Shakespeare: Pericles

Shakespeare: Pericles Pericles is one of Shakespeare’s strangest and most heart-rending plays. Pericles navigates a stormy sea of pirates, magicians, bawds, kidnappers, tournaments, plots against his life… and divine intervention from the Goddess Diana. Treachery, murder, love, joy all explode in this giant theatrical firework. It is a fable of a man who becomes estranged from those he loves, who slowly and miraculously becomes reunited with them, more through fate than by his efforts. It is about the mystery of love, loss and of love rediscovered after a painful and confusing absence. The embers dim and glow in one of the greatest and most moving scenes Shakespeare ever wrote. Opinion's but a fool that makes us scan
 The outward habit for the inward man. 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.