Shakespeare: Much Ado (Age 9 to 12)

Shakespeare: Much Ado About Nothing One of Shakespeare’s best-loved comedies, featuring the unforgettable sparring wits of Beatrice and Benedick—two cynics tricked into falling in love. Meanwhile Count Claudio’s conned into believing his bride-to-be’s betrayed him! Deceit, dishonour, laughter and love combine in this complex comedy of manners, masquerades and misunderstandings. “Some Cupid kills with arrows, some with traps.” These courses have been running since March 2022, so from September 2025 we're alternating between continuing to explore the complete canon and reprising favourites from three years ago so that new participants get to enjoy the most famous plays. These practical and playful sessions explore Shakespeare’s timeless works. Running the gamut of human experience from tragic to comic, you’ll get to perform speeches and scenes, explore stories and history, and discuss the profound questions posed by a writer who might just be both the greatest and most popular of all time. Sessions are taught by professional actor Charlie Sturgeon, 2018 MA Acting (Classical) graduate of the Royal Central School of Speech & Drama, leading man of the Australian Shakespeare Company 2013-17 and of course host of our own improv and chatterbox courses.