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:
Wednesday 28 February 2024, 10am - 12pm Richard III / Looking For Richard
Thursday 29 February 2024, 10am - 12pm The Tempest / Hag-Seed
Friday 1 March 2024, 10am - 12pm The Merchant of Venice
Who's it for?
Year 12 HSC English Advanced students
How long?
2 hours
How much?
$25 per student ticket, 1 free teacher ticket per 10 student tickets
Venue
The Neilson Nutshell, Pier 2/3 Walsh Bay Arts Precinct 13A Hickson Road Dawes Point NSW 2000
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.
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.
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.