Fun, family shows that mix original Shakespeare characters and text with immersive fun and lots of audience participation!
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Do you remember Pyramus & Thisbe? The romantic tragedy that Bottom & The Rude Mechanicals were asked to perform for the Duke in A MIDSUMMER NIGHT’S DREAM?
In this interactive theatre experience, the audience collaborates to add the finishing touches to the Rude Mechanicals’ play, helping to create a completely original version!
Combining Shakespeare’s original text with fresh ideas from the audience, the play is fleshed out with music, props, puppets, rhymes, sound effects & killer dance moves, resulting in a completely fabulous and totally unique performance!
Our shows can be enjoyed by kids of all ages, and grown-ups too!
For participation, the show is best suited for ages 5 years and above; for younger audiences, there is plenty of music, colour, and comedy to be the perfect spectacle.
So whether kids want to get stuck into the show, write a song, or sit back and enjoy the action from the safety of a lap, there is something for everyone.
Hullabaloo are passionate about making theatre accessible and encouraging on-your-feet, wild, inventive fun where kids can get creative, free their imagination, discover some hidden talents, and learn some of the best theatre ever written.
Each unique show follows a simple narrative structure that the audience helps to develop, encouraging kids to use their imagination as they help to construct characters, write songs, create stories, invent sound effects and more. Each choice enhances their storytelling skills, exposes them to the infinite possible storylines a tale can take, and leaves them with a huge sense of pride in their comedy, musicality and creativity.
So many kids approach Shakespeare with fear. It gets thrust upon them as teenagers, with a sudden expectation to understand it. This often results in them feeling overwhelmed and feeling that it’s not for them. But what if they were exposed to it earlier?
Hullabaloo believe that the earlier kids are exposed to this great wordsmith, the better. They believe the sooner kids are exposed to its familiar language and great stories, the better. And they believe the sooner kids realise this man’s work was awash with far-fetched stories, mind bendings magic, mayhem, madness and rude bum jokes told by fools, fairies, kings and beggars - the better.
Each show exposes children to some of the finest and funniest of Shakespeare’s language, which will hopefully lead them to view Shakespeare as something fun, exciting and accessible.
And this really is a pop-up show that can happen anywhere. So if you think a bit of Shakespeare and silliness will fit into your party venue or event, get in touch!