Stratford Festival Trip - London Assurance, September 19, 2024

 

London Assurance at Stratford Festival Theatre poster
 

London Assurance

  What: to see the hilarious comedy London Assurance, make new friends and renew old friendships.
  Where: Festival Theatre, Stratford Ontario.
  When: September 19, 2024, 2:00 p.m. matinee performance.
  Who: Everyone is welcome to join us.
 

 About the play: 

Harcourt and Spanker

“LOVE! WHY, THE VERY WORD IS A BREATHING SATIRE UPON MAN'S REASON…”  
 
Sir Harcourt Courtly is an over-the-hill London fop. Arriving at Oak Hall to claim his wealthy and scandalously young bride, Courtly’s plan for a get-rich-quick weekend in the country is scuttled by his dissolute son, Charles, and a cast of Victorian eccentrics that includes the unforgettable Lady Gay Spanker and her husband, “Dolly.” Celebrated as one of the great British stage comedies, London Assurance is a brilliant precursor to the works of Oscar Wilde and George Bernard Shaw, full of liveliness, fun and comically relatable stories of family and friendships.

“This play is filled with unbridled joy.” —Director Antoni Cimolino
 

There's Still Time To Join Us!

Our timelines and deadlines are determined by the Stratford Festival's ticket sales dates. The down payment for the reserved block of fifty theatre tickets was paid on June 20. A 56-passenger bus has been reserved for the trip. We can continue selling theater tickets until August 5. There's still time to join us! Just nine seats remain.

Two Pricing Options:

1. The Complete Package: includes a group discount ticket, round-trip chartered bus from Windsor to and from Stratford, and a buffet dinner after the play.

2.  à la carte: select what works best for you from the list of four items. This is useful if you're driving in from areas other than Windsor.

 

Option 1: The Complete Package. This includes:

  • A Zone A theatre ticket in Orchestra or a Zone B theatre ticket in Orchestra (your choice, subject to availability).
  • Return chartered bus trip Windsor/Stratford.
  • Buffet Dinner in the Marquee Room, Stratford Theatre includes:

Tomato Bisque, Garden Salad, Orzo Salad, Herb Roasted 
Chicken Thigh, Vegan Tikka Masala, Mini Potato, Roasted Vegetable, 
Sliced Fruit, Assorted Cookies, Coffee & Tea. Cash bar.

  • Special guest presentations.
  • and more.

Pricing for the complete package is as follows:

  • one Zone A theatre ticket package is $230.78 per person (HST included) 
  • one Zone B theatre ticket package is $206.61 per person (HST included)

Choose your seat(s) from the seating map below and send an email with the seat identifier(s) to wura@uwindsor.ca. When ordering, please let us know if you need any special accommodations; i.e. wheelchair access, hearing assistance devices, etc. We will contact you to confirm your choices and how to pay.

 

Option 2: à la carte. Choose which specific items you'd like from the list shown below:

  • Zone A ticket, single seat is $87.85 per person, HST included. 
  • Zone B ticket, single seat is $63.68 per person, HST included.
  • Chartered bus round trip from Windsor to Stratford is $75.14 per person, HST included.
  • Buffet dinner after the performance is $67.80 per person, HST included. 

Choose your seat(s) from the seating map below, tell us if you want the bus trip and/or the buffet dinner and send an email with the seat identifier(s) to wura@uwindsor.ca. If you're ordering from the à la carte menu, please let us know if you need any special accommodations; i.e. wheelchair access, hearing assistance devices, etc. We will contact you to confirm your choices and how to pay.

 

How to Select Your Seats from our block of reserved seats:

  • Place your order soon for best seating options. First come, first served. We have fifty seats in our reserved block.
  • Deadline to place your order has been extended to August 5, 2025. Payment in full is due no later than August 5.
Choose your seats from our discounted block of  reserved seats (Note: Web browsers allow you to adjust the size of your image. One way, for example, may be by holding the Ctrl key down and spinning the mouse wheel to "zoom in" to an area of the seating map.)

Referring to the seating map below, the seats that are available in our reserved block have coloured dots in front of them. The red dots in front of the seat indicates a Zone A seat. The green dots indicate a Zone B seat.

The seat is identified by the Aisle number (2, 3 or 4) a row letter (L, M, N, O or P) and a number on the "seat" itself. For example, the red arrow points to the seat in aisle 4 row P seat 35 on the seating map below.

 

Seat guide closeup

 

The grid below shows the availability of seats in our reserved block. All the Zone A seats have been sold. Zone B seats that are still available for sale are shaded in green. Seats that are shaded in yellow have been sold.

