Category: SHAKESPEARE

As you like it  by William Shakespeare. deftly mixes pastoral fantasy, sarcastic wit, and probing reflections on love and identity.   Written around 1599, the play stands at the threshold of Shakespeare’s most sophisticated romantic comedies. Under the direction of Chris Abraham at the Stratford Festival, it comes alive. It showcases tyranny and rigid hierarchy in…

Much Ado about Nothing,  a play by William Shakespeare is one of his pared down comedies and though  a lighthearted play without too serious a tone  portrays reality and brings out serious issues such as male dominance and feminism. The play at Stratford was directed by Chris Abraham, a fun show and  has been an…

Shakespeare in Action  directed a play  Otîhêw for their annual, free outdoor summer production. This is a reimagining  of Shakespeare’s classic tragedy, Othello, which is set in a north-western factory fort along the Saskatchewan river in 1816. The story takes place at the height of imperial trading that drove colonization over sovereign Indigenous lands. Otîhêw…

PERFORMANCE REVIEW – A MIDSUMMER NIGHT ‘S DREAM             The play at High Park  A Midsummer Night’s dream by William Shakespeare was fantastical and magical as it was intended to be, incorporating the world of fairies and the supernatural world.  The stage  lighting displayed  a mosaic of colors on stained glass,  shimmering lights on capes…