What does it mean to be a Stage Manager at the Stratford Festival ?

Wednesday, April 19, 2023 

10:00 a.m. on ZOOM* 

* This is part of the History Interest Group's program. To join this group contact the convenor. If you are not a member of CFUW but would like to join us, email cfuwkanata.president@gmail.com  to request a link to our ZOOM meeting. We always welcome new members. 

Nora Polley

For Nora Polley, 2023 marks 59 seasons with the Stratford Festival. Her father, grandfather and four siblings have all worked at the theatre over the years.  A stage manager from 1969 to 2009, Nora now works part-time in the Stratford Festival Archives.  Nora’s biography “Whenever You’re Ready” by Shawn DeSouza Coelho was published in 2018. She has an insider’s view of how theatre works and sometimes doesn’t.