La Boite Presents AS YOU LIKE IT, 2/18-3/24

La Boite Theatre Company in Kelvin Grove, Queensland presents William Shakespeare's comedy AS YOU LIKE IT from February 18 to March 24. Tickets start at $28 and can be purchased at regular price here, or discount tickets may be purchased by buying a season ticket package here.

In AS YOU LIKE IT, Rosalind falls in love with the younger Orlando at a wrestling match, as some do. Banished from the city by her usurping uncle, she disguises herself as a man, as some would. With her best friend Celia at her side, she seeks refuge in the magical Forest of Arden where she meets Orlando again and teaches him the art of love, just as she likes it. Shakespeare's most joyous comedy is a feast of wit and wisdom, love and lust, cross-dressing and cross-purposes. This is a life-affirming, wonderfully optimistic trip into the forest of love performed by a crack cast for special beguilement.

This Shakespeare includes one of the most famous lines of all time: "All the world's a stage, and all the men and women merely players" Jaques.

David Berthold, the artistic director, says, "La Boite's theatre is perfect for Shakespeare: it's open and alive and allows actors and audiences to come together to share the joy. As You Like It tells us that 'all the world's a stage' and here it will be, with ten actors joined by eight student actors from QUT and Southbank Institute of Technology making for our biggest production in years. I know Helen Howard will delight and inspire as Rosalind, Shakespeare's greatest female creation, and I could think of no better Orlando than Thom, who gave us such a scintillating Mark Antony in Julius Caesar - what a gorgeous pairing. This production will be outrageous fun - Shakespeare just as you like it."

La Boite's Mainstage seasons look to new Australian work, fresh international theatre, great texts of the past, and to collaborations with diverse artists and organisations from across the nation and beyond. We aim to converse with the times - to unwrap the past and scrutinise the present as a means of expressing our aspirations for the future. Visit http://laboite.com.au/default.asp for more information on La Boite Theatre.