FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE Media Contact: Julia Nish-‐Lapidus 416.432.3177 [email protected] www.shakespearebashd.com [May 25, 2015] Fringe Communications Manager: Ali Molloy 416-‐966-‐1062 x8 [email protected] www.fringetoronto.com Shakespeare BASH’d is back and bigger than ever, with theatre veterans Lynne Griffin and Sean Sullivan Taking the Stage in The Merry Wives of Windsor! Director: James Wallis & Catherine Rainville Starring: Jeff Dingle, Jade Douris, Lynne Griffin, Andrew Knowlton, David Mackett, Suzette McCanny, Julia Nish-‐Lapidus, Drew O'Hara, Zachary Parkhurst, Andrew Joseph Richardson, David Ross, Sean Sullivan Production Team: Matt Armour, Jade Douris, Shera Everett-‐Singh, Julia Nish-‐Lapidus, Kyle Purcell, Simon Rainville, Amanda Shaw, James Wallis The Merry Wives of Windsor runs July 2-‐12, 2015 as part of the Toronto Fringe Festival at the Victory Café (581 Markham Street, Toronto ON, just west of Bathurst, south of Bloor). Toronto’s most popular indie Shakespeare company, the award-‐winning Shakespeare BASH’d, returns to the Victory Café for the fourth year in a row with The Merry Wives of Windsor, a rollicking comedy starring Shakespeare’s most popular character, Sir John Falstaff. A smash hit at last year’s Fringe with Love’s Labour’s Lost, Shakespeare BASH’d will bring their clear, text-‐driven, rousing work to the bar for Toronto audiences to enjoy once again. This production of The Merry Wives of Windsor will bring real-‐life couple and Canadian theatre veterans Sean Sullivan and Lynne Griffin together on the Fringe Festival stage. Sean Sullivan (Kat Sandler's Liver, Wayne's World, San Diego Critics Circle Award for outstanding Solo Performance) will play rogue-‐of-‐the-‐
court Sir John Falstaff, a buffoonish, cowardly knight bent on seducing Mistress Ford and Mistress Page. Stratford and Shaw Festival alum Lynne Griffin (recently seen in Canadian Stage’s Harper Regan) plays Mistress Quickly, a clever barmaid who attempts to meddle in the wooing of wealthy Master Page’s daughter. This husband-‐and-‐wife actor duo bring to the stage decades of experience on television and film, and in some of Canada’s foremost theatres. This electric show about love, jealousy, revenge, family, and ale brings some of Canada’s best-‐loved talent together with some of Toronto’s most exciting emerging artists. Showtimes: Thursday, July 2 Friday, July 3 Saturday, July 4 Sunday, July 5 Tuesday, July 7 Wednesday, July 8 Thursday, July 9 Friday, July 10 Saturday, July 11 Sunday, July 12 7pm – 8:30pm 7pm – 8:30pm 9pm – 10:30pm 5pm – 6:30pm 7pm – 8:30pm 7pm – 8:30pm 7pm – 8:30pm 7pm – 8:30pm 7pm – 8:30pm 5pm – 6:30pm -‐30-‐
Tickets: Online: www.fringetoronto.com By Phone: (416) 966-‐1062 x1 In Person: Festival Box office, located behind Honest Ed’s, 581 Bloor Street