Current & Up-Coming Events

• What's happening at the Centre this summer, at-a-glance?
  Check out our event calendar to view a listing of summer events.

• Can I be reminded of upcoming events at the Centre?
  Yes, our electronic "CMail" is free and easy to join... (and remove yourself from - we promise!). You will receive monthly or weekly updates that contain the latest news and events at the Centre.
  
  

The Charlottetown Festival

• How do I buy tickets for The Charlottetown Festival?
  You can purchase tickets at our user-friendly online Box Office. Our Box Office uses a secure server, ensuring that your transaction is encrypted.
  
  
• How many original Canadian world premier productions have been produced by The Charlottetown Festival?
  Over 70 since the 1965 season of The Charlottetown Festival.

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Anne of Green Gables – The Musical™

• Who were the actors cast as 'Anne Shirley' (Evening Performances) of The Charlottetown Festival's Anne of Green Gables - The Musical™?
  Jamie Ray, 1965 - 1967; Gracie Finley, 1968 - 1974, 1984, 1985; Malorie-Ann Spiller, 1975 - 1978; Susan Cuthbert, 1979 - 1980; Thea MacNeil, 1981 - 1983; Tracey Moore, 1986; Leisa Way, 1987 - 1990, 1993; Glynis Ranney, 1991, 1992; Tracy Michailidis, 1994 - 1996; Samantha Winstanley, 1997; Sharmaine Ryan, 1998 and 1999; Chilina Kennedy, 2000 - 2001; Jennifer Toulmin, 2002 - 2005;  and Amy Wallis, 2006-2008.
  
  
• Has Anne of Green Gables - The Musical™ been on tour?
  Yes. It has played with the Centre's cast at Expo '67 in Montreal, Expo '70 in Osaka, Expo'86 in Vancouver, New York's Broadway in 1972, an 8-city tour to Japan in '91, five Canadian coast to coast tours, and Ottawa in April-May '03.
  
  
• How many people are involved in cast & crew of Anne of Green Gables - The Musical™?
  76 cast & crew.
  
  
• How many people have seen Anne of Green Gables - The Musical™ since its opening night on July 27, 1965?
  By the end of the 2008 season, there will have been about 2,710 performances of Anne™ on the Centre’s Mainstage. Approximately 2.32-million people will have seen the show since 1965 in our 1,100-seat Mainstage theatre in Charlottetown.
  
• When was L.M. Montgomery's novel, Anne of Green Gables, published? By whom?Anne of Green Gables, Montgomery's first novel, was published in 1908 by the L.C. Page Company, of Boston.

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• Does the Art Gallery have a permanent collection?
  Yes, the Gallery has a collection of over 15,000 works of art by artists from across Canada.

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Confederation and the Confederation Centre of the Arts

• When was the Centre opened?
  It was officially opened on October 6, 1964, by Her Majesty Queen Elizabeth II.
  
  
• Who were the Fathers of Confederation?
  Adams G. Archibald, N.S.
  George Brown, Canada
  Alexander Campbell, Canada
  Frederic B.T. Carter, Nfld.
  George E. Cartier, Canada
  Edward B. Chandler, N.B.
  Jean Charles Chapais, Canada
  James Cockburn, Canada
  George H. Coles, P.E.I.
  Robert B. Dickey, N.S.
  Charles Fisher, N.B.
  Alexander T. Galt, Canada
  John Hamilton Gray, P.E.I.
  John Hamilton Gray, N.B.
  T. Heath Haviland, P.E.I.
  William A. Henry, N.S.
  William P. Howland, Canada
  John M. Johnson, N.B.
  Hector L. Langevin, Canada
  Andrew A. Macdonald, P.E.I.
  John A. Macdonald, Canada
  Jonathan McCully, N.S.
  William McDougall, Canada
  T. D'Arcy McGee, N.B.
  Peter Mitchell, N.B.
  Oliver Mowat, Canada
  Edward Palmer, P.E.I.
  William H. Pope, P.E.I.
  John W. Ritchie, N.S.
  J. Ambrose Shea, Nfld.
  William H. Steeves, N.B.
  Étienne P. Taché, Canada
  S. Leonard Tilly, N.B.
  Charles Tupper, N.S.
  Edward Whelan, P.E.I.
  Robert D.Wilmot, N.B.

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