfortable after the show, tight before an evening curtain if you are walking from the Festival Theatre.
Open Monday: —
Their site only. We do not take a reservation, copy the menu, or quote a price.