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Tom Patterson Theatre

111 Lakeside Drive, Stratford, ON

The Tom Patterson sits on the river, between the Festival Theatre and downtown. It is the new house, opened in May 2022, and it is small enough that 'a bad seat' usually means a side angle, not a distant one. Read the ticket twice: Lazaridis Hall is in the same building and holds 185.

See the official seating chart & buy tickets

We don't sell tickets. Buy only from the official box office.

Seats
600 in the theatre; 185 in Lazaridis Hall
Stage
Intimate thrust, opened May 2022
Also here
Lazaridis Hall, an elongated thrust
Parking
Water Street lot: $25, or $20 if pre-booked with tickets

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Parking

Paid parking is at the Water Street lot: $25, or $20 if you pre-book it with the tickets. Special-access parking is limited, so pre-book it. There is limited free parking off Morenz Drive.

Parking for this theatre

Nearest lots

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Take a walk from here

Accessibility

Special-access seating is available. Ask for it when you buy. Pre-book the accessible parking — the supply is small. The Festival still cannot provide one-on-one physical assistance.

Seating, without the chart

  • Most seats are close. That is the point of a 600-seat thrust. An extreme side seat still watches in profile.
  • There is no distant gallery here that is automatically the bargain. Value is a centre seat that is not in the dearest rows.
  • The Festival does not describe this auditorium as steep. The Studio is the steep one.
  • Lazaridis Hall is a different room. If the chart you open doesn't match a 600-seat house, you are in the Hall.
  • No chart is copied onto this page.

Best seat for your budget

The stage is a thrust, so the audience sits on three sides. Side seats and balcony seats still see the play. You are choosing an angle, not a view of the back of a set.

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 lots: the Festival and Tom Patterson lots, $20 if you pre-book with the tickets, or $25 on the day. Lots open 2 hours before the performance. Special-access parking is limited, so reserve it.

The Cooper and Downie lots are free for 24 hours.

Pre-order interval drinks in the Festival's StratFest OnSite app.

Picnics can be pre-ordered 48 hours ahead and collected within 2 hours of the show at the Festival Theatre or the Tom Patterson Theatre.

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.

Festival on-site amenities

Current plays here

The shows at the Tom Patterson. Lazaridis Hall is a separate room in the same building.

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.

  • Stratford Festival cafés

    55 Queen Street and 111 Lakeside Drive

    Walk. In the building at Lakeside Drive; about 12 minutes from the Festival Theatre Planning estimate, not a measured Festival time.

    The reliable pre-show meal: a sandwich, a light plate, a drink, or a picnic you ordered ahead. Do not assume the counter is still open after the bows.

    Open Monday: —

    Menu on their site

    Their site only. We do not take a reservation, copy the menu, or quote a price.

  • The Starlight

    64 Wellington Street

    Walk. About 14 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: —

    See their current menu

    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. About 12–15 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: —

    See their current menu

    Their site only. We do not take a reservation, copy the menu, or quote a price.

  • The Common

    80 Wellington Street

    Walk. About 14 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: —

    See their current menu

    Their site only. We do not take a reservation, copy the menu, or quote a price.

Stratford Festival theatres