Cider and a Bard

This summer, Vancouver‘s Bard on the Beach’s Shakespeare Festival relaunched after a COVID break and we enjoyed a screamingly funny performance of A Midsummer Night’s Dream.  There’s something fun about being in an open-air theatre for this particular play.  The rustics, a.k.a. Peter Quince’s acting troupe, stole the show by leaning heavily into the silliness of their play within a play.

Bard on the Beach

Of course, what’s a play without dinner and drinks before?  The Cider House on Yew Street, which is mere metres from Kits Beach provided us with a meal.

The Cider House Exterior

This is a vegan restaurant specializing in cider.  You can order a flight of cider with such experimental sounding flavours as “Honeysuckle Rhubarb” and “Mango Mint”.  This is the best way to try new things without having to commit to a full glass.  I’m a beer drinker and they had the most excellent Hoyne’s Dark Matter.

We enjoyed yam fries, mac and cheese and nachos. 

The Cider House

You can walk off some of that dinner and enjoy a scenic walk on your way to Bard on the Beach.  It takes about 20 minutes and and to enjoy a 2 km walk with some wonderful views.  You can shortcut it, if you take Whyte Ave.

Let the Show Begin!

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