WILLIAM SHAKESPEARE'S AS YOU LIKE IT: A RADICAL RETELLING (AP)

Named by The Globe and Mail as a Canadian Cultural Icon in 2022, Cliff Cardinal is a polarizing writer and performer known for his black humour and compassionate poeticism. His AS YOU LIKE IT, A RADICAL RETELLING, commissioned by Toronto’s Crow’s Theatre, has been performed across Canada and in New York, was shortlisted for the Ontario Trillium Book Award, and was the recipient of the prestigious Governor General’s Literary Award for Drama.

The title of William Shakespeare’s AS YOU LIKE IT holds a double meaning that teasingly suggests this is a play to please all tastes. Is it possible? With his subversive updating of the Bard’s classic, cultural provocateur Cardinal seeks to find out. The show exults in bawdy humour, difficult subject matter, and raw emotion.

Thank you to The Reinette Foundation and Debbi and Mark Toole for sponsoring this performance.