Sh!t-faced Shakespeare – Much Ado About Nothing – Leicester Square Theatre, 5th July – 9th September

A theatre company like no other, Sh!t-faced Shakespeare® takes a sevensome of professional actors, a Shakespearean script and throws a bucket-load of booze into the mix. Sounds classical to us…

Having performed multiple sell-out runs at the Leicester Square Theatre, Edinburgh, Brighton, Adelaide, Melbourne, Perth, Canberra, Sydney, Boston, Austin, Atlanta and Minnesota, this merry band of drunkards have travelled the globe spilling pints of laughter wherever they hang their codpieces.

Each night before the show, one designated actor is given four hours to “wet their whistle” by consuming as much alcohol as they can get their hands on. Already a smash-hit, internationally-acclaimed, award-winning phenomenon, the revolving cast will then give Shakespeare’s famous play their signature Sh!t-faced twist as they attempt to navigate this comic tale of misunderstandings, love and deception. This is Shakespearean theatre as you’ve never experienced it before.

MUCH ADO ABOUT NOTHING: LEICESTER SQUARE THEATRE 5TH JULY – 9TH SEPTEMBER 2023

Sh!t-faced Shakespeare® have been making fools of themselves on stage since 2010 and are returning this year, more foolish than ever with one of Shakespeare’s most well-loved comedies; Much Ado About Nothing.

Sh!t-faced Shakespeare®: Much Ado About Nothing is a spicy cocktail made up of mistaken identities, a pantomime villain, lovers left jilted at the altar, a renegade sword fighting mum who saves the day and a sex doll mixed in for good measure! Not forgetting a genuinely drunken actor having carte blanche to do whatever tickles their fancy and we can assure you the course of love will NOT run smooth. After all, the most exciting cocktails are the ones you set on fire… right?

Sh!t-faced Shakespeare® seeks to introduce a new generation of theatre-goers to the works of the Bard by reviving and rewiring the raucous, interactive and vibrant nature of Elizabethan theatre with a mouthwatering twist – while still reminding them as we go, to always ‘enjoy Shakespeare responsibly’.

“We have been performing Sh!t-faced Shakespeare® for over 10 years and I still regularly ask myself at the end of a show…how the hell did we end up here? Thruples, whole cast massacres, audience marriages, dance offs to the death. There is no formula and we genuinely have no idea how the show will finish on any given night. What I can be sure of is that everyone at Sh!t-faced Shakespeare® is a complete liability and takes great pleasure in watching their cast mates struggle…it’s the job of dreams!” Stacey Norris, Director.

LISTINGS INFORMATION

Sh!t-faced Shakespeare®: Much Ado About Nothing
by Sh!t-faced Shakespeare® and presented by Leicester Square Theatre
Dates: 5th July – 9th September 2023

For Tickets visit www.shitfacedshows.com

Venue: Leicester Square Theatre
Address: 6 Leicester Place, London, WC2H 4BX
Time: 7pm
Running time: 110 minutes
Price: £19.50 – £26.50 (plus fees)
Box office: https://www.leicestersquaretheatre.com/shit-faced-shakespeare-much-ado-about-nothing / 020 7734 2222
Age advisory: 16+

Cast: Rotating cast; please email [email protected] for specific performance cast lists
Director: Stacey Norris
Costume: Lorna Jean Costumes
Choreography: Beth-Louise Priestley
Fight Choreography: Robbie Capaldi
Writer: William Shakespeare with adaptations by Rev.lewis Ironside
Tickets: shitfacedshows.com

Cast (and fun facts):
Julia Bird: Beatrice, Hero and Compere
We have all heard of a face painter… well, Julia is a foot painter.

Holly Durkin: Hero, Leonata and Compere
Holly had an unhealthy obsession with a school bus.

Flora Sowerby: Beatrice, Don John and Compere.
Flora’s a hero. She once saved a child from drowning at the bottom of a pool.

Stacey Norris: Beatrice, Leonata and Compere.
Stacey loves hanging upside down. She was a bat in a previous life.

Beth-Louise Priestley: Hero, Leonata and Compere
Beth holds the title for ‘the most drunk shows performed’.

Matthew Seager: Benedick, Claudio and Compere.
The back of Matt’s head is so flat he can balance a drink on it. Very handy in a busy bar.

Chris Lane: Claudio, Don John and Compere
Chris is the creator of ‘fish karaoke’. Never heard of it? Don’t worry you are NOT missing out.

John Mitton: Benedick, Claudio and Compere
John loves drinking and teaching kids Shakespeare but NEVER at the same time.

Charlie Keable: Claudio, Don John and Compere
Charlie betrays pigeons… he’s a pigeon-betrayer.

Jamie Sandersfield: Benedick, Claudio and Compere
… Jamie has an air fryer

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