Players Company Rehearsals for the Bell Shakespeare school’s performances.
This is a Free activity – please only book if you are SURE you will be attending so others don’t miss out.
NO TICKET TRANSFERS / SWAPS. If you can no longer attend please email excursions@SHEN.org.au to notify.
Please note you can book multiple sessions. Some of these sessions are repeats of previous years.
All performances will be at Bell Shakespeare, Pier 2/3, Walsh Bay Arts Precinct, 1/13A Hickson Road, Dawes Point
Dates and times for performances are below. You must have a ticket for every attending person.
Please limit to one adult per family group.
THE WONDERFUL WORLD OF WILL
recommended audience: Years 2-7
By Joanna Erskine
Travel back to 1599 and meet William Shakespeare himself, as well as a host of memorable characters from history, in this spirited, funny and informative show.
The Wonderful World of Will offers students the perfect introduction to the world of Shakespeare, combining historical facts with excerpts from a range of Shakespeare’s most famous plays from comedy to romance to tragedy. Students will learn about Shakespeare’s classic characters, language, word inventions, and even perform some Shakespeare of their own.
A rollicking ride that will inspire young minds to journey further into the world of Shakespeare, The Wonderful World of Will is sure to delight students and adults alike. Strap yourselves in for your journey back in time to Elizabethan England – just watch out you don’t lose your head!
SUCH SWEET SORROW
recommended audience: Years 7-10
By Joanna Erskine and Matt Edgerton
One ancient grudge, one lifechanging connection, and one society forever changed. Romeo and Juliet remains a rollercoaster ride of passion and violence, and a tale that, generations on, we continue returning to. Join The Players as they retell Shakespeare’s classic from youthful innocence to tragic conclusion, via modern commentary interweaved with Shakespeare’s original text.
Such Sweet Sorrow is an engaging and interactive performance experience for students and teachers that will keep the audience on the edge of their seats, from first sight to final breath. In 50 minutes The Players will journey through the entire story, discussing character motivations, illuminating themes and analysing language techniques and narrative devices.
MACBETH: THE REHEARSAL
recommended audience: Years 10, 11 & 12
By Joanna Erskine
A director has called their two leading actors to a special rehearsal of the ‘Scottish Play’, and your students are invited to observe. The show opens in two weeks and things are not looking good. It’s crunch time to engage with Shakespeare’s classic tragedy and transform text into performance. Become a fly on the wall for this fictional rehearsal, with illuminating and entertaining results.
Macbeth: The Rehearsal invites students to play observer and participant in this immersive and interactive show. Watch The Players play and replay with famous scenes and soliloquies from Macbeth. Witness the play’s trajectory blur with the actors’ own journeys, discovering key motivations, themes, language techniques and plot devices. This is a show that celebrates theatre-making, storytelling and the power of the imagination, within an engaging contemporary narrative.