In celebration of its 23rd season, Bard on the Beach Shakespeare Festival presented its wonderfully light-hearted interpretation of The Taming of the Shrew. With a tremendous set design inspired by pastoral Arcadian landscapes and a natural backdrop of the Vancouver skyline, this opening night had nowhere to go but up. The story begins with an […]
Johann Hari’s book, God Save the Queen? is a pompous, mean-spirited, but mostly entertaining glance at the British monarchy and how the institution has negatively affected the personal lives of the British Royal Family. The author, a former (disgraced) journalist for the New Statesman, the Guardian, and many other publications, dissects the Royals and questions […]