Auckland Shakespeare in the Park - As You Like It & Macbeth at Shoreside Theatre
Dates: 1/18/2020 - 2/15/2020
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18 Richards Avenue, Forrest Hill
Auckland, 0632
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As the summer evenings settle, enjoy traditional presentations of two of Shakespeares finest plays performed outdoors in The PumpHouse Amphitheatre.As You Like It... follows our heroine Rosalind as she flees persecution in her uncles court by masquerading as a young man and heading for the leafy forest of Arden.Accompanied by her cousin Celia and the witty jester Touchstone, the group encounter a variety of memorable characters, notably the melancholy traveler Jacques and Orlando, another banished youth who is infatuated with Rosalind! Disguised Rosalind sets about to woo her love, without revealing her true identity.Directed by James BellMacbeth...a highly respected war hero and much loved amongst his noble friends, strikes a bargain with the devil when the seed planted by a prophecy throws his mortality into the spotlight and inflames his ambition.Spurred on by his calculating and determined wife, he embarks on a campaign of brutality beginning with the murder of the Scottish King whose throne he seizes, to his best friend Banquo, to the wife and young son of his fellow Thane, Macduff.As his friends and loyal subjects abandon him, wracked with increasing paranoia and guilt and goaded by the witches, he and his wife are consumed by his heart-breaking choices.Directed by Cath BonifaceNow in our 24th season, Shoreside Theatres Auckland Shakespeare in the Park is presented by a company of professional and community actors, production crew, enthusiasts and supporters with the aspiration to stage real Shakespeare. As always, both plays feature fabulous costumes and passionate performances.
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