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“Excellent work is put in by Samantha Jeffery … succeeds with giving real heart”

Colin MacLean for Gig City, on After Miss Julie [Lodestar Theatre]

“It’s a disorienting, visceral and immersive stream of consciousness experience, made even more powerful by this quartet of performers. They’ve mastered the script…”

Mel Priestley, on Crave [Stonemarrow Theatre]

“Stand-outs are Sam Jeffery as Macduff... The fighting, though… it’s visceral and wild”

Liz Nicholls for 12th Night, on Macbeth [The Malachites]

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Toasting the season on Edmonton stages: the 37th annual Sterling Awards, led by Brick  Shithouse

Sam Jeffery wins The Elizabeth Sterling Haynes Award for Outstanding Choreography, Fight/Intimacy Direction

…But it was a new play, produced with visceral bone-crushing physicality in a warehouse, that proved decisively the top choice of jurors at the celebration, named for theatre pioneer Elizabeth Sterling Haynes. Ashleigh Hicks’ Brick Shithouse, which took us into the world of disaffected 20-something underachievers gravitating to the dangerous illusion of online anonymity, picked up six Sterlings of its eight nominations.

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Bard Debut Series – 2023 Creative Team

Each year, Bard on the Beach welcomes almost a hundred new and returning Company members to our rehearsal halls and stages. Last week, we introduced our New to Bard series, which highlights some of the artists who are making their Bard debuts this Season. If you missed last week’s post, you can read more about the Acting Company here.

This week, we’re thrilled to be turning the spotlight onto our talented creative team. Learn more about some of the new faces in our creative team who are helping to bring our productions to life!

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