Shakespeare para todos, Pedro Ochôa

“Shakespeare for everyone: a lot of noise for nothing ", premiered in 2015 in Maringá, and marks the first adaptation of the English classic of the group, in the circus-theater language. According to Pedro Ochôa, the text was chosen due to its characteristic of being universal, to please all the ages of spectators, being able to be appreciated by an eclectic audience. About the creative process, Pedro says that there was enough preparation of the group. "We did a laboratory on Shakespearean language, adapting popular street language and circus techniques, bringing folk songs to live music," he says.

The group Circus Theater Without Canvas also preserved some characteristics of the original assembly, like the characteristics of the scenic space; the scenario as a simulation of a small "Elizabetano" theater with balcony; the participation of the audience, referring to the nobles who attended the pieces of privileged places; the costumes, reminiscent of Shakespeare's costume, as well as live music played by actors in the cast.” (Information translated from http://www.rtvcanal38.com.br/2016/09/13/cine-fenix-recebe-montagem-shakespeare-para-todos/)

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Much Ado About Nothing, Theatr Clwyd

Theatr Clwyd's Much Ado About Nothing featured a Portmeirion village inspired set with a chess board lawn, upon which Beatrice and Benedick waged their battle of wits. The design echoed that of the RSC's Love's Labour's Lost/Love's Labour's Won (2014). Theatr Clwyd transformed their Anthony Hopkins Theatre "to make the production more intimate, exciting and absorbing". The audience sat on banks of seating on either side of the stage, with additional seating available at tables on-stage. In addition to celebrating the 400th anniversary of Shakespeare's death, the production marked Theatr Clwyd’s 40th birthday and its 400th show.

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Much Ado About Nothing, Sudden Impulse

“Award-winning Sudden Impulse Theatre Company make their Edinburgh Festival Fringe debut with Shakespeare's classic comedy, celebrating 400 years since the death of the Bard. Enjoy this much-loved comedy, performed outside in the gardens at Greenside.” --description from Fringe Programme)   

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Much Ado About Nothing, Hudson Warehouse

“A peace treaty is signed and the war between the Prince, Pedro and his brother Don John is over.  Well deserved R and R on the estate of Don Leonato brings with it Friendship, Love, Conspiracy and Betrayal.

For ‘Idle hands are the devil’s workshop.’” (Information from the Riverside Park NYC website below)

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The HandleBards

The "world's first cycling theatre company," The HandleBards returned to Edinburgh in 2016 with two troupes, The Boys and The Girls. Each troupe was composed of four actors who carried set, props and costumes around the UK (and beyond) on bicycles to perform all-male Much Ado About Nothing and Richard III and all-female Romeo and Juliet and The Taming of the Shrew in unique venues from gardens to castles.

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Much Ado About Nothing, Drilling Company

"The Drilling Company's Shakespeare in the Parking Lot ensemble will open the third season of Shakespeare in Bryant Park with Much Ado about Nothing set in the Post World War I Suffragette movement. This free production, directed by Hamilton Clancy, will be offered from May 19 to June 4 on the Upper Terrace of Bryant Park, behind the New York Public Library." (Information from the Shakespeare in the Parking Lot website)

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Much Ado About Nothing, Folkwang University

Much Ado About Nothing, Folkwang University

The Folkwang Shakespeare Festival is an annual event hosted by the Folkwang University of the Arts, Germany. Every year the university invites three other institutions to join them in co-producing a given play. The director/student teams from each university craft their own productions independently, and in their native languages. After performing these at the festival, the teams then band together to craft and perform a collaborative production of the play (in English).

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Complete Works: Table Top Shakespeare

“A salt and pepper pot for the king and queen. A vase for the prince. A matchbox for the servant. A toilet roll tube for the Innkeeper. A water bottle for the messenger.

In Complete Works six performers create condensed versions of each and every Shakespeare play, comically and intimately retelling them, using a collection of everyday objects as stand-ins for the characters on the one-metre stage of an ordinary table top."

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