By Ansharah Shakil, March 13 2024—
Of all of Shakespeare’s comedies, As You Like It is one of the happiest plays he ever penned, with a whimsical plot and an ending where everything is wrapped up together in a neat … Read the rest
By Andreea Timis, December 1 2023—
The University of Calgary’s School of Creative and Performing Arts opens its doors to its production of Shakespeare in Love from Nov. 24 to Dec. 2 at the Reeve Theatre. Based on the 1998 … Read the rest
By Ansharah Shakil, July 9 2023
Prolific playwright and recent University of Calgary graduate Jim Lair Beard is set to debut Love’s Heavy Burden, a sequel to Romeo and Juliet, in a limited run from June 20 to June 22 … Read the rest
By Troy Hasselman, April 6 2020 —
A widely passed-around anecdote in light of the self-isolation that has happened in the COVID-19 pandemic is that William Shakespeare spent his time in quarantine during a plague writing King Lear. Like most … Read the rest
By Kristy Koehler, February 1 2019—
In the final act of Shakespeare’s Hamlet, during the epic battle scene between Laertes and the titular Danish prince, Laertes cries out, “Ouch, my nards!” Sound like the Shakespeare you read in high school? … Read the rest
By Kristy Koehler, November 1 2018 —
“The play’s the thing,” says William Shakespeare’s Hamlet in a famous soliloquy.
This year, the play will be four very different things, as Haysam Kadri, artistic director of The Shakespeare Company, brings the … Read the rest
By Hibah Faheem, October 10 2017 —
Understanding Shakespearean plays can require exceptional effort and recreating these remarkable stories on stage requires unique talent. Luckily, the reenactment of William Shakespeare’s Julius Caesar by The Shakespeare Company at Vertigo Theatre was … Read the rest
By Rachel Woodward, January 10 2016 —
Are you someone that just can’t seem to get enough Shakespeare in your life? Are you ever sad that no one seems to apprecite iambic pentameter anymore? It might be a good idea … Read the rest
