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Classics, Reimagined

Our mission is simple: to create exhilarating theatre. 

We combine expertise in classical performance with bold, contemporary adaptation techniques to reimagine classic plays for the southern hemisphere.

 

Nature is at the heart of our work. Blending Original Shakespearean Practices (OP) with inventive storytelling, we explore how theatre can bring us together to celebrate and care for each other and our biodiverse world.

We seek new ways to make old plays feel exhilarating, joyful and urgently relevant.

Because great theatre does not simply demand us to think, but invites us to feel, laugh, listen and be transported.

New Voices

We are inspired by Shakespeare's 'upcycling' of classical and contemporary works alongside creating new plays.

We are also committed to creating and supporting new writing that speaks to the present moment. 

This includes everything from daring new adaptations to original productions and contemporary drama.

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Shakespeare Rewilded

Shakespeare’s plays are filled with forests, storms, elements, wild landscapes and creatures both real and imagined. We return these works to the living worlds that shaped them.

Through ecological performance, biophilic design and site-responsive storytelling, we explore how Shakespeare can deepen our relationship with the natural world.​

For us, rewilding Shakespeare means creating theatre that feels alive: playful, immersive and deeply connected to the environments and communities in which it is performed.

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"Captivating. The entire cast is impeccable"

Theatre Travels

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Shakespeare South acknowledges the Kaurna people as the Traditional Custodians of the unceded Country on which we were founded. We pay our deepest respects to Elders past and present, and honour all First Nations peoples across the lands where we live and work. Always was, always will be Aboriginal land.

 

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