A production by an Award winning community drama group, Southside Players. This play is part of the RSCs Open stages event.
Beware the Ides of March!
Julius Caesar brings a Twitter Revolution to the streets of Balham
As part of the RSC Open Stages festival, Southside Players will be staging Julius Caesar – with a twist. This version won’t be set in Ancient Rome but here in modern London.
Inspired by the events of the Arab Spring and the blog “Twenty Reasons Why It’s Kicking Off Everywhere” by Newsnight’s Paul Mason – this production asks the question –could it happen here? In this contemporary setting both Brutus and Cassius will be women. There will be a live twitter feed projected onto the back wall of the theatre. Characters will tweet their off stage thoughts and comments and the audience will be able to join in via a hash tag.
Director Deborah Mason says: “I wanted to let the audience into the play and I think the twitter feed will help - the other great thing about the contemporary setting is I can have a female Brutus and Cassius– why not when we have people like Hilary Clinton, Margaret Thatcher, and Angela Merkel? I hope that it will make the play much more exciting for the audience – more a political thriller – less elderly men in togas!”
Drama on your door step!
Wednesday 15 – Saturday 18 February 2012 at 7.45pm (5.00pm Saturday).
Tickets:£10.00, concessions (Wednesday and Saturday) £7.50
Box office 07914 657 524or book online at: www.southsideplayers.org.uk
Photographs: Brutus(Kate Parry), Cassius(Julie Weston)
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