For over 45 years The Flying Bookworm Theatre Company has been offering theatrical incursions that explore, analyse and reinvent Shakespeare's works, both his plays and sonnets, through live performance, in order to break them down to their clearest, most relatable form. While we never lose the poetry and beauty of his words and language, we do make them easier to understand.

'Intro to Shakespeare' puts our years of knowledge, experience and passion for the Bard to use through the creative, educational and imaginative ways we present scenes, language and text from some of Shakespeare's most brilliant plays and most moving sonnets. Gain a greater understanding of Shakespeare himself, his characters, his works and how powerfully they still resonate in today’s modern society.

In our live, theatrical school incursion program, Romeo and Juliet, Macbeth, Much Ado About Nothing, Hamlet, A Midsummer Nights Dream, Othello and Henry V along with some of Shakespeare’s most memorable sonnets are all performed and explored while being vibrantly, accessibly and joyfully brought to life for students all across Australia.

It’s never too early or too late to fall in love with Shakespeare’s classics!

This 60 minute incursion includes:

• Traditional and modern versions of scenes from Romeo and Juliet, Much Ado About Nothing, Henry V, A Midsummer Nights Dream and Macbeth
• We will examine the Soliloquy, explore iambic pentameter,
• engage your students with details from the life and times of Willam Shakespeare.
• Present the students with all the ways in which Shakespeare's words and stories have permeated through into our modern day lives and everyday language.
• Q & A with our wonderful actors at the conclusion of the performance
• If you've ever heard a student exclaim "Shakespeare is boring" this is the perfect way to change their mind.

BOOKINGS
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