Cowichan Valley Shakespeare Festival celebrates 15 years

Cowichan Valley Shakespeare Festival celebrates 15 years

Last year the Shawnigan Players performed Shakespeare’s The Comedy of Errors and Antony and Cleopatra. Photo courtesy of Frank Wall. Alex Gallacher has been a part of the Cowichan Valley Shakespeare Festival, hosted by the Shawnigan Players, since its inception 15 years ago. He had the idea to perform a play he was directing outdoors, and was searching for a suitable venue. As it so happened, Ben Verduin — the owner of Gem ‘O the Isle farm in Co…