Bard on the Beach
201-162 West 1st Ave V6J 3J9 Vancouver, BC, Canada

We're so excited to announce our Back on the Beach matching campaign! Bard's Board of Directors have banded together with some of our visionary donors and promised us $300,000 if we are able to raise $300,000 from you - our Bard Community! This total of $600,000 would play a huge part in achieving our goal of returning our Festival to the Park in 2021, and offsetting the financial gap we’ll inevitably face in the coming year. Head over to the link in our bio and find out the difference your donation can make today. bardonthebeach.org/support-us/matching-campaign

Our Operations Team Member Scott is sporting our Exit Pursued By A Bear T-Shirt. If you’re doing holiday shopping, make sure to grab yours now because there’s BEARly any left in stock! Exit, Pursued By A Bear is from The Winter’s Tale and considered to be the most famous of Shakespeare's stage directions. Shop & Discover: www.bardonthebeach.shop/

It's Tunes-day! Enjoy this mid-day listening treat from The Quarantettes. Words by Christina Rosetti, 1830 - 1894. BMO Virtual Mainstage Sponsor | BMO Financial Group... https://youtu.be/kRpNIcm4q1E

Do you want to make a meaningful contribution to a Vancouver performing arts organization? Bard on the Beach is recruiting interested individuals in the community to join its Board of Directors or become a member of one of its Board Committees, starting in March 2021. We are committed to building a wide range of perspectives into our governance process and encourage people from all backgrounds to apply. ... Full details and deadline here: https://bardonthebeach.org//board-of-director-and-board-c/

Missing summer? Well, we're bringing you a week full of musical sunshine from The Quarantettes! Brought together by the pandemic, The Quarantettes began as four friends serenading neighbours at their doorsteps and balconies in East Vancouver. Now a group of six musicians and singers, The Quarantettes have recorded their first EP "Dreaming Through Twilight" - a joyful musical rendering of 5 poets’ meditations on death, the soul, and the sublime, set to original composition...s for voice and instrumental ensemble. To purchase the digital album, visit: https://thequarantettes.bandcamp.com/releases And stay tuned for more!.. BMO Virtual Mainstage Sponsor | BMO Financial Group https://youtu.be/y0uW38-cZd8

Tune in for our next Speech of the Week webinar on Monday, November 16 at 5pm, featuring special guest artist Scott Bellis Speech of the Week is an interactive speech masterclass series new to this year and designed for this moment. This series is for all ages and all experience levelsand it’s FREE! ... Speech of the Week Sponsor | BlueShore Financial To sign up & learn more: bardonthebeach.org/education/speech-of-the-week/

It's the series finale of My Thoughts I'll Character! Tara Cheyenne Friedenberg's "Titania in 5" with with Olivia C. Davies, Jasper Friedenberg Stewart, AJ Simmons & Raina von Waldenburg. Tara Cheyenne Friedenberg has choreographed 8 productions at Bard. She is also Bard’s movement coach. Tara is the Artistic Director of Tara Cheyenne Performance (Tara Cheyenne Performance). BMO Virtual Mainstage Sponsor | BMO Financial Group ... My Thoughts I’ll Character Sponsor | Lawson Lundell LLP https://youtu.be/ZVKiUNvNbeU

We're giving you special access to our Howard Family Stage Dress Rehearsal Chat for a glimpse behind-the-scenes at Bard. This event is one of the many new benefits Midsummer Magic+ Members receive exclusive Q&A sessions with our Company members after the events. Associate Artistic Director Dean Paul Gibson (Director of Coriolanus, 2019) chats with Coriolanus Company members Moya O’Connell, Marci T. House, and Colleen Wheeler about the importance of dress rehearsals and the... differences between Preview performances and the rest of the run. Watch & listen now! https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LW6Y_l1xB9M&feature=youtu.be

Join us for an all-ages text masterclass on Zoom, featuring a special guest actor and hosted by our Director of Education, Mary Hartman. Then, make the speech your own! Come share your discoveries in a working session and record your speech to be included in a video compilation. See schedule & sign up now: https://bardonthebeach.org/education/speech-of-the-week/

Now that's one lucky collector! What would you do if you had a copy? "A complete copy of the First Folio comes up more or less once in a generation..." https://www.npr.org//christies-auction-of-shakespeares-fir

Our popular Bard Beyond the Beach Tote Bag is TOTE-ally perfect for carrying all your essentials (including your dog!*). *Bag does not include dog he happily belongs to Maya our Marketing Manager. SHOP NOW: https://www.bardonthebeach.shop//bard-beyond-the-beac/760

Learn about how the BMO Mainstage is built in the third and final segment of the Building Bard series. Plus, take a 360 look inside the tent! We'd like to thank BMO Financial Group for stepping up as our Virtual Mainstage Sponsor this season! https://bardonthebeach.org//building-bard-the-bmo-mainsta/

