Interactive lectures with built-in performance
Join us at Pier 2/3 for a series of live HSC Shakespeare Seminars in partnership with the University of Sydney.
Seminars in partnership with the University of Sydney. Part performance, part interactive seminar, these sessions are designed to directly link to HSC modules and give students the edge in upcoming exams.
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. The Players from Bell Shakespeare will perform key scenes and soliloquies to demonstrate ideas presented and key content from each play.
Combining live performance, academic analysis and illuminating dramatic insights into the plays, sessions will be presented in a dynamic format showing the interplay between text and drama.
Sessions available include:
Year 12 HSC English Advanced students
2 hours
$25 per student ticket, 1 free teacher ticket per 10 student tickets
The Neilson Nutshell, Pier 2/3
Walsh Bay Arts Precinct
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.
Wednesday 28 February 2024, 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.
Thursday 29 February 2024, 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.
Friday 1 March 2024, 10am - 12pm
Dissect and discuss The Merchant of Venice as part of the Common Module: Texts and Human Experiences. The Players will perform key scenes and soliloquies from The Merchant of Venice to support discussion and demonstrate Shakespeare’s language and characters in action.
