Entertainment

1. Kicking off summer in style, the annual Bard on the Beach Shakespeare festival takes over Vanier Park until Sept.

Not that it ever went away, but brunch is back with a vengeance. A recent foray into Yaletown found me looking at the business end of a serious Caesar at Wild Tale Coastal Grill.

Touchstone Theatre production is full of witty one liners

One look at the idyllic fjord-side location and a glance at the film’s title from an English-language-centric perspective and you might assume that Kjersti Steinsbo’s first feature — Hevn — is a pretty drama about those impossibly chic Norwegians.

Perfectly poised amid the current madness for period dramas and all things Scottish — slainte , Outlander — comes an elegy to Highland life from polarizing English director Terence Davies.

1. Touchstone Theatre presents Jordan Hall’s romantic comedy about the end of days, How To Survive An Apocalypse , directed by Katrina Dunn.

W;t described as “intelligent, witty and sometimes funny”

W;t described as “intelligent, witty and sometimes funny”

Heartwarming musical an unashamed crowd-pleaser

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