Shakespeare Unplugged 2014

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2. Roman Baths

3. Litt le Theatre

4. The Bell Inn

5. Burdall ’s Yard

SAT 1 - SAT 22 MARCH 2014

Fresh ideas & exciting events - Happy Birthday, Shakespeare!

Venues

Theatre Royal Bath and Engage present

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Mon 17 Mar – Thurs 20 Mar

ShakeathonFour primary schools take on the egg’s Shakeathon challenge! Working with theatre professionals, year 5 and 6 students and their teachers from Batheaston Primary, Freshford Primary and St Keyna Primary Schools produce a sensational Shakespeare marathon, including The Tempest! This will be jam-packed with staggering performances.

6 pm | £3 | the egg

Fri 21 - Sat 22 March

ResurrectionWhat happens when you live beyond your fate? Find your answer in a startling reimagining of the most vulnerable of Shakespeare’s characters. This arresting new play by David Lane has been commissioned by Engage. Directed by Heidi Vaughan (A Winter’s Tale, The House of Bernarda Alba), Resurrection will be performed by members of a specially-formed Engage Shakespeare Company.

“One man, responsible for all our deaths – then new life is breathed through our pages. Nobody told us we could come back. Until now.”

11am, 1pm, 4pm, 6pm, 8pm | £8/£7 children & studentsAge: 12+ | Burdall’s Yard, London Road**Please go to the egg 30 minutes before the performance start time to be escorted to the venue.

Sun 9 March

Throne of Blood [12A]Akira Kurosawa’s powerful adaptation of Macbeth sets the action in a mythic, fog-bound landscape where samurai warlord Washizu (Toshiro Mifune) murders his way to power urged on by his coldly manipulative wife (Isuzu Yamada).

www.picturehouses.co.uk

2.45pm | £9 full, £8 retired, £7 members, £6 students Tickets available from the Little Theatre Box O� ce

Throughout the festival there will be a range of T-shirts, sweatshirts, mugs and cards for sale at the egg reception, featuring original designs by local artist James Read.

Shakespeare Unplugged 2014

Support the eggThe egg is a registered charity and just like any charity, we rely on gifts and donations to fund our work. Each year we need to raise over £200,000

Please make cheques payable to The Egg @ Theatre Royal Bath and return to: Development, Theatre Royal Bath, Sawclose, Bath, BA1 1ET. Please contact Tom Baughan: [email protected]

Donate by cheque: By text:Text EGG T12 £5 / £10 to 70070 and we will receive your entire donation straight away

Sat 8 MarchTeasel Theatre Company, New Old Friends and Shakespeare Unplugged present

Shakespeare Scratch CabaretShort, new, thought-provoking and entertaining ideas. A host of songs, sketches, dance and stand-up, with a whimsical performance of a new work, As You Like-ish, by Teasel Theatre Company. The evening includes contributions fron the Young People’s Theatre group.

www.teaseltheatre.co.ukwww.newoldfriends.co.uk

8pm | £8/£7 children & students Age 12+ | the egg

Sun 9 MarchHammerpuzzle Theatre Company presents

King JohnThe world is not as we know it. The green and pleasant land of England is almost a myth. War and con� ict is the norm in every country and children are used as pawns in grown men’s games. Hammerpuzzle’s King John is a 60 minute, high-energy adaptation that captures the dynamic realism of this tragic story, whilst holding on to the heart of Shakespeare’s original text.

www.hammerpuzzle.co.uk

6pm & 8pm | £8/£7 children & studentsAge 12+ | the egg

Thurs 13 - Sat 15 MarchTRB YPT presents

The Winter’s TaleWith the most famous stage direction of all time, The Winter’s Tale is a thriller and fairytale rolled into one.

When Leontes, King of Sicilia, becomes convinced his wife, Hermione, is having an a� air, he is consumed with jealousy. Ill at ease with the world around him, he lashes out at those closest to him, abandoning his daughter to distant Bohemia.

Charming, wild and magical, Shakespeare’s masterpiece is imagined afresh in this bold production by the acclaimed Young People’s Theatre.

‘Possibly Shakespeare’s most emotionally complex and breathtakingly theatrical play’ Observer

Evenings 7.30pm, | Sat Matinee 2.30pm £8/£7 children & students | Age: 12+ | the egg

Image credit: Paul Insect

Sat 15 and Sun 16 March

Breaking BardBen Jonson said of Shakespeare:

“He was not of an age, but for all time”.

Hammerpuzzle lead a two-day devising workshop to explore our relationship with Shakespeare today.

As an ensemble, we will � nd our voice in 2014, through the words of a writer born 450 years ago.