Zone A tickets sold = 13 Zone A Tickets remaining = 0 Zone B tickets sold = 28 Zone B tickets remaining = 9 Bus Seats Sold = 41

Waiting List = 0

Aisle 3 Row L

Seat 50 Sold

   Aisle 3 Row L

Seat 51 Sold

Aisle 3 Row L

Seat 52 Sold

Aisle 2 Row L

Seat 53 Sold

Aisle 2 Row L

Seat 54 Sold

Aisle 2 Row L

Seat 55 Sold

Aisle 2 Row L

Seat 56 Sold

Aisle 3 Row M

Seat 47 Sold

Aisle 3 Row M

Seat 48 Sold

Aisle 3 Row M

Seat 49 Sold

Aisle 3 Row M

Seat 50 Sold

Aisle 3 Row M

Seat 51 Sold

Aisle 2 Row M

Seat 52 Sold    

 Aisle 4 Row O

Seat 33 Sold

Aisle  4 Row O Seat 34 Sold

Aisle 4 Row O Seat 35 Sold

 Aisle 4 Row O Seat 36 Sold

Aisle 3 Row O Seat 37 Sold

Aisle 4 Row P Seat 35 Sold

Aisle 4 Row P Seat 36 Sold

Aisle 2 Row M Seat 53 

Aisle 2 Row M Seat 54 Sold

Aisle 2 Row M Seat 55 Sold

Aisle 2 Row M Seat 56 Sold

Aisle 3 Row N

Seat 46 Sold

Aisle 3 Row 4

Seat 47 Sold

Aisle 3 Row N

Seat 48 Sold

Aisle 3 Row N

Seat 49 Sold

Aisle 3 Row N Seat 50 Sold

Aisle 3 Row N Seat 51

Aisle 2 Row N Seat 52

Aisle 2 Row N Seat 53 Sold

Aisle 2 Row N Seat 54 Sold

Aisle  2 Row N

Seat 55 Sold

Aisle  2 Row N

Seat 56 Sold

Aisle  3 Row O

Seat 46 Sold

Aisle  3 Row O

Seat 47 Sold

Aisle  3 Row O Seat 48 Sold

Aisle  3 Row O Seat 49

Aisle  3 Row O Seat 50

Aisle  3 Row O Seat 51

Aisle  2 Row O Seat 52

Aisle 2 Row O Seat 53

Aisle  2 Row O Seat 54

Aisle 2 Row O Seat 55 Sold 

Aisle  2 Row O Seat 56 Sold 

Aisle  4 Row P Seat 24 Sold

Aisle 4 Row P

Seat 25 Sold

Aisle 4 Row O

Seat 26 Sold

Aisle 4 Row P

Seat 26 Sold

       

The image below shows the approximate location of our block of seats (seats painted over in green) in the Festival Theatre.

Festival theatre view of our assigned seats

This image provides you with a sense of the view of the stage from "our" seats.

View of the Festival stage from the vantage point of the block of seats assigned to WURA.

 

The Fine Print:

Departure and Travel Information for people who take the chartered bus service.Location of free parking at Silver City Cinema.

  • the bus is provided by Badder Bus Lines and are staffed by licensed, professional drivers.
  • participants should assemble at the Silver City Theatre on Walker Road at Provincial Road near Chuck's Roadhouse and Taka Sushi at 8:00 a.m. on September 19, 2024. The bus will leave at 8:30 a.m. sharp. See map.
  • at least one rest stop can be made on the trips to and from Stratford.
  • the bus does have a restroom.
  • Mikhail Holdings Ltd. have given us very kind permission to park our cars for free at the Silver City parking lot.
  • We will be leaving Stratford immediately after the buffet dinner is over. The trip back to Windsor is expected to take three hours.

For People Travelling to Stratford By Other Means

Deadlines, Payments and Refunds:

  • All ticket sales must end on August 5, 2024.
  • IMPORTANT! Theatre tickets purchased from our reserved block of tickets are eligible for a full refund if the trip is cancelled. Theatre tickets that you purchase yourself through the Stratford Festival box office are subject to whatever refund policy is in place from the Stratford Festival.

Other Information (from the Stratford Festival website):

  • The Stratford Festival Theatre provides accessibility support services. Please visit their website for more information
  • Guests are welcome to bring bottled water or beverages in our lidded theatre cups into the auditorium – but, please, no other food or drinks.
  • We encourage a scent-free environment; please refrain from wearing perfume, cologne and other scented products when visiting our theatres.
  • Please turn off all mobile devices once you’re seated so that no one will be disturbed during the performance.
  • Photographs may not be taken and recordings are not permitted at any time during the performance.
  • Please refer to our Visiting FAQ on our website for more information.

And just a little more information:

  • We are excited to have Brian Taylor, Professor Emeritus from the School of Dramatic Art, University of Windsor join us on the bus. Brian will give a presentation offering insights about the play we'll be seeing. On the return trip, he will lead a discussion about the play, sharing his thoughts and engaging us in conversation about what we experienced.
  • We also hope to have a brief "meet and greet" after the play with some of the actors in London Assurance. Stay tuned for more information.
  • All information provided on this website is subject to change at any time.
  • WURA and its representatives cannot be held responsible for any issues arising from this offering.

Stratford Festival Theatre

The Stratford Festival Theatre

 

 

Questions? Send e-mail to wura@uwindsor.ca.