W. Lloyd Williams

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The Bard is Alive in Ontario

Saturday, 19 June 2010, Stratford, ON We decided to spend the entire month of June in the Stratford area to enjoy the Shakespeare Festival. Several years ago we stayed in Niagara-On-The-Lake for the Shaw Festival. We have heard such wonderful things about the theatre here we thought we would try to see as my of the plays and musicals as possible before heading to Nova Scotia.

The highlight so far was The Tempest starring Christopher Plummer. He is here for his tenth season and the production was visually outstanding.

Last night we saw Evita starring Chilina Kennedy as Eva Peron and Josh Young as Che. Both had extraordinary voices and enjoyed them earlier in other productions.

Brent Carver starred in As You Like It and Jacque Brell Is Alive And Well In Paris. Brent became one of our favorite Canadian actors, after seeing his performance in Elizabeth Rex the Timothy Findley play that is now available on DVD.

We also saw Kiss Me Kate earlier in the week. The three theatres offer wonderful venues for these amazing players to perform. We still have further nights to come in the following weeks: A Winters Tale, Peter Pan, and more. If you have the opportunity and you are in Western Ontario please avail yourself of the these Canadian treasures. -L