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Vancouver Whitecaps save the drama for the second act
Frailty, thy name is the Chicago Fire. I saw the Bard on the Beach’s performance of Hamlet (highly recommended by the way) the day before the Whitecaps dispatched Chicago 3-1 at BC Place and so the...
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The greening of Bard on the Beach
“‘Tis in ourselves that we are thus or thus. Our bodies are our gardens, to which our wills are gardeners.” - Iago in Othello, Act I, Scene III. Jennifer Gaze knows her Shakespeare. She knows that...
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Why is Ottawa holding out on the south Vancouver seniors’ centre?
Next week Vancouver council will be acting on two important public amenity issues, the long, long, long, LONG-awaited seniors centre in south Vancouver and the new $20.4 million arts space in Southeast...
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Vancouver International Wine Festival tickets go on sale on Tuesday
Mia Stainsby Vancouver Sun Get a jump on 2014 Vancouver International Wine Festival events. Tickets go on sale Tuesday, January 7 at 9:30 a.m. and this year, the theme country is France and the global...
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Notes from the Sun newsroom: Five things you need to know today
Good morning from the eighth floor of the Granville Square tower. The Weather Network says we should hit a high of 20 degrees with a mix of sun and cloud today. We are already at 19 degrees. Here’s...
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Casting howl goes out from Bard on the Beach for dog to play Crab in Two Gents
The call has gone out for a bulldog, beagle or boxer on the beach. Bard on the Beach is performing The Two Gentlemen of Verona this summer, and Shakespeare’s early play calls for a dog named Crab,...
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Gertie the basset hound lands her first theatre role in Vancouver Bard on the...
Bard on the Beach has found its hound for the beach. Gertie, a six-year-old basset hound, beat out 11 other finalists for the part of Crab in this summer’s Bard on the Beach production of The Two...
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Dressing the part: Costume designers bring Bard on the Beach characters to life
Bard on the Beach Shakespeare Festival June 1 to Sept. 23, various times | Under the Tents in Vanier Park Tickets and info: From $21 at bardonthebeach.org There is no disputing the power of...
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Theatre review: Bard's Much Ado a Fellini-esque romp
Much Ado About Nothing Until Sept. 23 | Bard on the Beach, Vanier Park Tickets and info: From $21 at bardonthebeach.org Lights! Cameras! Action! Cue the sunset over False Creek — or the monsoon — for...
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Theatre review: Bard on the Beach's Winter's Tale finds magic only in fits...
The Winter’s Tale To Sept. 22 | Bard on the Beach, Vanier Park Tickets and info. | From $21 at bardonthebeach.org Both mainstage shows at Bard on the Beach this summer revolve around a virtuous woman...
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Bard's Merchant of Venice a dark contemporary parable
The Merchant of Venice To Sept. 16 | Bard on the Beach, Vanier Park Tickets & Info: From $21 at bardonthebeach.org The Merchant of Venice is undoubtedly Shakespeare’s most difficult play for...
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Bard's Two Gentlemen of Verona serves up great comic theatre
The Two Gentlemen of Verona To Sept. 17 | Douglas Campbell Theatre, Vanier Park Tickets and info. | From $21 at bardonthebeach.org With the opening of The Two Gentlemen of Verona, all four of this...
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Three things to do in Vancouver on Wednesday, August 9
Looking for something to do in Metro Vancouver? Here are three suggestions for Wednesday, August 9. Bard on the Beach: Wine Wednesdays If you’re looking for the classiest possible night out, how about...
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Bard on the Beach announces 2018 playbill
Saturday, Sept. 23, is the final curtain call for the 28th season of Bard on the Beach. This year’s offer of a marvellous and inventive Much Ado About Nothing, a haunting period piece in A Winter’s...
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Review: Shylock meets the sensitivity police
Shylock To Sept. 15 | Bard on the Beach, Vanier Park Tickets and info: From $21, at www.bardonthebeach.org With his exaggerated nose and protruding teeth, dirty straggly hair and layers of ugly...
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Bard on the Beach goes to hell and meets the Beatles
Bard on the Beach: Macbeth When: June 6 — Sept. 13, various dates, times Bard on the Beach: As You Like It When: June 12 — Sept 22, various dates, times Where: BMO Mainstage, Vanier Park Tickets and...
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Bard on the Beach highlights women with Timon of Athens and Lysistrata
Timon Of Athens When: June 26 to Sept. 9 Lysistrata When: July 6 to Sept. 13 Where: Howard Family Stage, Vanier Park Tickets and info: From $24, bardonthebeach.org The titular character of...
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Theatre review: Yeah yeah yeah! Beatlemania meets the Bard in joyous As You...
As You Like It When: To Sept. 22 Where: Bard on the Beach, Vanier Park Tickets & Info: From $24; http://www.bardonthebeach.org For centuries scholars have debated whether William Shakespeare...
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Timon of Athens When: To Sept. 9. Where: Bard on the Beach, Vanier Park. Tickets & Info: From $24; bardonthebeach.org Timon of Athens is not one of Shakespeare’s better efforts. With little subtext...
View ArticleTheatre review: Real politics and fake penises in Bard's inspired Lysistrata
Lysistrata When: To Sept. 13 Where: Bard on the Beach Shakespeare Festival, Vanier Park Tickets & Info: From $24; bardonthebeach.org The four shows at Bard on the Beach this summer almost seem in...
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