It’s hard to believe that 30 years have passed since Bard on the Beach humbly started with only one tent at Vanier Park. They’ve not only made Shakespeare accessible to » Read More
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July 15, 2019
William Shakespeare’s Taming of the Shrew is easily one of the funniest in the bard’s canon but also one of the most controversial by today’s standards. Misogyny aside, the tactics » Read More
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June 25, 2018
Two of jolly ol’ England’s best exports have finally been united in a raucous affair! William Shakespeare’s pastoral comedy As You Like It intersects Beatlemania in Bard on the Beach’s » Read More
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June 20, 2018
Bard on the Beach returns for its 29th year with Shakespeare’s emotionally charged The Tragedy of Macbeth as its powerful season opener. The shocking plot of the darkly intense “Scottish » Read More
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June 19, 2017
The Tony Awards aired last week, with much ado given to play revivals, so it was with great joy and amusement that I watched director John Murphy’s updated take on » Read More
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June 28, 2013
Shakespeare’s Twelfth Night is believed to have been written at the turn of the 17th century (according to Wikipedia), however this centuries-old comedic tale of mistaken identities and love has » Read More
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April 30, 2012
Shakespeare’s romantic romp, The Taming of the Shrew, shines a comic spotlight on the pleasures and misadventures of the search for the perfect partner. Beautiful Bianca has no shortage of » Read More
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March 13, 2012
Tickets for the Bard on the Beach Shakespeare Festival go on sale March 19, kicking off the 23rd season of Vancouver’s most popular summer festival. Bard returns to Vancouver’s Vanier » Read More