Presented by 20 Stories High, Written and Directed by Ameera Conrad
Who the f-k is Shakespeare?
Dates Friday 11th October, 1pm | Age 14+ | Running Time ~75 mins
Tickets are by invite only for this event – please contact jess@TheatrePorto.org
“We’re adding to the story, giving you all the gory details.”
Following a sell-out run, four of Shakespeare’s (in)famous characters are back for a national tour, ready to tell their side of the story.
Join them as they blow the dust off the classics to stage a multi-art form political occupation of stories steeped in racism, patriarchy and violence.
Armed with punchy verses, punky attitudes, and whole lotta wit – let’s rip out the pages, raise the roof, and rise up!
The Team:
- Writer/Director – Ameera Conrad
- Producer – Natasha Patel
- Lighting Designer – Xenia Bayer
- Composer/Sound Design – Mal Lidgett
- Creative Captioner – Ben Glover
- Design Associate – Keshi Raghu
- Audio Description Consultant – Mandy Redvers-Rowe
- Dramaturg – Keith Saha
- Company Stage Manager – Charlotte Jones
- Technical Stage Manager – Jordan Barnes
- Production Manager – Mike Dunn
Cast:
- Beca Barton – Viola
- Harriet O’Grady – Cleopatra
- Jada-Li Warrican – Ophelia
- Mary Savage – Lady Macbeth
All performances of this show include creative captioning and integrated audio description. The Saturday 21st September performance will be BSL interpreted
How Integrated Audio Description Works
‘Hello, my name is Mandy Redvers-Rowe and I am the Audio Description Consultant who has been working with Twenty Stories High on Who The F—K Is Shakespeare?
I have been working with Ameera and the team to make the production accessible to visually impaired audiences. We have built description into the script and so you can expect:
- Set description
- Character description, with a unique musical intro for each character so that you know who is on stage.
- Action description, so that nothing will happen on stage that you don’t know about. We have also designed the costumes so that they have an audio element, and you will be able to hear movement and follow some of the action this way.
I really hope you enjoy the show! We’d love to hear about anything you particularly like about the integrated audio description, or if you have any suggestions about how we can make it better.’
- Download the Who The F–k Is Shakespeare Resource Pack
- Download the Who The F–k Is Shakespeare Self-care Toolkit
- See the BSL interpreted flyer here
Content Warning:
Loud noises, haze, and fake weapons. Discussions around gender, violence, patricide, suicide, war, murder, racism, patriarchy, I mean, listen, it’s Shakespeare. It will also be funny, light, and just a bit tongue-in-cheek.