10am - 6pm | £30 | the egg

Sat 15 March

Midnight At The Boar’s Head - The Return!Fine Chisel were originally commissioned by Theatre Royal Bath to create a Shakespearean knees-up for the Shakespeare Unplugged Festival 2012. Midnight at the Boar’s Head has since won awards at the Edinburgh Festival and toured the UK – everywhere from a ballroom in York to a working farm in Oxfordshire, via a lot of brilliant pubs. For one night only, the show returns to Bath, hosted by the city’s favourite pub.

««««« ‘Fine Chisel… have sieved through the entire works of Shakespeare, done a bit of jiggery-pokery… and come out with a masterpiece’ Fringe Guru

««««« ‘Genuinely outstanding. Shakespearean cabaret… bawdy, raucous, immersive’ Three Weeks

8pm | The Bell Inn, Walcot StFree entry – we’ll pass a hat round at the end if you’d like to chip in.

Sat 1 March

Quiz Night (or ‘What You Know’)A fun-� lled launch event for the Shakespeare Unplugged Festival, this is a pub quiz with a uniquely TRB twist. With live music, live actors, picture rounds and � lmed contributions from our Young People’s Theatre, we’ll test your knowledge of Shakespeare’s works and contemporary pop culture during this light-hearted evening. You’ll be amazed by how much you already know about Shakespeare – and you’ll � nd out plenty more!

7.30pm for an 8pm start | £5 a head (teams of 4 max) to include � rst drink and nibbles | the egg

Sat 1- Thurs 6 March (Not Sun)Hoodwink and the egg present

Beneath the Trees (Where Nobody Sees)A dreamlike theatrical experience in a magical interactive Forest of Arden...

Come and play in a forest clearing where fairies and fools, animals and � owers, nature and magic are woven together. A place of transformations, safe experimentations and misrule! A chance to � nd “tongues in trees, books in the running brooks, sermons in stones and good in everything.” Dress for adventure, go wild!

“Pre-schoolers were entranced and it was hard not to be caught up in the inventiveness of the production” Salisbury Journal on Frozen Forest

www.hoodwinktheatre.co.uk

10am, 11am, 12 noon, 2pm | £6 admits one adult and 1 child Each additional child £3.50 | Age: 3+ | Roper Room, the egg

Tues 4 - Fri 7 MarchA Salisbury Playhouse/BareBones Production

Romeo and Juliet: UnzippedRomeo and Juliet: Unzipped is a specially-created introduction to Shakespeare’s story of young love and its endless possibilities. Key scenes are remixed with biographical detail to create the whirling world of teenage passion.

The production examines choices of character and motivation, highlighting Shakespeare’s language, ideas and themes. It is especially suitable for Key Stage 3 English and Drama students, or anyone who relishes exploring the dramatic decisions behind productions.

www.salisburyplayhouse.com

Tues and Fri 10am & 1pm | Wed and Thurs 1pm & 7pm £7.50/£6.50 children & students | Age: 11+ | the egg

Kindly sponsored by Frank and Elizabeth BrenanSun 2 - Mon 3 March TRB YPT/Engage present

Burned on the Water (Antony and Cleopatra & Cymbeline)Cleopatra, Serpent of the Nile, has seduced the great Roman general, Antony – but will their all-consuming passion lead to their triumph or their downfall? Elsewhere, Cymbeline, King of the Britons, prepares for a Roman invasion whilst Princess Innogen escapes her father’s tyranny by � eeing to the mountains.

Egypt, Rome and Ancient Britain will be brought to life beside the atmospheric Great Bath, as quarrelling lovers and warring nations take the audience on a journey through two of Shakespeare’s epic stories of the Roman World.

This will be an immersive theatre project presented by TRB Young People’s Theatre and the Engage adult company.

6.30pm Antony and Cleopatra (Engage) £8/78pm Cymbeline (YPT) £8/7 | Age: 12+ | Roman Baths

Welcome to Shakespeare Unplugged 2014! Theatre Royal Bath and Engage are delighted to o� er you this festival of plays, workshops, quizzes and cabaret, all designed to celebrate Shakespeare’s 450th birthday this year and the fact that he is still our greatest playwright and people-watcher.

Alongside a classic play or two, we have commissioned new work, staged in magical other worlds in the egg and elsewhere. We will populate these worlds with a host of local performers and professional touring companies – join them in � nding more joy in Shakespeare and spend three weeks dipping your toes into fresh waters…

Shakespeare Unplugged 2014

Box O� ce: 01225 823409 / 448844 www.theatreroyal.org.uk/the-egg