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As You Like It
A hilarious romp through the forests of Arden – witty, playful and utterly magical! This cross-dressing romantic adventure of Rosalind and Orlando is filled with some of the Bard’s most poetic language as a series of misunderstandings, gender confusio ... more
Now in its 19th season, Bard on the Beach is one of Canada's largest not-for-profit, professional Shakespeare Festivals. Presented in a magnificent setting on the waterfront in Vancouver's Vanier Park, the Festival offers Shakespeare plays, related dramas ... more
The Back Kitchen Release Party
A Trans-Canada Musical Adventure! BY TREVOR DEVALL WITH ORIGINAL MUSIC BY ALISON JENKINS, DON NOBLE, TRACEY POWER, AND THE BACK KITCHEN. DIRECTOR DON NOBLE June 19–August 2, 2008- Granville Island Stage “It’s just good clean East Coast table thumpin’ mu ... more
The Inspector General (Russian: Ревизор or Revizor or in German Der Revisor), is a satirical play by the Russian playwright and novelist Nikolai Gogol, published in 1836 and revised for the 1842 edition. Based upon an anecdote allegedly recounted to Gogol ... more
The Inspector General (Russian: Ревизор or Revizor or in German Der Revisor), is a satirical play by the Russian playwright and novelist Nikolai Gogol, published in 1836 and revised for the 1842 edition. Based upon an anecdote allegedly recounted to Gogol ... more
The Inspector General (Russian: Ревизор or Revizor or in German Der Revisor), is a satirical play by the Russian playwright and novelist Nikolai Gogol, published in 1836 and revised for the 1842 edition. Based upon an anecdote allegedly recounted to Gogol ... more
Festival Variety Show
Jam-packed with great music, zany characters and wild antics, our 2008 Festival Variety Show features three music acts from our American neighbours. Musical powerhouse Linda Tillery and the Cultural Heritage Choir, the King of Zydeco Terrance Simien with ... more
The Producers
A New Mel Brooks Musical BOOK BY MEL BROOKS AND THOMAS MEEHAN “We have to find the worst play ever written!” When Broadway producer Max Bialystock and neurotic accountant Leo Bloom discover they can make more money with a theatrical flop than with a hit ... more
Hansel and Gretel
An enchanting adaptation of a fairy tale classic by a masterful puppeteer. Once upon a time two children lived in a tiny cottage their father, a poor woodcutter, and their stepmother. So begins this classic fairy tale by the Grimm Brothers, brought to ... more
People of the Plains
Red Thunder: The Next Generation from ALberta. Celebrate the unique heritage of Alberta's First Nations Peoples with an energetic display of dances and songs. All ages, 50 minutes, Variety Theatre. Tickets: $17 Thursday May 15 at 10:30am Friday May 1 ... more