Shakespeare in Italy
Shakespeare in Italy is a charity dedicated to advancing the arts, specifically drama, for the benefit of all.
Dame Janet Suzman: Holding the Mirror Up to Nature
Tuesday 4 May 2021
Learn from the best - one of modern era's greatest Shakespearean actors. We share passages, soliloquies, and monologues. Bring along your favourites and Janet will help us to discover how to lift them off the page!
Free Your Voice
Wednesday 28 April 2021
With musician, vocal artist, composer & writer Sarah Sayeed, whose credits include Principle Musician Richard II at The Globe, Composer and Musical Director RSC adaption of Moliere's Tartuffe. Sarah's second session with us will give participants the opportunity to explore opening and freeing their natural voice, while finding different ways of working with range and dynamics, focusing on expression, intent and clarity using extracts from Shakespeare.
Seven Sessions with Shakespeare in Italy
3 March to 23 April
Why not join us for all of our seven events in March and Cleo and the Boys in April for one single price?
Cleo and the Boys: with Dame Janet Suzman
Friday 23 April 2021
Janet will be with us to mark Shakespeare’s birthday with a fascinating talk - an unconventional take on Antony and Cleopatra. She is famous for one of the most iconic portrayals of Shakespeare’s Cleopatra, playing the role at the RSC and on film and later directed Kim Cattrall in the part. Janet debates controversially why she believes that Cleopatra was originally played by a woman. She argues that the clue is in the line ‘and I shall see some squeaking Cleopatra boy my greatness'
If Music Be the Food of Love (CANCELLED)
Wednesday 21 April 2021
With musician, vocal artist, composer & writer
Sarah Sayeed, whose credits include Principle Musician Richard II at The Globe, Composer and Musical Director RSC adaption of Moliere's Tartuffe. Here she explores scoring a piece of Shakespeare text with new approaches to composing and design in ways which enhance our appreciation and enjoyment of the plays.
Read-a-Long and Tame the Shrew
Tuesday 16 March 2021
Join members of our company as we revive the lockdown read-a-longs in three weekly sessions – you can join in the reading or listen as you wish, and we will stop and discuss what we read along the way
Dame Janet Suzman: Talking Shakespeare Part Two
Monday 29 March 2021
Drawing a blank on verse, prose and the iambic pentameter? Come listen and learn from one of our finest Shakespearean actors in Part Two of our short series with Janet.
Dame Janet Suzman: Talking Shakespeare Part One
Monday 22 March 2021
Drawing a blank on verse, prose and the iambic pentameter? Come listen and learn from one of our finest Shakespearean actors. “Each participant can choose their own piece - something that rings a bell for them - and familiarise themselves with it. No need to learn it as they should have their scripts in sight”- Janet
Lockdown Taboo and You (2) Short-listed Plays
Friday 19 March 2021
Following the success of our rehearsed readings of the four finalists in our short play writing competition, there is now a chance to hear a rehearsed reading of the five plays short-listed which only just missed the final. In association with Props Mental Health, keeping you creative and connected.
Lockdown Taboo and You Performance
Thursday 11 March 2021
Join us as members of our company perform in a rehearsed reading the four finalists in our short playwriting competition in association with Props Mental Health, keeping you creative and connected.
Dame Janet Suzman: Shakespeare Manias
Monday 8 February 2021
This event is free, but please consider making a donation however small as it will help towards our online programme. One of our most respected actors of her generation leads with a discussion on Jacques in As You Like It and Iago in Othello. Some Shakespearean characters exhibit what has become known as acute episodes of ‘mania’ so caught up are they in their melancholy or other emotions. This workshop is linked to our play writing competition, which focuses on the theme of mental health.
Lockdown Taboo and You Play Writing Workshop
Monday 1 February 2021
This play writing workshop is free and open to all, but please consider making a donation, however small, to help us with our online programme and work. The workshop will include an overview of structure, dialogue and character as well as some time to answer practical questions. Emily Garside, MA RADA, will lead. She is a journalist, academic and playwright and teaches at the University of Wolverhampton and the Bishopsgate Institute.
Soliloquy Slam Workshops x 4
Bring renewed fire and fun to your favourite Shakespearean speech. Through play, sensory exploration & imagination-expanding exercises, we will take Shakespeare’s best known texts on new journeys to uncover the meaning of the Bard’s famous words to us in this moment. Hone your performance skills or simply delve into Shakespeare’s soliloquies in a judgement-free space safe to experiment in. A series of four one-hour workshops led by actress Ruby Campbell.
Twelfth Night Read-a-Long
Join us for three 90-minute sessions as we read and discuss Shakespeare's masterpiece. You can listen or read as you wish. Put your feet up with a cuppa, sit back and enjoy the end of the week with what has been described as the Bard's most perfect comedy. Discover the lyrical, emotional and bittersweet melody of the text with us on our Sharing Shakespeare Online Platform helping you to stay creative and connected. Book for all three or single sessions.
Behind the Scenes - Rehearsing Shakespeare Part One and Two
Two-part online series featuring one of the world’s most renowned Shakespeare directors Bill Alexander as he begins rehearsing A Merchant of Venice, his adapted six-character version of the play. We will send you links to the session, accompanying notes, show recorded footage of the rehearsal which will then be followed by a Q & A with Bill and members of our company. There is a discounted price when selecting part one and two together.
