Free talks related to the 2023 season will be held at the Guelph, London, Kitchener, Toronto and Hamilton Public Libraries on various dates from February to May. This is a non-ticketed event.

All lectures begin at 7 p.m. unless otherwise noted below.

Toronto Reference Library (Beeton Hall)
789 Yonge Street, Toronto, ON

• Thursday, February 16: Love’s Labour’s Lost with Philippa Sheppard, Lecturer, English, University of Toronto
• Thursday, February 23: Much Ado About Nothing with Jane Freeman, Director, Graduate Centre for Academic Communication, University of Toronto
• Thursday, March 2: King Lear with Alexander Leggatt, Professor Emeritus, English, University of Toronto
• Thursday, March 9: Richard II with Misha Teramura, Assistant Professor, English, University of Toronto

Hamilton Public Library - Valley Park Branch
970 Paramount Drive, Stoney Creek, ON

All lectures at the Hamilton Public Library from 6:30 to 7:30 p.m.

• Tuesday, March 21 at 6:30 p.m.: Frankenstein Revived with Jean Wilson, McMaster University
• Tuesday, March 28 at 6:30 p.m.: Les Belles-Soeurs with Ashley Williamson, Blyth Festival
• Tuesday, April 4 at 6:30 p.m.: Rent with Ronald Cummings, McMaster University
• Tuesday, April 11 at 6:30 p.m.: Much Ado About Nothing Melinda Gough, McMaster University

Kitchener Public Library
85 Queen Street, Kitchener, ON

• Tuesday, April 4: A Wrinkle in Time with Thomas Morgan Jones, Playwright and Director
• Tuesday, April 11: Frankenstein Revived with Sorouja Moll, University of Waterloo
• Tuesday, April 18: Casey and Diana Sarah Dowling, University of Toronto
• Monday, April 24: Women of the Fur Trade with Ki'en Debicki, McMaster University

Guelph Public Library
100 Norfolk Street, Guelph, ON

Please note the Song & Dance Workshop on April 29 starts at 2 p.m.

• Tuesday, April 4: A Wrinkle in Time with Charity Mensah, University of Guelph
• Tuesday, April 11: Casey & Diana with Peter Kuling, University of Guelph
• Tuesday, April 25: Rent with Jordana Cox and Sarah Klein, University of Waterloo
• Saturday, April 29 at 2 p.m.: Song & Dance Workshop with Melanie McInenly, Actor, Dancer and Singer

London Public Library - Central Branch (Stevenson & Hunt Room)
251 Dundas Street, London, ON

• Wednesday, May 3: Richard II with Kim Solga, Western University
• Wednesday, May 10: A Wrinkle in Time with Thomas Morgan Jones, Playwright and Director
• Wednesday, May 17: Much Ado About Nothing with Randall Martin, Western University
• Wednesday, May 24: Monty Python’s Spamalot with Neil Brooks & Scott Schofield, Huron University College