Barenaked Ladies take on the Bard
at the Stratford Festival of Canada

December 8, 2004 . . . Barenaked Ladies, the Juno Award-winning Canadian pop group, will be shaking up Shakespeare in the 2005 Stratford Festival season.

The band will be writing five song settings and incidental music for the 2005 production of As You Like It, directed by Executive Director Antoni Cimolino and designed by Tony Award-winner Santo Loquasto with lighting design by Steven Hawkins and sound design by Jim Neil. This show begins previews April 27, opens June 4 and runs until October 30. The band will record the instrumental music and Festival actors will sing the songs during performances. "