Bell Shakespeare has announced its 2023 season, which features three new productions: contemporary retellings of Macbeth and Twelfth Night, and a raw, intimate production of Romeo and Juliet.

“[We have] three of Shakespeare’s finest works to continue and celebrate our re-emergence from years of disruption, something Shakespeare knew all too well,” says Artistic Director Pete Evans. 

“Next year is the 400th anniversary of Shakespeare’s First Folio, without which we wouldn’t have some of Shakespeare’s most-loved plays, including Macbeth and Twelfth Night. It felt like the right time to restage these blockbuster works, starting with Macbeth which we’ve set in the moody 1920s with the fantastic Hazem Shammas and Jessica Tovey, [while] our good friend Heather Fairbairn will direct our national tour of Twelfth Night, collaborating with Sarah Blasko on the musical score,” says Evans.

“To showcase our new theatre The Neilson Nutshell at Pier 2/3 Walsh Bay Arts Precinct, I’ve conceived a stripped-back version of Romeo and Juliet, that focuses on the beauty of the text and stars Rose Riley and Jacob Warner, who I worked with on Hamlet earlier this...