ROMEO & JULIET
OCTOBER 23 - 28 2023
St Martins Youth Arts Centre | Melbourne Fringe Festival 2023
“I was so moved by it... To see it be so important to these young people, and to the audience... It reminded me how transcendent this sort of work can be.” - Praise Dionysus.
Following an initial sell-out season, JMC Acadamy and Artefact Theatre Company present a return season of their critically acclaimed production of Shakespeare’s Romeo and Juliet. This production presents a radical departure from traditional stagings of Shakespeare’s most famous work, one that takes a classic story and imbues it with contemporary characters, staging, and charm to remind us how timeless Shakespeare can be.
A traverse stage serves as a canvas for this uniquely queer and beautifully dark production of Romeo and Juliet. This is Shakespeare, reimagined in its most intimate, modern, and immersive form.
STRICTLY LIMITED SEASON - OCTOBER 4th-15th 2023
fortyfive downstairs | Melbourne Fringe Festival 2023
What if you could relive the most important moments in your life, over and over, to see how things could have turned out differently?
As heartrending as it is beautiful, Constellations is Nick Payne’s gloriously romantic award-winning hit, with London Productions earning both the Evening Standard Theatre Award for Best Play in 2012, and the 2022 Olivier Award for Best Play Revival.
Constellations is the story of Marianne and Roland, two lovers whose relationship we explore through the lens of infinite parallel universes. They meet at a barbeque and hit it off, or maybe they don’t. Maybe they go home together, or maybe they part ways. Maybe they say the right thing at precisely the wrong time, or maybe they say the wrong thing in exactly the right way. The result is a rich, compelling, and poignant love story that ponders on the power and preciousness of human connection in a seemingly random universe.
Artefact Theatre Company’s Matthew Cox directs this beautiful new production starring Mark Yeates (Much Ado About Nothing, Mr Burns) and Bridie Pamment (The Real Inspector Hound).
Constellations is set to be a captivating and intimate night of theatre for anybody who’s ever reflected on a love they take for granted, or one that got away.
SHOW DETAILS
Previews: Wednesday 4th & Thursday 5th October
Opening night: Friday 6 October
Duration: 75 minutes
TIMES
Tuesday to Saturday: 7:30pm
Sunday: 5pm
ticket price: $30 – $40
bookings: 03 9662 9966
Please note - 50% of Ticket Allocation for each performance can be purchased from the Box Office or website of Fortyfive Downstairs, with the remaining 50% available through the Melbourne Fringe Festival.
All seating is GENERAL ADMISSION. If tickets are not available for the performance you are planning to attend - please check the other website linked below.