Shakespeare In Prison – showing how the Bard can change lives
The debate around whether Shakespeare is still relevant continues. But while the discussion could easily be all academic, the real proof is in taking the Bard off the page and bringing him back to the people – all the people – in performance. And not just as audience, but as participants. Which brings us to the point of today’s Discussion blog post. While browsing Facebook last week, the video below popped up on my feed (thank you Facebook algorithm), which was fascinating and showed just how useful Shakespeare can be to us humans still – but only if we get to perform his works, rather than just see them, or…
Shakespeare Republic is coming to you live in 2016!
We are so very excited to announce that Shakespeare Republic is expanding our brief in 2016! Not only are we in the planning stages for Season Two of the webseries, we are also in pre-production/fundraising for our VERY FIRST LIVE SHOW! Yes, that is correct. In this Shakespeare Anniversary year, marking 400 years since the Bard “shuffled off this mortal coil” (Hamlet, Act III, Sc. 1) in 1616, we will be bringing you Shakespeare Republic live and in person through a series of “event” live performances taking place in Melbourne later this year. All of our original cast are returning and we will be adding some new faces to the line…
All The World's A Stage …
