Opening night of the annual Stratford Festival in southwestern Ontario has been cancelled because of a bomb threat made against the festival’s two main theatres. Both the Avon and Festival Theatres were evacuated about dinnertime and a thorough search conducted. So far, nothing has been found. The threat was made in the form of a phone call to the town police. Festival officials were immediately advised and the two theatres were evacuated as a precaution. Mayor Dan Mathieson spoke briefly about the situation. Al Tucker, 75, was at the festival with this wife and friends. They had just made their way to the balcony of the Festival Theatre, he said, when police yelled, “Everybody out!” “It’s very disconcerting, but with all the things going on around us in the world, we’re not as surprised as we might have, should have been,” he told the CBC.
#BREAKING Threats against Stratford Festival force evacuation of Festival Theatre during opening night, #StratfordON Mayor Dan Mathieson says pic.twitter.com/rG3IWoCSEI
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