Unlocking
Shakespeare
With Andrew Buchanan
"Andrew breathes life and joy into the study of Shakespeare"
Sue Pearn (Drama Teacher All Hallow's School)
"Andrew Buchanan, one of our most experienced thespians, is also a Shakespeare man, and he is riveting as the scheming Iago. What a bastard! I hated him on the night, which is as it should be..."
Phil Brown (Courier Mail Arts Editor)
Queensland Theatre's OTHELLO review Oct 2022
Over his 35 year career, Andrew has acted in /and or directed professional productions of HAMLET, OTHELLO, ROMEO & JULIET, MACBETH, THE TAMING OF THE SHREW, AS YOU LIKE IT, THE MERCHANT OF VENICE, CYMBELINE, LOVE'S LABOUR'S LOST and MUCH ADO ABOUT NOTHING for Queensland Theatre, La Boite and Grin & Tonic.
Bring Shakespeare's text to life. Explore his Comedies and Tragedies through a dynamic process that unlocks 400-year-old text and characters.
This workshop offers an approach to unpack and personalise Shakespeare's text: a fresh way to connect to his stories and characters.
Participants will:
Understand Verse, Prose and various language conventions
Learn to access and unpack Shakespeare's difficult language
Make Shakespeare's text personal and accessible
Experience the power and dynamic of text in action
ALL THE WORLD'S A STAGE Jaques AS YOU LIKE IT
Queensland Theatre 2023 (dir. Damien Ryan SPORT FOR JOVE)
