SHAKESPEARE 4 KIDZ - ROMEO AND JULIET The Castle Tomorrow at 10.30am and 1.30pm
CHILDREN’S favourites, Shakespeare 4 Kidz (S4K), are back in town with their very own musical take on this Shakespeare classic.
When it comes to making the Bard’s plays appealing to children, this company is in a league of its own.
S4K has introduced millions of young people to the magical world of Shakespeare over the last 15 years with its modern musical adaptations of not only Romeo and Juliet but also Macbeth, A Midsummer Night’s Dream, Twelfth Night, The Tempest and even Hamlet.
And youngsters love them because they can understand them.
The complicated stories and complex text are simplified by the use of modern language linking together the most famous and best-loved lines.
And there are catchy songs and dances too.
This production will feature many of the popular actors who have played the roles before and is directed by co-writer and S4K founder Julian Chenery.
Shakespeare’s tragedy of the star-crossed teenagers is probably the most famous love story in the world.
It has been retold in countless ways since Shakespeare first put his play on stage some 400 years ago.
S4K’s version has love and hate, laughter and tears, politics and religion, power and passion, in a way everyone can relate to.
The themes are as relevant and topical now as at any time in the play’s history and
S4K are experts at putting the play’s message across with a unique balance of comedy and poignancy.
Children as young as eight can enjoy this show.
Chenery is thrilled to have one of his musicals on tour again.
He said: “The theatres we have chosen to visit are places there is traditionally a massive demand to see us and where we have been playing to packed houses for years and years.”
Tickets are £10. To book call 01933 270007.
