Prove a Villain at Kew Gardens Park

PROVE A VILLAIN is a radical reimagining of Shakespeare’s Richard III, examining a queer woman’s doomed venture to succeed within the bounds of the patriarchy. By removing Shakespeare’s ableist language and themes surrounding disabilities and differently-abled bodies, Panoply has written new text to supplement Shakespeare’s canon, and this new piece tells a story of shame, womanhood, and the cyclical nature of oppression.

This show will run 90 minutes with no intermission.
Please be advised of references to violence, stylistic representations of death, depictions of battles & war, and mature themes throughout.

This is a co-production with Bard in the Park and Community Centre 55, with support from the Willowdale Central Ratepayers Association (WCRA) and Ontario Historic Society (OHS).