Tag Archives: Shakespeare comedies

Troy O’Donnell has a history with the Freewill Shakespeare Festival, and this year’s As You Like It

Posted on June 26, 2025 by Liz Nicholls

By Liz Nicholls, 12thnight.ca The play that opens Friday in a park overlooking the river valley is all about finding yourself on an excursion to the great outdoors, “the green world.” No wonder the Freewill Shakespeare Festival, which has gone … Continue reading →

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Dreamin’ and rockin’. A Midsummer Night’s Dream: The ’70s Musical at the Citadel

Posted on February 21, 2025 by Liz Nicholls

By Liz Nicholls, 12thnight.ca Hanging with Shakespeare at the Citadel…. Time flies when you’re having fun. It’s lunchtime. And director Daryl Cloran, along with Theseus, Hippolyta, a bunch of rustic artisans, and Titania, Oberon, Puck and that fairyland Midsummer Night’s … Continue reading →

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Camping out with Shakespeare in the park: Freewill Shakespeare Festival returns with an intriguing pair of plays

Posted on June 18, 2019 by Liz Nicholls

By Liz Nicholls, 12thnight.ca “If this be magic, let it be an Art as lawful as eating.” — The Winter’s Tale The actors pull up at rehearsals in shorts on their bikes, dodging geese (mosquitoes, squirrels  and the odd coyote), … Continue reading →

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