The Stratford Festival’s lavish production of Love’s Labour’s Lost screens at Cineplex theatres across Canada on April 29. Shakespeare’s most poetic love story comes to vivid life in this glorious film, directed by Barry Avrich, based on the stage version by Tony and Olivier award-winning director John Caird.

A coming-of-age story unlike any other, Love’s Labour’s Lost dwells sweetly on the naiveté of youth while leading its protagonists to understand the true meaning – and cost – of love. This “sublime” (Toronto Star) masterpiece was called “the most vibrant production of the play I’ve ever seen” (am New York). With Ruby Joy, Mike Shara, Sarah Afful, Juan Chioran, Josue Laboucane, Tom Rooney and Sanjay Talwar leading a stellar cast, “it’s impossible to say who gives the most delicious performance in this comic feast” (Torontoist).