THE DEPARTMENT OF THEATRE & FILM AT UBC PRESENTSMUCH ADO ABOUT NOTHING BY WILLIAM SHAKESPEARE

Directed by MFA Directing Alumnus Lois Anderson

Venice, Italy, 2018.  Sisters Leonata and Antonia welcome the Italian Cup Soccer champions into their Grand Canal palazzo for a month of feasting, cavorting, and merry-making. This fresh take on Shakespeare’s Much Ado About Nothing,sees the team owner’s sister, Dona Johnna, engage in a bitter act of revenge, as her previous attempts to throw the Italian Cup final were thwarted by young Claudio. While lovers Benedick and Beatrice lock heads in a witty war of words, young Claudio is tricked into believing his love, Hero, has cheated on him.  Love steers Shakespeare’s comedy, in all it’s different facets and glories - young love, friendship, love of family and community. BFA Acting and MFA Directing alumna Lois Anderson directs this production, combining delightful humour with explorations of the sometimes awkward, painful path love takes us on.  

Cast:

Benedick Graydon Clark; Beatrice Daelyn Lester-Serafini; Claudio Matthew Rhodes; Hero Sophia Paskalidis; Don Pedro Rafael Ruiz; Dona Johnna Jodi Margit; Dona Antonia Drew Carlson; Dona Leonata Tebo Nzeku; Dona Antonia Drew Carlson; Post/Borachio/Friar Francis Tomás Balli ; Maid 2/Margaret/Sexton Cassandra Bourchier; Gondolier/Girl at Party/Nun/Verges Hannah Everett; Gondolier/Ursula/Conrade Anni Ramsay; Maid 1/Dogberry Elizabeth Young.

Costume Design Erica Sterry; Set Design Jacqueline Gilchrist; Lighting Design Erika Champion; Sound Design Mai Inagaki; Stage Manager Amanda Parafina

Media Requests:

Andrea Rabinovitch
Office: 604.822.3723, Cell: 604.314.3905
andrea.rabinovitch@ubc.ca

Performances:

November 8-24, 2018. 7:30 pm.

No show Sunday, Monday, Tuesday. Preview: November 7. Opening Night Reception: November 8; Post-show Talkback: November 14. 

Wine/Show pairings chosen by alumna Barbara Phillip MW at Gallini’s Bar.

Frederic Wood Theatre
6354 Crescent Rd.
University of British Columbia, Vancouver, CANADA
Wayfinding: http://www.maps.ubc.ca

Tickets:

SINGLE TICKETS: Adults:$24.50. Seniors: $16.50. Students: $11.50, Youth: $5
Box office: 604.822.2678, box.office@ubc.ca or ubctheatretickets.com

Director, MUCH ADO ABOUT NOTHINGLois Anderson

Lois has a BA (English Literature), a BFA(Acting) and an MFA (Directing) all from UBC. For UBC: Medea, Pride and Prejudice. For Bard on the Beach: On the Beach, Pericles, Lysistrata. For The Arts Club: Fun Home, My Granny the Goldfish, The Graduate, The Unplugging, It’s Snowing on Saltspring. Lois was an original member of The Leaky Heaven Circus, Cirque Poule and Flying Blind.

playwright william shakespearemuch ado about nothing

Much Ado About Nothing is a comedy by William Shakespeare thought to have been written in 1598 and 1599, as Shakespeare was approaching the middle of his career. The play was included in the First Folio, published in 1623.

By means of "noting" (which, in Shakespeare's day, sounded similar to "nothing" as in the play's title,[1][2] and which means gossip, rumour, and overhearing), Benedick and Beatrice are tricked into confessing their love for each other, and Claudio is tricked into rejecting Hero at the altar on the erroneous belief that she has been unfaithful. At the end, Benedick and Beatrice join forces to set things right, and the others join in a dance celebrating the marriages of the two couples.

From Wikipedia.