The summer theatre group, under artistic director Christopher Gaze, had 99 per cent occupancy in 2009, as Vancouver enjoyed a sunny, dry summer.
This year's production of The Comedy of Errors was seen by more than 41,000 patrons, a record for a single Bard show.
About 91,000 tickets were sold in the 2009 season, though the company still felt the effects of the recession, with corporate and government donations falling, the company announced in a press release.
Bard director Dean Paul Gibson, who was at the helm of this year's Othello, will direct 2010's Much Ado, which centres around gossip and deception in a Sicilian noble family.
Bard on the Beach also plans to continue its production of Shakespeare's king plays on the Studio Stage with Henry IV, Parts I and II in a new blended adaptation by Errol Durbach. Falstaff will play in repertory with the war drama Henry V, directed by Meg Roe.
Antony and Cleopatra rounds out the season, which runs June 3 to Sept. 25. Actor Scott Bellis will make his directorial debut with the tragedy about the Egyptian queen and the Roman general.
