A sure sign that summer is around the corner, Bard in the Park returns for its 13th season this June, this year presenting its take on Shakespeare’s Romeo and Juliet. Directed by Adrien Beattie, the Community Centre 55 supported event features a cast that “is a mix of familiar faces and newcomers,” said Beattie. “Some […]
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Summer nights are here with Bard in the Park
A sure sign that summer is around the corner, Bard in the Park returns for its 13th season this June, this year presenting its take on Shakespeare’s Romeo and Juliet. Directed by Adrien Beattie, the Community Centre 55 supported event features a cast that “is a mix of familiar faces and newcomers,” said Beattie. “Some […]
Entertainment Beat for October 18
Kindling Collective, an independent theatre company in the East End, will be debuting their production of Arthur Miller’s The Crucible October 28-30 at The Attic Arts Hub. The production brings new life to Miller’s classic story of the Salem witch trials which took place between 1692-93. The trio of recent George Brown Theatre School graduates […]
Actor shares passion for Shakespeare with Danforth
Colm Feore knows every line in Romeo and Juliet. Before he played Romeo on stage at Stratford, Feore wrote out the whole tragedy by hand, learning each word like a note in a score. He did the same when he played Pierre Trudeau on TV, and when he played the King of the Frost Giants […]
Dost thou enjoy the Bard? Othello opens in Norwood Park
Swordfights, singing, drunkenness, and love – Shakespeare had fun when he wrote the first acts of Othello. “I’ve watched versions of it where it’s total comedy at the start,” says Sean Killackey, director of the Beach’s Bard in the Park theatre company. “I think that’s what makes it a better tragedy in the end,” Killackey […]
This year’s Bard in the Park will be Anne’s swan song
Anne Butler, the tireless actor, teacher, director, and producer has decided, after almost 60 years in the business (37 of that in the Beach), to take a well-deserved retirement. The 75-year-old announced that this summer’s production of Julius Caesar will be her last with Bard in the Park, the Shakespeare company she founded in 2004. […]
