Slings & Arrows: Story, Cast and Series Facts

Story and premise

Geoffrey Tennant is the passionate but unstable artistic director of the New Burbage Theatre Festival. Haunted by the ghost of his predecessor, he struggles to realize his creative vision while handling touchy actors, a jittery general manager, a pretentious guest director and his own tempestuous romance with the festival's leading lady The backstage bedlam mirrors the onstage angst as Geoffrey directs three of Shakespeare's masterpieces -- Hamlet, Macbeth and King Lear -- one in each season.

Series details

• Title: Slings & Arrows
• Format: Scripted
• Language: English
• Genres: Drama, Comedy, Romance
• Premiere date: 2003-11-03
• Final broadcast date listed: 2006-08-28
• Status in TVmaze: Ended
• Network listed by TVmaze: Crave
• Network country: Canada
• Typical episode runtime: 60 minutes
• TVmaze community rating: 8/10
• TVMaze ID: 1283

Cast and credited roles

• Oliver Dennis — Jerry
• Paul Gross — Geoffrey Tennant
• Stephen Ouimette — Oliver Welles
• Martha Burns — Ellen Fanshaw
• Susan Coyne — Anna Conroy
• Mark McKinney — Richard Smith-Jones
• Catherine Fitch — Maria
• Graham Harley — Cyril
• Michael Polley — Frank
• Don McKellar — Darren Nichols
• Leon Pownall — Brian
• Seán Cullen — Basil

Seasons in the TVmaze catalogue

• Season 1: premiered 2003-11-03; final listed air date 2003-12-08; episode order: 6.
• Season 2: premiered 2005-06-27; final listed air date 2005-08-01; episode order: 6.
• Season 3: premiered 2006-07-24; final listed air date 2006-08-28; episode order: 6.

Source and licence

Adapted from Slings & Arrows on TVmaze. The synopsis is reproduced as plain text; catalogue facts, cast and season records are selected and reformatted. This adapted text is available under CC BY-SA 4.0, following the TVmaze API licence. Network and web-channel credits identify the service listed in this source; they do not establish current streaming availability.