Two women lie on the floor wearing white under-clothes with various objects around them - a skull, a necklace, a strawberry handkerchief, red gloves, an empty bottle and cork and a dagger.

The Studio

Shakespeare’s Women

Presented by Comedia of Errors.

Tue 5 Nov - Sat 9 Nov 2024
2:30pm / 8:00pm
£22.50 - £16.50 Includes maximum applicable per ticket booking fee.
The Studio at the Grand Opera House

Recommended for Ages 12+

Running Time: 1hr 15mins (no interval)

Is there life after love, after death, and after The Bard?

What if Ophelia met Juliet? Would she give her some relationship advice? What if Portia told Cleopatra to wise up? Headstrong, feisty and in the thralls of love, what can they learn from each other?

Fusing modern comedy and drama with classical verse, see Shakespeare and his favourite women in a brand-new light. Presented by award-winning Belfast company Commedia of Errors (The Gap Year, I Am Maura, Plays Aloud), this brand new production of their smash hit show is sure to entertain, enthrall and enlighten audiences.

Calla Hughes (The Snow Queen, Lyric) and Catherine Rees (The Mousetrap, West End) star as Juliet and Ophelia, or Jules and Fee for short. Watch as they probe Shakespeare’s best-known characters to learn a little more about themselves. Can Goneril give them strength? Cleopatra, power or Portia, guile? Could Hamlet be the key to unlocking who they are, what went wrong and why they’re still stuck playing their parts over and over forever more?

A modern examination of the relationships between men and women, this is Shakespeare dissected by two young (dead) women stuck in purgatory determined to be penned anew.

Suitable for ages 12+

This event will take place in the Grand Opera House’s intimate second space, The Studio, situated in the Upper Circle level.

Cast

“Polished, thoughtful and good fun”

Alan in Belfast
“The beauty of the play is how the characters move smoothly from sparky schoolgirl talk to traditional Shakespearean text”

The Irish News