Mark Leiren-Young, Vancouver Sun
June 11, 2014
Bard on the Beach has revisited most of Shakespeare’s plays during the years but as part of its 25th anniversary season the company’s artistic director Christopher Gaze decided to remount two of Bard’s most successful productions — director Meg Roe’s staging of The Tempest and Dean Paul Gibson’s A Midsummer Night’s Dream.
“I think of both this Dream and this Tempest as re-imagined and refreshed productions,” says Gaze. “Dean’s Dream was from 2006 and Meg’s Tempest was 2008. We wanted to revisit them on this 25th anniversary year. They are glorious productions and celebrate love, laughter and the joy of Shakespeare.”
A Midsummer Night’s Dream (which opens June 21) was the first show ever staged by Bard and is the staple of summer Shakespeare festivals around the world. This will be the sixth time Bard has staged it. […continued]
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