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In case you missed them on Urban Rush – here are three terrific interviews with Bard company members. Including artistic director Christopher Gaze, Mainstage actor Bernard Cuffling and King John director Dean Paul Gibson.

Have you ever been to a Bard production and thought “wow, those costumes are gorgeous…do they rent them”?

This is great news for all you wonderful cyclists out there. On our Bard-B-Q & Fireworks nights, West Point Cyles – our official Bike to Bard sponsor – is offering a free bike valet! The first 200 patrons who arrive by bicycle will also receive a free gift courtesy of West Point Cycles.

The great thing about a Shakespearean production is that in many of them you can expect to see a truly great sword fight – especially in a tragedy. We love a good fight at Bard on the Beach – we try our best to keep it onstage.  Here’s a video of fight director Nicholas Harrison, explaining to the Vancouver Sun the joys and difficulties involved in staging a fight sequence for the theatre.

Nicholas Harrison, Bard on the Beach’s Firght Director made a great teaser trailer for Bard’s 2012 production of Macbeth. He made this with his iPhone! Check it out below.

Here’s the official trailer shot in HD by the terrific guys at Bombshelter Productions.
Edited by Sean Sullivan, camera work by Mike Mckinlay

We are extremely fortunate at Bard on the Beach to work with some truly amazing staff members who often go above and beyond to get the job done. Case in point: Sydney Cavanagh (Bard’s Head of Wardrobe) and Mara Gottler (BMO Mainstage Costume Designer) were looking for the perfect pair of men’s pants for the actors to wear in Macbeth. Sydney pulled about 100 different styles and cuts from various sources including many online sites.

Congratulations to all the Jessie nominees and winners! Mara Gottler took home the prize for Outstanding Costume Design for The Merchant of Venice (2011). Director Rachel Ditor was on hand to accept it on her behalf and thanked our head of wardrobe Sydney Cavanagh and all the fabulous men and women who work tirelessly behind the scenes costuming at Bard. It was truly lovely.

The previews for The Merry Wives of Windsor begin this Thursday. Director Johnna Wright has decided to set the play in the late 1960s, because as she says  “like Elizabethan England, the North America of this decade was a time of profound change and growth. This is the ‘Sixties’ of wedding rings, curling, and slightly bored housewives.”

Click here to read more about Johnna’s Merry Wives concept.

Vancouver sun critic Peter Birnie, Bard’s artistic director Christopher Gaze and Alliance for Arts and Culture executive director Rob Gloor recently discussed whether Culture in Vancouver was dead or if it was alive and thriving. Check out the video below and sound off in the comments.

Well, the first previews for The Taming of the Shrew have started and the Bard site is starting to take shape. While our full site is not complete (the Studio Stage will be open soon), many things are open such as our concession and boutique.

The Bard Boutique
The Boutique is terrific place to shop for souvenirs, gifts and some awesome t-shirts that feature quotes from this year’s productions. It’s a little dangerous to have a great place to shop at the same place that you work. My credit card will suffer but I’ve never looked better.