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Rebecca Northan, the talent behind Blind Date, has learned to follow her “weird ideas”, all the way to Bard on the Beach and Stratford Festival
Read MoreSimple props and nuanced performances come together in Lois Anderson’s visually and aurally striking rendition
Read MoreThe set designer and costume creator Mara Gottler conjure a timeless, slightly dystopian world of travelling actors for Lois Anderson’s new adaptation
Read MoreAt Bard on the Beach, screens, mobs, political rallies, and military battles make Shakespeare’s ideas resonate in 2023
Read MoreCommitted comic performances, rainbow-hued ‘60s sets, and smoothly integrated Beatles songs make for a fun evening of Shakespeare
Read MoreDirector Cherissa Richards’s casting of Jennifer Lines as Mark Antony is just one of the show’s modern takes on Shakespeare’s tragedy
Read MorePsychedelic sets, flower-powered costumes, and a live band help make the BC-set show the fest’s biggest hit
Read MoreCritically acclaimed play melds Shakespeare and The Beatles in outdoor performances all summer long
Read MoreSmash hit As You Like It—which is set to The Beatles—and contemporary take on Julius Caesar headline 34th annual fest at Sen̓áḵw/Vanier Park
Read MoreChristopher Imbrosciano brings his lived experience to the role of a student with cerebral palsy in captivating dark comedy inspired by Shakespeare’s Richard III
Read MoreNew production begins at the end, and puts a farcical new spin on the Nurse
Read MoreDirector Anita Rochon tells the tale of star-crossed lovers from Juliet’s perspective
Read MoreMarci T. House and Donald Sales star in the Bard on the Beach performance of Djanet Sears’s “rhapsodic blues tragedy”
Read MoreFairies, talking trees, and creepy goblins all show up in the production directed by Scott Bellis
Read MoreFood-and-wine experiences are part of the 43rd annual fest
Read MoreShakespeare festival announces 2022 programming, including A Midsummer Night’s Dream, and special events
Read MoreThe Shakespeare Festival will be back at its iconic waterfront site for 2022 after a two-year hiatus
Read MoreReviewers south of the border are giving thumbs up to director Daryl Cloran’s hit
Read MoreDon’t expect straight-up adaptations as Done/Undone, Isabella, and more screen in-person and online
Read MoreBard on the Beach commissions a two-hander that looks critically at the playwright it’s named for
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