Shakespeare comedy ‘Much Ado About Nothing’ staged at Okanagan winery

Shakespeare’s comedy, Much Ado About Nothing is being brought to life connected a shape nestled successful nan vineyard of Spearhead Winery successful East Kelowna, B.C.

“It’s 1 of nan much approachable plays, there’s really thing very acheronian astir it,” said head Stephen Jefferys.

“There is thing that goes a small incorrect but it’s resolved but it’s a awesome easy to sorb play, and it’s besides sewage immoderate hilarious bits of comedy.”

This is nan latest accumulation from nan Shakespeare Kelowna Theatre Society that has been bringing Shakespeare to audiences astatine nan winery for six years now, wherever nan actors make nan Elizabethan texts much understandable for nan audience.

“A batch of group person said to me, ‘Oh, it’s Shakespeare, it’s going to beryllium drudgery and difficult to understand,’ [but] what we find is that we rehearse rather a while, 10 weeks, and truthful nan actors really understand what they are saying and because they understand it, that intends nan assemblage understands it,” said Jefferys.

The drama follows 2 couples, Claudio and Hero, and past there’s Beatrice and Benedick who are a mates who don’t emotion each different astatine first and past yet find themselves falling successful love.

“Well, Beatrice is simply a very feisty, independent, beardown female — she doesn’t request a man — past there’s Benedick, her benignant of nemesis, they are ever benignant of butting heads,” said Anita Reimer who plays Beatrice.

“They had a former, past narration and it’s benignant of 1 of those things wherever you find retired personification loves you and you each of a abrupt emotion them back.”

It’s not uncommon for actors to return to nan Shakespeare Kelowna Theatre Society’s productions successful nan vineyards twelvemonth aft year. Andrew Gibbs, who plays nan domiciled of Benedick, has been performing pinch nan nine for almost 3 decades.

“It’s awesome fun, I emotion words. Shakespeare successful connection is awesome if you are an English connection lover. That’s a large portion of it truthful I emotion it for that,” said Gibbs.

Shakespeare Kelowna Theatre Society will bring Much Ado About Nothing to nan shape astatine Spearhead Winery successful Kelowna until July 27. Tickets are disposable astatine www.shakespearekelowna.org