This Forum Theatre event comprised two short pieces devised over six weekly workshops with Shakes members. Forum Theater, one of the major techniques within Theatre of the Oppressed, allows spectators to collaborate in the experience by becoming ‘spect-actors’ (the audiences who participate in the actual performance). Through a moderator (Joker) and a group of actively […]
The Shakes Red Nose Clowns make a journey through Shakespeares Forest, using anything they can along the way!
The Irish aristocrat Violet Gibson, 5-foot-1 with long greying hair, at fifty was an unlikely assassin. On April 7, 1926 she shot Italian dictator Benito Mussolini. She was the only would be assassin to actually hit the great man, grazing his nose with her bullet. Nobody knows if Gibson acted alone. Her ultimate fate is hauntingly sad. Together the director, writers and actors will explore the character of Violet through a synergetic process culminating in performance presenting Violet through the different stages of her life. The Debutante. The Assassin. The Madwoman. Underscored by a soundtrack which unveils her state of mind.
The Irish aristocrat Violet Gibson, 5-foot-1 with long greying hair, at fifty was an unlikely assassin. On April 7, 1926 she shot Italian dictator Benito Mussolini. She was the only would be assassin to actually hit the great man, grazing his nose with her bullet. Nobody knows if Gibson acted alone. Her ultimate fate is hauntingly sad. Together the director, writers and actors will explore the character of Violet through a synergetic process culminating in performance presenting Violet through the different stages of her life. The Debutante. The Assassin. The Madwoman. Underscored by a soundtrack which unveils her state of mind.
Dublin Shakespeare Society will be holding auditions for a rehearsed reading of War of the Worlds (A re-adaptation of Howard Koch’s radio play based on the H.G. Wells novel) Written and Directed by Ray Murray Auditions will be held on Thursday 23rd February 2023, The Teachers Club (36 Parnell Sq W) @ 8pm Commitment: There […]
HG Wells wrote the novel,Howard Koch wrote the radio play loosely based on the novel.
Now we have a wonderful new re-adaptation of the radio play Written and Directed by The Shakes very own Ray Murray.
Set in Ireland a stellar cast brings you a rehearsed reading that will have you on the edge of your seat.
This is a specially devised Rehearsed Reading combining the creative writing of Mr. George Carroll and presents the wanderings of two bands of Red Nose Clowns as the journey through unknown territories. Having been briefed that the dreaded Iagoes is trying to capture all of Shakespeare’s best characters, they set out, in competition, to rescue as many as they can and bring them to “the great river”
ALL SHOWS NOW SOLD OUT!!! Cast * AIDAN JUDD * HILARY BOYLE * IAN PRENDERGAST * * SIOBHAN MOONEY * MARTIN O'CONNOR * BRENDAN O'DALY * * BILLY MULLIGAN * CLAIRE CARROLL * CATHAL O'RIORDAN * * DÁITHÍ O BRION * NEIL SHARPSON * DARRAGH BARRON * SARAH BYRNE * * MARIA MONTELEONE * MARCOS […]
Auditions being held for a modern retelling of Macbeth, directed by Valerie Greene, with initial text by Padraig Denihan.
In this adaptation—written and directed by George Carroll for the The Dublin Shakespeare Society, Oscar Wilde’s Lord Arthur Savile's Crime follows the seemingly fortunate Lord Arthur, a young aristocrat on the brink of a perfect marriage, whose life is abruptly unsettled by a chilling prediction. At a high-society gathering, a palm reader reveals that Arthur is destined to commit a terrible crime. What begins as an amusing curiosity quickly takes hold of his mind, transforming his engagement and future into something shadowed by inevitability and dread.
A modern retelling of William Shakespeare's "Macbeth", set in Dublin's inner-city underworld. The ‘Vault’ is a rundown rave club — the meeting place for our characters. Macbeth and his wife Amelia are an ambitious couple part of a dysfunctional family. Spurred on by dark forces, they commit murder to seize control of the operation. As guilt, paranoia and violence take hold, their bond unravels with devastating consequences.