Events Description
Dauntless City Theatre presents the North American Premiere of Vijay Padaki’s Shakespeare By Any Other Name.
Shakespeare By Any Other Name is to a traditional Shakespeare play what The Harlem Globetrotters is to basketball. It is an opportunity to radically invite the audience into their favourite parts of Shakespeare, while being taken on a fast-paced adventure about what Shakespeare means. This presentation will enliven the park and include spectators like never before – on a practical level, as key scenes, everyone dreams of performing are brought to life – the balcony scene from Romeo and Juliet and Caesar’s death “Et tu, Brute?” from Julius Caesar.
This play, told through the perspectives of two young women, morphing between Elizabethan noblewomen to Richard III and his horse to Lady Macbeth, and always the audience’s enthusiastic guides, makes the case that Shakespeare belongs to the people.
Through fun, through doing not telling, and spectacle, playwright Vijay Padaki has created a play which follows many of Dauntless Theatre’s hallmarks: no fourth wall, audience engagement, appreciation of poetry, and critical thinking in an accessible, delightful way. Audience members will leave refreshed and excited.
Who is it for?
all-ages
HOW MUCH
Tickets :Pay What You Can
How to get tickets?
At the door
WHEN & WHERE
Date & Time:
Weekends in August 4 to 27, 2023
Fri Aug 4 2023, 7pm-8pm
Sat Aug 5 2023, 3pm-4pm
Sat Aug 5 2023, 7pm-8pm
Sun Aug 6 2023 , 3pm-4pm
Fri Aug 11 2023, 7pm-8pm
Sat Aug 12 2023, 3pm-4pm
Sat Aug 12 2023, 7pm-8pm
Sun Aug 13 2023, 3pm-4pm
Fri Aug 18 2023, 7pm-8pm
Sat Aug 19 2023, 3pm-4pm
Sat Aug 19 2023, 7pm-8pm
Sun Aug 20 2023, 3pm-4pm
Fri Aug 25 2023, 7pm-8pm
Sat Aug 26 2023, 3pm-4pm
Sat Aug 26 2023, 7pm-8pm
Sun Aug 27 2023, 3pm-4pm
Venue: St James Park, 120 King St E, Toronto, ON M5C 1G6
Paid Parking
Wheelchair accessible
Accessible by Public Transport