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THANK YOU TO OUR 2020 SUPPORTERS

Our heartfelt thanks to the following corporations, foundations, community philanthropists, government agencies and local businesses for their support of Bard through sponsorship, donations and participation. As a not for profit organization we rely on, and are grateful for, these generous supporters.

Welcome to our 2021 Digital Season! You’ll discover a lineup designed for both our Festival followers and new audiences across Canada and beyond. The Festival’s 32nd Season, dubbed Press Play! and delivered entirely online, features our Shakespeare-themed feature film Done/Undone and more.

A Shakesperience Available online starting September 2021 Cost: FREE Join us for a whole new way of thinking about Shakespeare. This lively 60-minute piece challenges assumptions and defies traditions, while exploring and delighting in Shakespeare’s language. Conceived by Mary Hartman (Director of Education) and directed by Dean Paul Gibson (Coriolanus, 2019).

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Wine Wednesday Foundations When: October 6 | 7pm via Zoom Cost: $10 | $5 for Bard Members Join Bard’s Artistic Director Christopher Gaze and the Vancouver International Wine Festival Executive Director, Harry Hertscheg, as they sip Government support and savour a variety of BC wines with special guests from the wine industry. Bard Explored When: Saturdays, August 21, September 11, September 25 & October 2 11am via Zoom | Cost: FREE Simon Fraser University’s Paul Budra talks with some of the world’s leading literary scholars, including Oxford University’s Emma Smith (This is Shakespeare), actor and academic John “Ray” Proctor (Tulane University), Paul Yachnin (McGill University) and Farah Karim-Cooper (Shakespeare’s Globe).

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A Different Stage When: Available on SimpleCast, Spotify and more starting August 20. Cost: FREE A new podcast series that explores and shares stories about work, play and music in the theatre and at Bard. Kayvon Khoshkam (As You Like It, 2018) hosts this lighthearted series with a Shakespeare connection.

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Harveen Sandhu & Charlie Gallant Photo & Image Design: Emily Cooper

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PERFORMER Charlie Gallant PERFORMER Harveen Sandhu

Costume Designer Jessica Oostergo Set Designer Pam Johnson Assistant Set Designer Ryan Cormack Theatrical Lighting Designer Harika Xu Lighting Design Coordinator Gerald King Sound Designer & Composer Mishelle Cuttler Stage Manager Joanne P.B. Smith Assistant Stage Manager Rebecca Mulvihill Apprentice Stage Manager & Sharon Wu COVID-19 Safety Monitor Dramaturgy Support Christine Quintana Producer Jonathan Ryder Associate Producer/1st Assistant Director Annette Reilly Director of Photography Belen Garcia Editor Candelario Andrade Sound Editor Malcolm Dow

Done/Undone is inspired by a complex modern question: how well do Shakespeare’s plays stand the test of time – and should some of them not be staged anymore? This provocative and entertaining response brings multiple characters to life, including two battling scholars, a pair of actors in Hamlet, a theatre-going couple divided over Shakespeare’s appeal – and Shakespeare himself!

Done/Undone‘s central themes could be seen as challenging for a Shakespeare festival. But, says Bard Artistic Director Christopher Gaze, “This production brings an original and thoughtful new perspective to complicated modern questions. We believe its spirit, wit and bravery will resonate with many people and points of view.” The film addresses questions of race, sexuality, and which voices are heard and valued – questions that are also acknowledged within Bard’s organizational values and its Company Commitments.