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In-person
Arts & Culture
As You Like It
June 27, 2025 to July 20, 2025
Tickets are under $50
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Organized by:
Freewill Shakespeare Festival
Join us for a summer of love, joy, and fun in the gorgeous Louise McKinney Riverfront Park.
Written by William Shakespeare and Adapted by David Horak
Directed by David Horak
Stage Managed by Molly Pearson
Exiled from court and dressed in disguise, fair Rosalind flees to the Forest of Arden—where trees whisper secrets, and love grows wild. With her cousin Celia and the jester Touchstone by her side, she trades silks for shepherd's garb and freedom.
In the forest, the brave, and love sick Orlando scrawls sonnets on the trees, not knowing his love walks nearby, masked as a boy. The disguised Rosalind playfully tests Orlando as the forest becomes a stage for tangled romances, mistaken identities, and hilarious encounters. Touchstone woos the country girl Audrey, a lovesick shepherd sighs for an indifferent Phoebe, and a reformed villain discovers true love.
Among rustics and royalty, fools and philosophers, the forest weaves its magic. A villain is redeemed, lovers are matched, and joy takes root beneath the forest canopy. Love triumphs, identities are unmasked, and harmony is restored—as you like it.
Louise McKinney Riverfront Park
9999 Grierson Hill Road NW
Edmonton, AB
More dates and times
- Friday, June 27, 2025 at 7:30pm
- Saturday, June 28, 2025 at 1:30pm
- Saturday, June 28, 2025 at 7:30pm
- Sunday, June 29, 2025 at 1:30pm
- Tuesday, July 1, 2025 at 7:30pm
- Wednesday, July 2, 2025 at 1:30pm
- Wednesday, July 2, 2025 at 7:30pm
- Thursday, July 3, 2025 at 7:30pm
- Friday, July 4, 2025 at 7:30pm
- Saturday, July 5, 2025 at 1:30pm
- Saturday, July 5, 2025 at 7:30pm
- Sunday, July 6, 2025 at 1:30pm
- Tuesday, July 8, 2025 at 7:30pm
- Thursday, July 10, 2025 at 7:30pm
- Friday, July 11, 2025 at 7:30pm
- Saturday, July 12, 2025 at 1:30pm
- Saturday, July 12, 2025 at 7:30pm
- Sunday, July 13, 2025 at 1:30pm
- Tuesday, July 15, 2025 at 7:30pm
- Wednesday, July 16, 2025 at 1:30pm
- Wednesday, July 16, 2025 at 7:30pm
- Thursday, July 17, 2025 at 7:30pm
- Friday, July 18, 2025 at 7:30pm
- Saturday, July 19, 2025 at 1:30pm
- Saturday, July 19, 2025 at 7:30pm
- Sunday, July 20, 2025 at 1:30pm
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