Interactive lectures with built-in performance
Join us at The Rebel Theatre at Pier 2/3 in 2026, or access digital recordings, for our series of live HSC Shakespeare Seminars in partnership with the University of Sydney.
Presented onsite at Pier 2/3 in The Neilson Nutshell, each seminar will feature Bell Shakespeare artists in conversation with a leading academic from the University of Sydney presenting illuminating and engaging content on each play. Actors from Bell Shakespeare will perform key scenes and soliloquies to demonstrate ideas presented and key content from each play.
Part performance, part interactive seminar, these sessions are designed to directly link to NSW HSC modules and give students the edge in upcoming exams. Combining live performance, academic analysis and illuminating dramatic insights in conversation, seminars will be presented in a dynamic format showing the interplay between text and drama.
Our seminars will take place at The Rebel Theatre, located at Pier 2/3, in 2026. All seminars will be equipped with a hearing loop. For more information please contact our box office.
Live onsite seminars Tuesday 12 May – Wednesday 13 May 2026
Digital recordings available on-demand, year-round.
Year 12 HSC English Advanced students
2 hours
$25 per student ticket, 1 free teacher ticket per 10 student tickets
For schools wanting to book for 100+ students, we can organise an invoice for your booking. Please email learning@bellshakespeare.com.au
The Rebel Theatre, Pier 2/3
Walsh Bay Arts Precinct
2/13A Hickson Road
Dawes Point NSW 2000
If you are unable to attend a live HSC Shakespeare Seminar, you can access the sessions digitally. More information here.
Tuesday 12 May 2026, 10am – 12pm
Explore Shakespeare’s Richard III and provide a comparative analysis of Al Pacino’s Looking For Richard, as part of Module A: Textual Conversations. The Players will perform key scenes and soliloquies from Richard III to support discussion and demonstrate Shakespeare’s language and characters in action.
Wednesday 13 May 2026, 10am – 12pm
Explore Shakespeare’s The Tempest and provide a comparative analysis of Margaret Atwood’s Hag-Seed, as part of Module A: Textual Conversations. The Players will perform key scenes and soliloquies from The Tempest to support discussion and demonstrate Shakespeare’s language and characters in action.