Best referred to as Artistic Director of Vancouver’s Bard on the Beach Shakespeare Celebration, Christopher Gaze has performed in England, the USA and across Canada. Born in England, he trained at the Bristol Old Vic Theatre School prior to coming to Canada in 1975 where he invested three seasons at the Shaw Festival. He relocated to Vancouver in 1983 and in 1990 founded Bard on the Beach which he has since
supported to one of the most successful not-for-profit Arts organizations in North America, with participation exceeding 91,000. His many honours include induction into the BC Entertainment Hall of Popularity, Canada’s Meritorious Service Medal (2004), Honorary Doctorates from UBC & SFU, the BC Community Accomplishment Award (2007), the Gold Medallion from the Children’s Theatre Foundation of America (2007) and a Jessie Award for Finest Supporting Star for his performance in Equus at The Playhouse.
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Teaching Shakespeare?
Shakespeare video
I wept while he read the sonnet.
WHOOPS. He read Sonnet 18 powerfully except he messed it up, it’s “shake
the darling buds of May,” not “break the darling buds of May,” and I think
he knows he messed up because he pauses after “darling,” like “oh man I
screwed that up.”
Teaching Shakespeare?
I don’t know why but I cried so much during this. Everything he says about
Shakespeare is just so beautiful even to his performance of the sonnet.
This guy would be a great smaug voice actor
Best known as Artistic Director of Vancouver’s Bard on the Beach
Shakespeare Festival, Christopher Gaze has performed in England, the USA
and across Canada. Born in England, he trained at the Bristol Old Vic
Theatre School before coming to Canada in 1975 where he spent three seasons
at the Shaw Festival. He moved to Vancouver in 1983 and in 1990 founded
Bard on the Beach which he has since
nurtured to one of the most successful not-for-profit Arts organizations in
North America, with attendance exceeding 91,000. His many honours include
induction into the BC Entertainment Hall of Fame, Canada’s Meritorious
Service Medal (2004), Honorary Doctorates from UBC & SFU, the BC Community
Achievement Award (2007), the Gold Medallion from the Children’s Theatre
Foundation of America (2007) and a Jessie Award for Best Supporting Actor
for his performance in Equus at The Playhouse.
He does a very nice reading of Bernard Levin’s “On Quoting Shakespeare.”
Pity he doesn’t credit Levin at all.
Shakespeare is everywhere: Christopher Gaze at TEDxVancouver
Brilliant.
Abbi più di quello che mostri, parla meno di quello che sai.
– Re Lear, Shakespeare
Grazie William, chiunque tu sia stato, per avermi dato tutto ciò che amo.
super!!!! i like it!
BIG SMILE. HILARIOUS.
“A hard days night,” indeed! Good work Christopher. We loved it. What
better way to ‘discuss’ Shakespeare than to perform it. Brilliant! Michael
and Edith
thanks a lot for uploading this video, is very useful to aproach us to this
genious thanks so much from CAtalonia
The voice of Bionicle!
Very nice Mr. Gaze. Very nice. Great to finally see it from the other side
of the curtain.
Ah, Quincy from Grandma Got Run Over By a Reindeer
That was the greatest reading of the 18th sonnet I’ve ever heard. But the
audience didn’t applaud??
thumbs up this is cool
Great talk 🙂
Wow! The more I watch this, the more I get out of it and love it. Love
these TED talks.