COMMUNITY TOUR

Details of 2024's Community Tour will be posted here... but in the meantime check out last year's!

As part of our biggest community tour to date, GSC will be bringing two of Shakespeare’s greatest plays to rural communities in October. The Community Tour enables audiences to engage with professional live theatre right on their doorstep, as well as encouraging neighbours to come together for a shared experience in their own environment.

“I haven’t felt confident attending cultural events since the pandemic. I have really enjoyed coming to my local village hall, where I feel more relaxed enjoying this wonderful show” Audience member 2022

DATES & VENUES AUTUMN 2023

21 October - Claygate Village Hall (Macbeth) – Booking via Phone on 0208 398 8660 OR Email [email protected]

25 October - Christ Church Ottershaw (Romeo & Juliet) – Booking via Email: [email protected].

26 October - St Mary’s Shalford (Romeo & Juliet) – Booking via Email: [email protected] OR St Marys Church Parish Office. Telephone: 01483 571646

27 October -  Chiddingfold Village Hall (Macbeth) – Booking via Website: https://www.chiddingfoldcinema.com/book-online

28 October - Peaslake Village Hall (Romeo & Juliet) – Booking via website: https://www.ticketsource.co.uk/peaslakeplayers

29 October - Chaldon Village Hall (Romeo & Juliet) – Contact Amy Ireson [email protected] for ticket information

Please note: tickets for these performances are to be booked via each venue, NOT via Guildford Shakespeare Company. Please refer to each venue’s website for access details and directions

ABOUT & COMPANY

This year we are touring two specially adapted versions of Macbeth and Romeo & Juliet. Performed by four actors with set, costume, sound and lighting, GSC will be transforming these community spaces for a night at the theatre. 2023's tour is a co-production with the award-winning Orange Tree Theatre, Richmond and is supported by the Geoff Herrington Foundation.

CREATIVE TEAM

Director/Adaptor Romeo & Juliet - Natasha Rickman
Director/Adaptor Macbeth - Gabriella Bird

Set and Costume Designer - Lucy Fowler
Sound Designer – Oliver Vibrans
Fight Director – Rebecca Wilson
Movement & Intimacy Director (Romeo & Juliet) - Christina Fulcher
Stage Manager – Katie Crump

CAST

Lady Macbeth - Elyssia Roe
Macbeth  – Eddy Payne
Juliet – Rachael Adeyoluwa
Romeo – Christopher Mbaki

All other characters are played by members of the company

ELYSSIA ROE plays Lady Macbeth. Elyssia is a recent RADA graduate, whose credits vary across Euripides, Shakespeare, and Centlivre whilst training. EDDY PAYNE plays Macbeth; his credits with GSC include The Two Noble Kinsmen and Richard II. He took part in Grosvenor Park Open Air Theatre's 2022 season in Chester. RACHAEL ADEYOLUWA plays Juliet. Rachel is a recent Guildford School of Acting graduate, whose credits while training vary from Chekov's classics to Sarah Delappe's visceral modern dramas. CHRISTOPHER MBAKI plays Romeo. Christopher’s credits include various productions with the National Youth Theatre, and Shakespeare In The Abbey with Shakespeare's Globe.

"Something wicked this way comes...”  

 As a bloody war draws to its conclusion, the celebrated warrior Macbeth and his ambitious wife, are propelled headfirst into a chilling quest for ultimate power, fuelled by supernatural powers beyond their control. The war maybe over, but the battle for the throne has only just begun...  

Join the award-winning Guildford Shakespeare Company and Orange Tree Theatre for a post-apocalyptic retelling of Shakespeare’s thrilling tale of ambition.

“A plague on both your houses.”  

A scorching summer. Two ferocious families clash, again. But from the bloodshed two young people fall in love, but is their fate already written in the stars?

Join the award-winning Guildford Shakespeare Company and Orange Tree Theatre for an urgent retelling of Romeo and Juliet; set in a Verona full of mafia underground dealings and high fashion parties.

PLANNING FOR 2024...

We would love to hear the thoughts and views from anyone who would be interested in having GSC visit their village, community centre, pub or church hall in 2024.

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