{"id":3282456,"date":"2026-06-17T14:45:00","date_gmt":"2026-06-17T17:45:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/chsrfm.ca\/blog\/?p=3282456"},"modified":"2026-06-17T14:16:48","modified_gmt":"2026-06-17T17:16:48","slug":"the-lunchbox-interview-bitb-loves-labour-lost","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/chsrfm.ca\/blog\/specialty\/lunchbox\/the-lunchbox-interview-bitb-loves-labour-lost","title":{"rendered":"The Lunchbox Interview: BitB: &#8220;Love&#8217;s Labour Lost&#8221;"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p><em>It&#8217;s summertime, when thoughts go to steady work, rock and roll, and inevitable distractions.<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-image\">\n<figure class=\"alignleft size-medium\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"300\" height=\"300\" data-attachment-id=\"3282458\" data-permalink=\"http:\/\/chsrfm.ca\/blog\/specialty\/lunchbox\/the-lunchbox-interview-bitb-loves-labour-lost\/attachment\/lunchbox2026bitbloveslabourlost\" data-orig-file=\"http:\/\/chsrfm.ca\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/Lunchbox2026BITBLovesLabourLost.jpg\" data-orig-size=\"1400,1400\" data-comments-opened=\"0\" data-image-meta=\"{&quot;aperture&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;credit&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;camera&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;caption&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;created_timestamp&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;copyright&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;focal_length&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;iso&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;shutter_speed&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;title&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;orientation&quot;:&quot;0&quot;}\" data-image-title=\"Lunchbox2026BITBLovesLabourLost\" data-image-description=\"\" data-image-caption=\"\" data-large-file=\"http:\/\/chsrfm.ca\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/Lunchbox2026BITBLovesLabourLost-800x800.jpg\" src=\"https:\/\/chsrfm.ca\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/Lunchbox2026BITBLovesLabourLost-300x300.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-3282458\" srcset=\"http:\/\/chsrfm.ca\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/Lunchbox2026BITBLovesLabourLost-300x300.jpg 300w, http:\/\/chsrfm.ca\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/Lunchbox2026BITBLovesLabourLost-800x800.jpg 800w, http:\/\/chsrfm.ca\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/Lunchbox2026BITBLovesLabourLost-100x100.jpg 100w, http:\/\/chsrfm.ca\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/Lunchbox2026BITBLovesLabourLost-768x768.jpg 768w, http:\/\/chsrfm.ca\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/Lunchbox2026BITBLovesLabourLost.jpg 1400w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n\n\n<p>My guests today are <strong>Len Falkenstein<\/strong> <strong>(director)<\/strong>, <strong>Jake Martin (co-director)<\/strong>, <strong>Mary Walker<\/strong> <strong>(Princess of France) <\/strong>and <strong>Alex Macallister<\/strong> <strong>(Prince of Navarre)<\/strong>, all involved in one of the summer Shakespeare plays being staged by Bard In The Barracks, <em><strong>Love&#8217;s Labour Lost<\/strong><\/em>. They discuss the 70s prog band overly of the Men of Navarre, the clash of sexes and music, and the staging of one of The Bard&#8217;s early plays.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The entire Bard in the Barracks season runs June 18 through July 5. The preview performance of <strong><em>Love&#8217;s Labour Lost<\/em> <\/strong>is on <strong>June 20<\/strong>, with the <strong>opening on June 21<\/strong>, and it will run on <strong>Sunday, Tuesday and Saturday <\/strong>nights at <strong>7:30pm<\/strong>. The play will be staged in five locations around Christ Church Cathedral.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/bardinthebarracks.com\/\">See their website for full details.<\/a><\/p>\n<div class=\"powerpress_player\" id=\"powerpress_player_2868\"><a href=\"https:\/\/chsrfm.ca\/podcast\/general\/Lunchbox\/2026-06-16%20BitB%20Loves%20Labours%20Lost.mp3\" title=\"Play\" onclick=\"return powerpress_embed_html5a('2868','https:\/\/chsrfm.ca\/podcast\/general\/Lunchbox\/2026-06-16%20BitB%20Loves%20Labours%20Lost.mp3');\" target=\"_blank\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/chsrfm.ca\/blog\/wp-content\/plugins\/powerpress\/play_audio.png\" title=\"Play\" alt=\"Play\" style=\"border:0;\" width=\"23px\" height=\"24px\" \/><\/a><\/div>\n<p class=\"powerpress_links powerpress_links_mp3\" style=\"margin-bottom: 1px !important;\">Podcast: <a href=\"https:\/\/chsrfm.ca\/podcast\/general\/Lunchbox\/2026-06-16%20BitB%20Loves%20Labours%20Lost.mp3\" class=\"powerpress_link_pinw\" target=\"_blank\" title=\"Play in new