A New West actor is front and centre as Bard on the Beach stages a favourite Shakespearean comedy this summer.
Katey Wright stars as Mistress Page in the company’s production of The Merry Wives of Windsor, playing at Bard on the Beach from June 17 to Sept. 24.
Director Johnna Wright has reimagined the classic comedy, setting it in 1968 in Windsor, Ont., where everyone has gathered at the Garter Inn on a Friday night. There, Sir John Falstaff (Ashley Wright) confides his plans to seduce and swindle Mistress Ford (Amber Lewis) and Mistress Page – but he quickly becomes ensnared in a revenge plot by the two women. Along the way, they’re surrounded by the usual Shakespearean mayhem – with young love, rejected suitors, a jealous husband, and all the hilarity that ensues around them.
The show runs in preview June 17, 19, 21, 22 and 23, with opening night Friday, June 24 at 7:30 p.m. It’s playing in repertory with Romeo and Juliet on the BMO Mainstage at Vanier Park.
Tickets start at $20 and can be reserved at 604-739-0559 or through www.bardonthebeach.org.
