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JUST MACBETH! Buy tickets: Sydney season Wed 8th Oct - Sunday 26th Oct
‘Inspired silliness’ – Daily Telegraph
‘Irrepressibly irreverent … brilliant fun’ – The Australian
‘Great fun. Great theatre. Surprisingly good Shakespeare, too’ – Herald Sun
‘Exuberantly daft, very clever show’ – The Sun-Herald
‘Children as young as three and four years old were gripped and fully engaged along with teenagers and their teachers, who actually mouthed the words during some of the more famous Shakespearean speeches. Will Shakespeare and Andy Griffiths make a great team!’ - Australian Stage Online
‘Visceral images comic-book style, irreverent references to theatrical convention and wordplay, including a rearrangement of the play’s title, promise mirth aplenty for boys and girls. It is a promise delivered with gusto… it is hard to conceive of a more appropriate production through which to introduce children to the theatre, let alone Shakespeare’ – The Sydney Morning Herald
‘This is a high-energy, madcap production that had the children in the audience spell-bound from start to finish and they weren’t the only ones. Just Macbeth! is a great romp and the actors throw themselves into their roles with genuine delight.’ – The Sunday Herald Sun, Melbourne
‘Just Macbeth is a great piece of theatre … Griffiths’ genius isn’t just in bringing his anarchic sense of humour to such a heavy work but in the way he integrates the bard’s language into the contemporary play.’ – Drum Media
Click here to read full reviews … click here to see a 7.30 report featuring highlights from the show along with interviews with cast, director and Andy.
Bell Shakespeare’s production of Just Macbeth! by Andy Griffiths is a really silly version of Shakespeare’s great big gory tragedy starring Andy, Lisa, Danny and Jen from the JUST series.
And when we say really silly, we mean really REALLY silly as it is performed by six funny but tragic actors and a garden gnome and features a severed head that talks Shakespearean.And when we say really, REALLY silly, we mean really, REALLY, REALLY silly as there are witches and whiz fizz and ghosts and girl germs and weird Elizabethan things like soliloquies and sharp swords and other things beginning with S.
An hilarious and irreverent take on one of Shakespeare’s most popular plays, this new show will have you in stitches!
SYDNEY SEASON: Wed 8th October - Sunday 26th October
| Seymour Centre, Everest Theatre | |
| Preview | 8 October |
| Opening Night | 9 October |
| Season | 10 – 26 October |
| Matinees | 10, 11, 12, 18, 25 & 26 October |
| Click here to book tickets for the Sydney Season |
DURATION 2 hours, including interval
SYDNEY SCHOOLS MATINEES
14, 15, 16, 17, 22, 23, 24 October at 10.30am
Cost: $20 per ticket
BENEFITS AND CONDITIONS
– 1 complimentary teacher’s ticket per 20 students
– Comprehensive Teachers’ Kit included
– School Matinee performances are exempt from GST
– All terms and conditions are detailed on the booking form
Download a Sydney Booking Form
and fax your request to 1300 552 271.
For more information, please phone 1300 305 730 or visit http://www.bellshakespeare.com.au/education/
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Melb 14th Oct: YES I CAN’T READ AND WRITE BUT IT’S NOT MY FAULT!
You are invited to a public forum looking at children’s literacy and how we can improve it.
Guest speakers: Best-selling author ANDY GRIFFITHS (Creator of The Day My Bum Went Psycho, Pencil of Doom and more)
Deakin University’s Associate Professor Catherine Beavis and Dr Christopher Walsh
WHEN: 6pm on Tuesday 14th October.
WHERE: St Michael’s Church, 120 Collins St, Melbourne,
The event is being recorded for later broadcast on ABC Radio National’s Life Matters program.
ADMISSION FREE
For further information, phone Sue Brown at Deakin University (03) 5227 2006