NEW EPISODE of My Thoughts I'll Character! Watch Marci. T House in "Aufidius And The World" with Jeff Gladstone and don't miss the series finale next Friday. Marci was a Company member in our production of Coriolanus (2019) and in Timon of Athens and Lysistrata (2018). Jeff was most recently a Company member in our 2019 production of All's Well That Ends Well. BMO Virtual Mainstage Sponsor | BMO Financial Group ... My Thoughts I’ll Character Sponsor | Lawson Lundell LLP https://youtu.be/LNRewFARncg

Thanks to all of your incredible support, we're almost at 1,000 YouTube subscribers! Subscribe to our YouTube channel now for a chance to win a copy of Hamnet & Judith by Maggie O'Farrell and a Bard ceramic mug. The winner* of this perfect fall-reading package will be randomly selected from our new subscribers once we reach our goal of 1,000. And stay tuned for more contests coming soon in our E-News! ... SUBSCRIBE NOW: youtube.com/bardonthebeachfest *Contest winner will be contacted via YouTube. A special thank you to Book Warehouse on Broadway for donating this book check out their website for more great reads: www.bookwarehouse.ca

It’s the final episode of If Music Be The Food Of Love! Watch Ghazal Azarbad and Christopher Allen in Divine Darkness. Ghazal starred as Viola in our 2019 production of Shakespeare in Love. Both Ghazal and Christopher were cast in our 2020 Bard Company. This piece was inspired by Paradise Lost, written by Erin Shields. BMO Virtual Mainstage Sponsor | BMO Financial Group ... If Music Be The Food Of Love Sponsor | VCAD (Visual College of Art and Design) https://youtu.be/y37cn_12qog

Bard Education is launching SPEECH OF THE WEEK, an interactive speech masterclass series new to this year and designed for this moment. This series is for all ages and all experience levels...and it’s free! Each session focuses on a new speech, carefully selected for its juicy words and rich imagery. Join us for the webinar, followed by a working session, and finally, make the speech your own! For every session, we'll make a compilation video from the beautiful uploaded reco...rdings we receive, like this one here. Enjoy this multitude of Hamlets, speaking the speech! Stay tuned for the full series schedule, coming soon! Speech of the Week Sponsor | BlueShore Financial https://youtu.be/5V3BQrFYkgg

NEW episode of My Thoughts I'll Character now available! EPISODE 7 - Michael Blake's "WORDS, WORDS, WORDS". Michael played the lead role in Othello at Stratford Festival in 2019 and last performed at Bard in King Lear (2015). BMO Virtual Mainstage Sponsor | BMO Financial Group ... My Thoughts I’ll Character Sponsor | Lawson Lundell LLP https://youtu.be/o1RCZ2Dy-VM

We are now accepting applications for our 2021 Riotous Youth program! This part-time opportunity is for young people considering careers in the arts. Deadline to submit applications is 11:59pm on November 15, 2020. ... https://bardonthebeach.org//riotous-youth-2021-application/

Watch the latest episode from If Music Be the Food Of Love! Carly Street was cast in our 2020 Bard Company and is supported by musician Beau Dixon. This video is dedicated to the memory of Brent Carver. BMO Virtual Mainstage Sponsor | BMO Financial Group ... If Music Be The Food Of Love Sponsor | VCAD (Visual College of Art and Design) https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=176FuRh_utk

Happy Friday! Make sure to watch our newest episode of My Thoughts I'll CharacterMing Hudson and Austin Eckerts' "A Dream Of Passion". Ming and Austin were both most recently Company members in our 2019 productions The Taming of the Shrew and Shakespeare in Love. BMO Virtual Mainstage Sponsor | BMO Financial Group ... My Thoughts I’ll Character Sponsor | Lawson Lundell LLP https://youtu.be/ijZG2jPR5hQ

This Sunday at 4PM PST, The Quarantettes will be releasing their debut EP "Dreaming Through Twilight"! Join them for a live-streamed performance and discussion about the creation process on Facebook. "Born out of the unique circumstances of the pandemic, four friends, all working artists facing unemployment in the wake of COVID-19, thought it would be fun to learn some 4-part songs with which to serenade our neighbours at their doorsteps and balconies.With the development su...pport of Bard on the Beach, we created Dreaming Through Twilight - a joyful musical rendering of 5 poets’ meditations on death, the soul, and the sublime, set to original compositions for voice and instrumental ensemble." Keep an eye out for more from The Quarantettes coming soon! To join & learn more: https://www.facebook.com/thequarantettes/posts/104256741447955 Album cover designed by Sally Zori featuring the sweet embroidery skills of Mishelle Cuttler