Canadian Stage presents annual Dream in High Park: The Winter's Tale

Canadian Stage presents the 2011 Dream in High Park: William Shakespeare's The Winter's Tale. This romantic comedy is filled with music, kings and queens, shipwrecks, statues that come to life, and even a bear! Family ties and love triangles are complicated by prophecies, perceptions and disguises. This adaptation of one of Shakespeare's classic tales will be an enchanting, high-energy and celebratory tale for the whole family to enjoy.

Canadian Stage Dream in High Park: The Winter's Tale

The Winter's Tale, the fairytale worlds of Bohemia and Sicilia will come to life in one of Shakespeare's classic tales filled with kings, queens, shipwrecks and a bear in an enchanting, high-energy and celebratory story for the whole family to enjoy. The 2011 Dream in High Park production will be performed al fresco by a cast of twelve actors and musicians. One of Toronto's favourite summer traditions for 29 years, the Dream in High Park is the oldest annual outdoor theatre event in the country with an estimated total attendance of 1.3 million people.

Who: Directed by Estelle Shook, the production will feature a well-known and diverse cast of established Canadian actors, up-and-coming talent and quadruple-threat performers who can act, dance, sing and play a variety of instruments. Cast members include John Blackwood, Jasmine Chen, Sean Dixon, Charlotte Gowdy, David Jansen, George Masswohl, Kelly McIntosh, Meilie Ng,Thomas Olajide, Nicole Robert , Jovanni Sy, Sanjay Talwar. Original music composed by Toronto-based artist John Millard with set and costume design by Denyse Karn and lighting design by Jason Hand.

Where: High Park Amphitheatre in High Park at Bloor St. West and High Park Ave.
Directions from High Park subway station: Enter the park from Bloor St., follow the road to the Grenadier Café. Continue east on the foot path opposite the parking lot marked by Dream signage.

When: June 28 to September 4, 2011
Opening Night: Thursday, June 30 at 8 p.m.

Tickets: Tuesday through Sunday at 8 p.m., High Park Amphitheatre. Gate opens at 6 p.m.
Admission is Pay-What-You-Can (PWYC) at the gate with a suggested minimum donation of $20.
Free for children 14 and under.

For information on the Dream in High Park, please contact 416.367.1652 or canadianstage.com/dream.

Free-Programming: Canada Day at the Dream in High Park
Friday July 1, 4 p.m. to 8 p.m., followed by a FREE performance of The Winter's Tale

Join Canadian Stage for an unforgettable and FREE Canada Day at the Dream in High Park!
Enjoy crafts, interactive games and practical workshops led by the cast of the show, tours of our outdoor theatre, musical performances, carnival games, cake and a free performance of Shakespeare's The Winter's Tale! Activities and programs designed to suit all ages. Bring a picnic and your enthusiasm to a fabulous celebration of Canada's birthday!

For more information visit http://www.canadianstage.com/dream_family or contact family@canadianstage.com

Family Day Sundays
Free, all-ages program for children, parents and families featuring backstage tours, an opportunity to meet cast members, workshops exploring the language of the Bard and more. July 3 to September 4, Sundays, at the High Park Amphitheatre.
5 p.m. to 6:30 p.m., weather permitting.

Registration is encouraged. Contact 416.367.8243 x280 or family@canadianstage.com for more information.

Youth Night at The Dream
Friday July 29, 5 p.m. to 8 p.m., followed by a FREE performance

Join Canadian Stage for a FREE celebration of youth art in Toronto at Youth Night at the Dream! Attend a backstage tour of our unique outdoor set, contribute to our art installation, participate in creative practical workshops led by the cast of the show, enjoy live performances by a variety of youth artists from across the city and attend a free showing of Shakespeare's A Winter's Tale. Share your art and be inspired by the work of others!

For information visit http://www.canadianstage.com/dream_family
The event is free for youth ages 14-21, but registration in advance is encouraged. To register, email youth@canadianstage.com

Words in Action
Various dates at Toronto Public Libraries across the city, 2 p.m. to 3:30 p.m.; pre-registration required at individual library branches.

Join The Winter's Tale cast members to explore the exciting power of Shakespeare's language through the Words in Action program in association with Toronto Public Libraries. Interactive workshops are designed to engage and energize youth in the language of Shakespeare's plays using hands on practical activities. Explore the meaning, rhythm and poetry of an integral inventor of the modern English language and learn to speak some Olde English and maybe even learn a Shakespearian insult or two!!

For dates and locations, visit http://www.canadianstage.com/dream_family

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