Bard On The Beach

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Bard on the Beach Shakespeare Festival was established in 1990 with a mandate to provide Vancouver residents and tourists with affordable, accessible Shakespearean productions of the finest quality. The Festival began as an Equity Co-op, funded primarily by a Canada Council Explorations grant awarded to Artistic Director and Founder, Christopher Gaze. Bard on the Beach is now a fully professional theatre company and last year engaged thirty actors as well as exceptional directors, designers, and technicians. The productions consistently receive both critical and audience acclaim. The plays are staged in Vanier Park on Vancouver's waterfront, in open-ended tents with a spectacular backdrop of mountains, sea and sky. The Mainstage tent seats 520 patrons and offers two productions staged in repertory from June through September. The 240-seat Douglas Campbell Studio Stage was added in 1999 as a venue for the lesser-known plays in Shakespeare's canon or innovative stagings of his greater works. In addition to its Shakespeare productions, Bard offers many ancillary activities including Words and Music concerts and specialty workshops and forums. The tented 'Bard Village' offers a range of patron services including concessions, bar and boutique. Over the years Bard on the Beach attendance has grown significantly from 6,000 patrons in 1990 to more than 86,000 patrons in 2007. In 2003, through a collaboration with Mission Hill Family Estate winery called 'Bard in the Vineyard',...

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