The staging of Cymbeline at this year’s Bard on the Beach squares out the themes of “daughters and redemption”. While A Midsummer Night’s Dream and Cymbeline center around defiant daughters, » Read More
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July 14, 2014
Last Thursday night’s opening of Bard on the Beach’s Equivocation took place on newly-minted Howard Family Stage, in an evening of pride for both Paul and Darlene Howard (long-time Bard » Read More
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June 18, 2014
Bard on the Beach Shakespeare Festival continues its 25th anniversary celebration season with the Shakespearean-themed drama Equivocation by American playwright and Jesuit priest Bill Cain. Palace intrigue and backstage humour » Read More
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December 5, 2013
As It’s Snowing on Saltspring opens, the Granville Island Stage reveals a homey cottage setting, presumably on Salt Spring Island. A channel-flipping, super-lazy Bill Bannister (Andrew McNee) is ensconced on » Read More
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March 11, 2013
Enter the forest world of The Magic Flute. Vancouver Opera’s current production is decidedly First Nations-themed. As the show opens, beautiful backdrops of Vancouver are superimposed together with softly crashing » Read More
