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SUMMER
FESTIVALS
BARD
ON THE BEACH ANNOUNCES 2005 SEASON
VANCOUVER,
B.C: Artistic Director Christopher Gaze is pleased
to announce the playbill for Bard on the Beach
Shakespeare Festival's 16th season which runs June
2 through September 25, 2005. Playing in repertory
in the 520-seat Mainstage tent will be the classic
romantic comedy As You Like It directed by Robert
McQueen and the witty romance Love's Labour's Lost
directed by Michael Shamata. In the 240-seat
Douglas Campbell Studio Stage tent, Bard will go to
repertory for the first time presenting an intimate
staging of Shakespeare's dramatic tragedy, Hamlet,
paired with the Tom Stoppard's Tony Award-winning,
20th century comic look at theHamlet tale,
Rosencrantz and Guildenstern Are Dead. Both
Studioproductions will be staged by Dean Paul
Gibson.
Love
at first sight, exile, disguise and misplaced
affections blend deliciously in As You Like It
where Rosalind, dressed as a boy, teaches her
unsuspecting suitor Orlando how to woo. In Love's
Labour's Lost, the love-struck King and his Lords
must devise secretive (and hilarious) ways to
pursue their favorite ladies because they recently
made a pledge to forsake female company. Murder, a
hasty marriage and a ghost's demand for revenge set
the scene for the great tragedy Hamlet, as the
Prince of
Denmark
seeks to expose his Uncle's heinous deed. In
contrast, Tom Stoppard's fabulously inventive
modern comedy Rosencrantz and Guildenstern Are Dead
takes us behind-the-scenes as two of Shakespeare's
minor characters become both audience and actors in
Hamlet drama.
Run
dates and Special Events are as follows:
As You Like It: June 2 to September 25, (Mainstage
tent)
Love's
Labour's Lost: June 15 to September 24, (Mainstage
tent)
Hamlet:
June 30 to September 23, (Studio Stage
tent)
Rosencrantz
and Guildenstern Are Dead: July 13 to September 22,
(Studio Stage tent)
Bard-B-Q
& Fireworks - Play & Salmon Barbecue
followed by Celebration of
Light
Fireworks: July 27 & 30, Aug. 3 &
6
Celebrating
Red & White - Play plus Wine Tasting either
before or after
the
show: August 20
A
Merry Evening of Opera - Vancouver Opera Orchestra
and UBC Opera
Ensemble
in concert: Aug. 22 & 29
Tea
with Titus - a free dramatic reading of "Titus
Andronicus": August 28
Young
Shakespeareans - Workshops for youth 8 to 18: July
& August
Western Canada's largest professional Shakespeare
company, Bard on the Beach presents its festival in
Vanier Park adjacent to Vancouver's downtown core.
The productions are staged in tents on the
waterfront against a spectacular backdrop of
mountains, sea and sky; the back of
the
Mainstage
tent is open behind the actors providing a dramatic
natural backdrop till sunset. Performances run
Tuesdays through Sundays with evening curtain at
8:00 pm in June, July and August except Sundays
when it is 7:00 pm. In September all evening
performances move to 7:00pm. Matinees are scheduled
on both weekends and weekdays. Ticket prices range
from $16.00 to $28.50 including
taxes.
The
performance schedule and information can be found
on the Bard website at www.bardonthebeach.org.
For tickets and information, call 604-739-0559 or
toll free at 877-739-0559, or order on-line through
the website.
 The
Vancouver Folk Music
Festival.
Jericho
Beach Park, July 15, 16 & 17,
2005
Theatre
Under the
Stars
to
feature "Can Can" and "Big" at Malkin Bowl, Stanley
Park, Mid July to Mid August. Order tickets
early.
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