Julius Caesar August 4-September 2 Cambridge Battery, Point Pleasant Park $20-$25 shakespearebythesea.ca In June, New York’s Public Theater lost the support of two corporate sponsors that objected to its production of Julius Caesar, which portrayed the titular character as a Donald Trump-like dictator. (Spoiler alert from 500 years ago: Caesar is quite assassinated.) It sparked […]
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Top 5 local theatre productions
The Weekend Healer By Bryden MacDonald KAZAN CO-OP A devastating family drama from Nova Scotian playwright Bryden MacDonald boasted potent performances from Stephanie MacDonald and Kathryn MacLellan as mother and daughter with a dark past, and even darker future. Let’s Try This Standing By Gillian Clark Keep Good Theatre Company Personal, funny solo show chronicling […]
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Theatre review: As You Like It
Romance is in the air in Point Pleasant Park, as Shakespeare by the Sea brings to life the Bard’s playful, pastoral comedy As You Like It. It’s a story of love of many kinds, from “unrequited” to “at first sight.” Rosalind (Catherine Rainville) is deprived of her father’s love when the cruel Duke Frederick (Henri […]
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Shakespeare by the Sea’s Pinocchio is winning by a nose
Shakespeare by the Sea has spruced up the children’s classic Pinocchio with some quirky new characters (a muscle-shirted clam and a bearded baby for starters), lovely, hummable tunes rooted in Italian folk music and clever humour that will leave you laughing. Melissa MacGougan gives an anything-but-wooden performance as the titular would-be boy, who is led […]
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Best Theatre Production
Gold Winner The Addams Family, Neptune Theatre Silver Winner Pop Up Love Party, Zuppa Theatre Co. Bronze Winner Midsummer Night’s Dream, Shakespeare by the Sea The Addams Family’s entertainment juggernaut began to grow as a cutesy (black and white!) television series in 1964, then a few movies in the ’90s and, five years back, a […]
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Antony and Cleopatra’s epic love
A slice of history and an epic love story combine to make Antony and Cleopatra spellbinding theatre, says Shakespeare By The Sea’s co-artistic director Elizabeth Murphy. “People have an amazing familiarity with this story,” she says, as the cast and crew begin to trickle into the Park Place Theatre space to begin a day of […]
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Much Ado About Nothing
What a summer at Shakespeare by the Sea! First there was the purely delightful Snow White, then a memorable Hamlet and now Much Ado About Nothing that, I think, tops them both. It’s fast and funny, filled with hot chemistry and sharp wit. With her spunky demeanor and arch delivery, Kathryn McCormack seems born to […]
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Bard meeting
[image-1] The Shakespeare by the Sea season opens in a refurbished home with a playful (yet respectful) take on the Bard. The Complete Works of William Shakespeare (Abridged) is the perfect piece for showcasing the virtuosity of the actors of Shakespeare by the Sea, says the show’s co-director Jesse MacLean. “Imagine fitting 37 plays into an hour and a half,” he says, shaking his head. “Something like that means lightning changes from one extreme to the next that require extraordinary team work…There’s everything from sword fights to soliloquies, and that really gives these guys a chance to strut their stuff.”
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The Bard’s CSI
Good news. If you’re tired of those SVU and CSI summer reruns but really need a fix of blood, sex and madness, Shakespeare by the Sea’s Macbeth is the perfect answer. The production literally drips with blood and crackles with energetic sword fights. Genevieve Steele as Lady Macbeth wields sex as handily as the men […]
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Hot Summer Guide: Theatre events
Dartmouth Players presents Art Until June 27 Yasmina Reza’s Tony Award-winning play is ostensibly about the perception, interpretation and value of art, but actually has more to say about the ups and downs of friendship. Serge, Marc and Yvan have been buddies for over 15 years, each with their own roles within the trio. When […]
