Sydney Opera House: Table Top Shakespeare
26 September @ 12:30 pm - 3:00 pm AEST

Shakespeare re-told with relish (marmalade, dish soap and other bits and bobs)
For the first time in Sydney, internationally renowned theatre company Forced Entertainment bring their take on Shakespeare’s greatest hits to the Sydney Opera House. Over one week only, join us for a thrilling series of double-bill performances of Shakespeare’s comedies, tragedies and histories, creating worlds as vivid as they are strange.
In Table Top Shakespeare: Select Works, six performers condense a selection of Shakespeare’s plays, retelling a different one each night around a kitchen table using everyday household 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 back and seasoned to perfection.
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