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Stratford Festival opens May 25 CONNOR LUCZKA Local Journalism Initiative Reporter
Antoni Cimolino and Geraint Wyn Davies are set to helm this year’s Stratford Festival production of The Tempest, continuing a decade-long trend of the two collaborating as director and leading man, respectively. Ahead of the comedy’s opening on May 25 – and the official kick off to the 2026 season – Cimolino and Wyn Davis sat down with the Times for a conversation on this year’s production, and on their many storied collaborations throughout the years. The following Q-and-A has been edited for brevity and clarity. Can you tell me about the first time you two encountered each other? G: “Well, Antoni and myself, we met as actors in a production of Henry V ... in 1989. Antoni was playing the Dauphin and I was playing Henry V, and it was a fantastic production, but a little bit challenged, let's say, on the journey, but we all came out of it pretty swimmingly. That's how we first knew each other, as players.” A: “The dauphin’s the prince of France, Ger’s the king who eventually fights and wins and gains a big portion of France, and he was pretty much a prince all the way through. It was a pleasure to work with him, and while the process was challenged for a number of reasons, Ger made it all fantastic. He was a pretty great leader, a leader in every way, and ultimately the production, we are very, very proud of it. It was beautiful.” G: “It's interesting, you can have the best time, and sometimes the shows don't live up to the joy that you've had, and others supersede anything you could possibly imagine, having struggled all the way through, and you go, ‘Wow, this is extraordinary.’ So, we were fortunate to be part of something like that early on in our journey CONTINUED TO PAGE 2
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Anne Hathaway Public School student council members cut the ribbon on Thursday, May 14, officially unveiling the new Buddy Bench on the school playground.
Anne Hathaway Parent Council unveils Buddy Bench AMANDA NELSON Times Reporter
The Anne Hathaway Public School Parent Council is excited to share its new Buddy Bench initiative in support of student well-being, mental health, friendship and belonging. Parent council and student council members held a ribbon-cutting ceremony on May 14 to officially unveil the bench to students and the public. “We started this initiative because mental health is so
extremely important, and by starting early and getting the children involved by helping each other, as well as self-advocating and growing that empathy piece, is so huge,” said Jamie Wagler, chair of the Anne Hathaway Public School Council. The Buddy Bench is located in the playground area and is meant to be a space where students of any grade can sit when they are feeling down. Once another student notices, they can help make that person feel less lonely by joining them on the bench to talk. CONTINUED TO PAGE 3