Returning to The Theatre Centre after two-years of sold-out runs, Shakespeare BASH’d is set to tackle one of the Bard’s most challenging and controversial plays: The Merchant of Venice.
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Returning to The Theatre Centre in Toronto, Shakespeare BASH’d is shifting gears from one of the most well-known Shakespeare plays to one of the least known or performed.
The Two Noble Kinsmen, a collaboration between playwrights Shakespeare and John Fletcher, explores many of the same themes we expect, including love, honour, and duty. But in this quirky play, those familiar topics are shown to us from new and unfamiliar perspectives, challenging expected ideas of gender, sexuality, romance, and ceremony.
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郝邦宇 Steven Hao is a Chinese-Canadian actor, singer, writer and director born and raised in China. He is a recent Toronto Metropolitan University graduate who is already making a name for himself in the theatre world. Hao will appear next in Shakespeare BASH’d’s upcoming production of The Tragedy of King Lear.
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Shakespeare BASH’d returns to the Monarch Tavern with an exciting new staging of Richard III. Co-Artistic Director James Wallis returns to the stage to play the title role; while Jennifer Dzialoszynski (Shaw Festival) navigates a complicated path as Lady Anne.
Both Wallis and Dzialoszynski share some insight into this play and their respective characters. READ MORE
This month, Shakespeare BASH’d brings an all-star cast into the Roaring Twenties with Twelfth Night. The play boasts an all-star cast that features some of the city’s best young Shakespeareans. To find out more about this production and their preparation for their respective roles, Daniel Briere (Sir Toby Belch), alongside Jesse Nerenberg (Sir Andrew Aguecheek) answered a few questions.
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You know it’s summer in the city, once the Toronto Fringe Festival takes over! This year’s festival begins this Wednesday, July 1 and runs until July 12. The line-up is packed with 148shows in 29 venues, featuring 1,200 artists in every imaginable genre. READ MORE
