Facilitated conversations with directors take place before matinee showings of four Bard on the Beach productions this season
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Core elements of this audience favourite remain in a production full of touches that feel unmistakably contemporary
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Vancouver’s Neworld Theatre is producing and administering nationwide initiative in search of experienced arts writers who are IBPOC or face other barriers
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This year’s event, on from August 7 to 17, also features a standup comedy show by YouTube star Manpreet Singh and all-ages dance workshops
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Young cast fuels this new production of the Roald Dahl classic with over-the-top silliness and sheer song-and-dance talent
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New production of Jessica B. Hill’s witty play reclaims the lost history of poet Emilia Bassano
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From revealing performances to spot-on costumes and sets, this new production conjures all the atmosphere of the play’s old London home
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Western Gold Theatre fundraiser features the U.K.–born Canadian artist in an intimate, informal setting
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In Bard on the Beach’s new production, retro pastels and power suits map surprisingly well onto the chaos of Shakespeare’s sometimes troublesome original
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Neworld Theatre in collaboration and SFU’s School for the Contemporary Arts humanizes the issue by drawing on real, lived memories of fires, floods, and heat waves
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With audiences sworn to secrecy over a decades-long run, the mystery at the heart of author’s most famous whodunit endures
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With modernized touches and strong performances, this adaptation renews the wit and scheming of Shakespeare’s classic comedy
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Rachel Drance’s poignant performance mixes well with choreographic and design innovations in new rendition of musical at the Stanley
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Sean Bayntun and Eliza De Castro sound off on bringing to life the bold characters of Charlie and the Chocolate Factory and Legally Blonde: The Musical
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Kat Sandler’s Wildwoman and Axis Theatre’s Where Have All the Buffalo Gone? round out the stage offerings
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The first female published poet in England interacts with Shakespeare in Jessica B. Hill’s witty, complex love story
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Designer Carmen Alatorre draws on old photos, film stills, and her own pastel-hued memories for Shakespearean comedy’s retro setting
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An energized live band accompanies the new rock musical, but the songs don’t always serve the storytelling
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Creator of Arts Club hits like A Closer Walk With Patsy Cline, Red Rock Diner, and the Stanley-opening Swing passed away at 87
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Johnna Wright directs the idyllic, Mediterranean-set Shakespeare play that revolves around two vastly different couples
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