RISING: Complete Works – Table Top Shakespeare
Sometimes the classics need a bit of a shake-up. In Complete Works, six performers condense all of Shakespeare’s plays – retelling a new one each night around the kitchen table using everyday objects. A vase for the prince. A jar for Juliet. A bottle of Dettol for the nurse. Salt and pepper for the king and queen. It’s the immortal storytelling of The Bard, stripped and seasoned to perfection.
The team from Forced Entertainment know the resilience of these stories lies in their ability to be re-imagined – that the meanings can twist in the telling and the plays were originally written to entertain the masses. So, light on Elizabethan poetry, the shows feel more like a friend has sat you down to prove why the works are such cracking yarns, using only lo-fi puppetry. Each performer has a different take on the action. But every version twists the bottle and releases the essence of Bill’s vision.
Hours 
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Sun 8 Jun |
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Mon 9 Jun |
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Tue 10 Jun |
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Wed 11 Jun |
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Thu 12 Jun |
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Fri 13 Jun |
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Sat 14 Jun |
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Sun 15 Jun |
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Location 
Guild Theatre, The University of ³Ô¹ÏÍø
Arts & Cultural Building
Building 159/15 Monash Rd
Parkville 3010
Price and bookings
Adult / general $25 |

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