Season Overview
THE GREATEST SHOW IN TOWN
The Bell Shakespeare Company’s travelling caravan of artistes and menagerie of minstrels present the greatest playwrights on Earth in a three-ringed triple bill for Season 2009. Grab your tickets, step right up and prepare to be dazzled as we explore a line-up alive with alluring ladies, mesmeric sleights of hand and the thrum of exotic music.
Mind your pockets as
The Alchemist
, featuring Patrick Dickson as Subtle, comes to town in Ben Jonson’s master work, heralded as one of the funniest plays ever written in the English language. Succumb to a mythical world of wonders as TaikOz and Damian Walshe-Howling drum up business in Shakespeare’s
Pericles
, a story of ancient lands and mysterious cultures. Prepare to be seduced by the all-girl revue when Marion Potts’ new production of
The Taming Of The Shrew
, featuring Jeanette Cronin as Petruchio, crosses gender boundaries in the name of love.
There will be dancing girls. Incredible feats will be attempted. There will be magic before your very eyes. As they say on Coney Island, “Freaks, wonders and human curiosities! They’re here, they’re real and they’re alive!”
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Company Overview
Under the artistic leadership of highly-acclaimed actor/director John Bell and award-winning director Marion Potts, Bell Shakespeare is Australia's premier producer of Shakespeare and classical theatre. As a major presenter at leading performing arts centres across the country, Bell Shakespeare works with the best local and international artists to produce bold, contemporary and exciting theatre of the highest standard. In addition to touring theatre productions, the company is devoted to training and education and has firmly established itself as Australia's most influential and significant provider of Shakespeare education in schools.
Artistic Director:
John Bell
General Manager:
Jill Berry
PO Box 10 Millers Point NSW 2000
Telephone:
+61 2 8298 9000
Fax:
+61 2 9241 4643
Email:
mail@bellshakespeare.com.au
www.bellshakespeare.com.au