Manama Theatre Club presents
Will Shakespeare save us!
By Paul Nimmo
This is a one act short play performed in the round, and is a brilliant introduction to Shakespeare's most famous exerts or a timely reminder to those who already know their Shakespeare but who do not want to sit through a 2-hour classic.
A couple of hundred years after Shakespeare wrote his last play, a group of bedraggled court players is threatened with certain death if they do not successfully entertain the King. Finding a book of exerts from some unknown playwright called Shakespeare they decide to give it a go with mixed results as they try out scenes from Romeo and Juliet, Midsummer's Night's Dream, Hamlet and Macbeth.
It is performed by an international cast and production crew hailing from Bahrain, UK, New Zealand, India and America with ages ranging from 14 years old to those well past retirement age!
Details of the show
Date and time: 9th - 12th November 2016 at 8:00 pm
Venue: The British Club
Tickets: 7BD from the British Club reception and Al OSra, Nakheel Centre (opposite St Christopher's Junior School)
Age limit: 12 years and above
Contact details
For more information, please contact us on phone: 17261555/Ext: 226; or email: events.bh@britishcouncil.org.bh. Or, contact the British Club on phone: 17728245; or email:secretary@britishclubbahrain.com
ABOUT SHAKESPEARE LIVES IN 2016:
Shakespeare Lives is the British Council’s major cultural programme for 2016. It will be a global celebration of the life and works of William Shakespeare on the occasion of the 400th anniversary of his death.
Throughout 2016, the Shakespeare Lives programme will bring together all areas of the organisation to create a truly worldwide celebration of his works. Managed by the British Council, working with a broad range of partners, a year of events across the globe will aim to encourage people – who either have an existing knowledge and relationship with Shakespeare, or are discovering him for the first time - to actively participate, be creative and demonstrate a personal connection with Shakespeare and his works.
The Shakespeare Lives programme formally began on 5 January, 2016 (Twelfth Night) and will run until the end of December 2016.