window\" onclick=\"return powerpress_pinw('http:\/\/chsrfm.ca\/blog\/?powerpress_pinw=3282456-podcast');\" rel=\"nofollow\">Play in new window<\/a> | <a href=\"https:\/\/chsrfm.ca\/podcast\/general\/Lunchbox\/2026-06-16%20BitB%20Loves%20Labours%20Lost.mp3\" class=\"powerpress_link_d\" title=\"Download\" rel=\"nofollow\" download=\"2026-06-16%20BitB%20Loves%20Labours%20Lost.mp3\">Download<\/a><\/p><p class=\"powerpress_links powerpress_subscribe_links\">Subscribe: <a href=\"http:\/\/chsrfm.ca\/blog\/feed\/podcast\" class=\"powerpress_link_subscribe powerpress_link_subscribe_rss\" target=\"_blank\" title=\"Subscribe via RSS\" rel=\"nofollow\">RSS<\/a> | <a href=\"http:\/\/chsrfm.ca\/blog\/subscribe-to-podcast\" class=\"powerpress_link_subscribe powerpress_link_subscribe_more\" target=\"_blank\" title=\"More\" rel=\"nofollow\">More<\/a><\/p><!--powerpress_player-->","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>It&#8217;s summertime, when thoughts go to steady work, rock and roll, and inevitable distractions. My guests today are Len Falkenstein (director), Jake Martin (co-director), Mary Walker (Princess of France) and Alex Macallister (Prince of Navarre), all involved in one of the summer Shakespeare plays being staged by Bard In The Barracks, Love&#8217;s Labour Lost. They<\/p>\n<p><a class=\"excerpt-more blog-excerpt\" href=\"http:\/\/chsrfm.ca\/blog\/specialty\/lunchbox\/the-lunchbox-interview-bitb-loves-labour-lost\">Read more&#8230;<\/a><\/p>\n<div class=\"powerpress_player\" id=\"powerpress_player_2870\"><a href=\"https:\/\/chsrfm.ca\/podcast\/general\/Lunchbox\/2026-06-16%20BitB%20Loves%20Labours%20Lost.mp3\" title=\"Play\" onclick=\"return powerpress_embed_html5a('2870','https:\/\/chsrfm.ca\/podcast\/general\/Lunchbox\/2026-06-16%20BitB%20Loves%20Labours%20Lost.mp3');\" target=\"_blank\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/chsrfm.ca\/blog\/wp-content\/plugins\/powerpress\/play_audio.png\" title=\"Play\" alt=\"Play\" style=\"border:0;\" width=\"23px\" height=\"24px\" \/><\/a><\/div>\n<p class=\"powerpress_links powerpress_links_mp3\" style=\"margin-bottom: 1px !important;\">Podcast: <a href=\"https:\/\/chsrfm.ca\/podcast\/general\/Lunchbox\/2026-06-16%20BitB%20Loves%20Labours%20Lost.mp3\" class=\"powerpress_link_pinw\" target=\"_blank\" title=\"Play in new window\" onclick=\"return powerpress_pinw('http:\/\/chsrfm.ca\/blog\/?powerpress_pinw=3282456-podcast');\" rel=\"nofollow\">Play in new window<\/a> | <a href=\"https:\/\/chsrfm.ca\/podcast\/general\/Lunchbox\/2026-06-16%20BitB%20Loves%20Labours%20Lost.mp3\" class=\"powerpress_link_d\" title=\"Download\" rel=\"nofollow\" download=\"2026-06-16%20BitB%20Loves%20Labours%20Lost.mp3\">Download<\/a><\/p><p class=\"powerpress_links powerpress_subscribe_links\">Subscribe: <a href=\"http:\/\/chsrfm.ca\/blog\/feed\/podcast\" class=\"powerpress_link_subscribe powerpress_link_subscribe_rss\" target=\"_blank\" title=\"Subscribe via RSS\" rel=\"nofollow\">RSS<\/a> | <a href=\"http:\/\/chsrfm.ca\/blog\/subscribe-to-podcast\" class=\"powerpress_link_subscribe powerpress_link_subscribe_more\" target=\"_blank\" title=\"More\" rel=\"nofollow\">More<\/a><\/p><!--powerpress_player-->","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_jetpack_newsletter_access":"","_jetpack_dont_email_post_to_subs":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_tier_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paywalled_content":false,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":"","_links_to":"","_links_to_target":""},"categories":[15],"tags":[3014,1589,491,1476,2184,1371],"class_list":["post-3282456","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-lunchbox","tag-bard-in-the-barracks","tag-comedy","tag-interview","tag-play","tag-shakespeare","tag-theatre"],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"http:\/\/chsrfm.ca\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/3282456","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"http:\/\/chsrfm.ca\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"http:\/\/chsrfm.ca\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/chsrfm.ca\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/chsrfm.ca\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=3282456"}],"version-history":[{"count":3,"href":"http:\/\/chsrfm.ca\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/3282456\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":3282476,"href":"http:\/\/chsrfm.ca\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/3282456\/revisions\/3282476"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"http:\/\/chsrfm.ca\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=3282456"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/chsrfm.ca\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=3282456"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/chsrfm.ca\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=3282456"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}