Stratford Festival launches streaming service

The Stratford Festival is launching its own streaming service.

It’s offering a new digital subscription series that includes it usual Shakespearean fare, as well as music, cooking, conversations and comedy.

The festival is charging $10 per month for Stratfest@Home.

It will add new content weekly and also bring back its Thursday night watch parties on YouTube on Oct. 22.

“With social isolation once more upon us, nights growing longer and winter approaching, we need the consolation of community like never before,” artistic director Antoni Cimolino said Monday in a statement.

“With these viewing parties and the many related artistic programs in Stratfest@Home, we invite you to enter the warmth of the Festival bubble.”

The festival says it plans to announce its 2021 season in the new year “when there is a clearer understanding of pandemic performance guidelines.”