Shakespeare

Star-Cross'd is a movement-oriented retelling of Shakespeare's most tragic love story: Romeo and Juliet. The Half-Shadow Players marry the haunting music of Florence + the Machine with the Bard's immortal text for a raw, visually stunning spin on the classic tale.

From the director of 'Pulp Shakespeare' (Best of Fringe 2011), comes Ministers of Grace, which imagines what the movie Ghostbuters would be like if written by William Shakespeare. This will be a staged reading, with a full scale production to come.

HAMLET MAX: Wm. Shakespeare's Hamlet told by 8 actors in 90 minutes, with animated, manga-style backgrounds in a post-apocalyptic setting. hamletmax.net

6-actor, 1-musician, 90-minute Twelfth Night; Shakespeare's most complexly hilarious comedy - complete with gender-swapping, breakneck quick-changes, and live, original music! Not your grandma's Shakespeare.

An amalgamation of myths and fairytales from around the world following the adventures of twins Darius and Rana as they reclaim their parents throne and learn about the nature of life.

Romeo and Juliet, dead, wake up to find themselves stuck in their Personal Hell - forced to listen to WEST SIDE STORY music for eternity. To escape, they must suffer through a production of their life story performed by the other inhabitants of Hell - Shakespeare’s dead characters!

SCAR FACE: THE MUSICAL is a ridiculous idea. The fact it's being staged by Britain's Royal Shakespeare Corporation is even more insane. So thinks lauded theatre director Felicity Bigelow, given the task of turning "shit into gold".

A show and a workshop! A pre-show workshop immerses children of all ages in Shakespeare's world, then they become groundlings as Shakespeare's characters come to life in a forty-five minute adaptation of one of Shakespeare's greatest comedies, A MIDSUMMER NIGHT'S DREAM!