Charlottetown Festival

festival, Charlottetown, Prince Edward Island, Canada

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The Charlottetown Festival is a celebration of theatre held annually in Charlottetown, Prince Edward Island, Canada. It takes place at the Confederation Centre of the Arts, a multifunctional arts complex. Since 1965, the festival has featured various theatrical productions, most notably the long-running musical Anne of Green Gables—The Musical, based on the novel by Lucy Maud Montgomery. Charlottetown, the capital of Prince Edward Island, is a hub for the province's culture, with many artists inspired by the island's landscape.123

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…most distinctive group is the Charlottetown Festival, in Charlottetown, Prince Edward Island (founded 1965), which produces Canadian shows exclusively. Its most successful show, Anne of Green Gables, an adaptation of Lucy Maud Montgomery’s novel, has been staged both in London and on Broadway.
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…most distinctive group is the Charlottetown Festival, in Charlottetown, Prince Edward Island (founded 1965), which produces Canadian shows exclusively. Its most successful show, Anne of Green Gables, an adaptation of Lucy Maud Montgomery’s novel, has been staged both in London and on Broadway.
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