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theatre | by Jessica Bouchard To Wed or not to Wed...THAT is the Question! To Wit To Wed To Woo is a co-production of Horned Moon and Theatre Tart, two young companies that share a mandate. While Horned Moon works to projects that will for provi female opportunities produce Ruel, and Corina Akeson. These talented women have their work cut out for them: playing thirteen different characters both modern and Shakespearean. Directed by Andrea Heald, the latest addition to the Tarts, it will have audiences clutching their sides and looking at the women of Shakespeare in a whole new light. To Wit To Wed To Woo H «£r.« f m theatre artists, Theatre Tart's mission is to address the female question: who are we, what do we want and why do we do what we do? Both companies aim to provide exposure and experience for emerging theatre artists and to provide the opportunity to learn other V I f takes place on the day Julia has been dreaming about since she was a little girl. But she never imagined it quite like thisl! Indulging her history-crazy fiance by throwing a Shakespearean wedding at a pig roast? Not exactly how she pictured her wedding day! J - I ^ Julia turns to, or rather is areas of production from playwriting pror to producing. It was only a matter of time before they started ^ creating new theatre experiences together. And what better subject for them to broach, than Shakespeare's misunderstood hero ines! In a script brilliantly crafted by Theatre Tart's co-Artistic Director T Weir, strong women are left, right and centre-stage. Weir weaves the women of Shakespeare's bestloved plays throughout the script, using Shakespeare's own words. To Wit To Wed To Woo stars Mercedes Dunphy co-Artistic Director of Theatre Tart, Denise Jones, Robin 18 September | Octobe Horned Moon (pronounced hor-ned moon) is a North Vancouver theatre company that has produced three plays in their short four-year existence. Beautiful Bodies, Gut Girls and Starch! received rave reviews both on the bombarded by, Shakespeare's most beloved women. But before she can make it down the aisle she'll have to duke it out with Helena, fend off the amorous advances of Joan of Arc, and escape Viola (dressed as her male counterpart Cesario, of course) and her flailing sword. Physical comedy abounds when Julia's bridesmaids run into the seventeenth century intruders, the groom's ex-girlfriend shows up, and Joan of Arc pledges her love for the bride! See Shakespeare's women at their best (or worst!) as they, for one reason or another, try to stop the wedding.