LEICESTER SQUARE THEATRE PRESENTS
SH!T-FACED SHAKESPEARE®: MUCH ADO ABOUT NOTHING - UK TOUR
13 September – 28 October 2023
coming to Palace Theatre, Southend-on-Sea on THU 14 SEP 2023
“I have no idea how they do it, as there wasn’t a soul in the audience who wasn’t in stitches from start to finish”
★★★★★
Broadway Baby
“One of the glorious things about this production is that every night will be unique, which makes it a whirlpool of potential for fun.”
★★★★★
West End Wilma
SH!T-FACED SHAKESPEARE®: MUCH ADO ABOUT NOTHING - UK TOUR
13 September – 28 October 2023
coming to Palace Theatre, Southend-on-Sea on THU 14 SEP 2023
“I have no idea how they do it, as there wasn’t a soul in the audience who wasn’t in stitches from start to finish”
★★★★★
Broadway Baby
“One of the glorious things about this production is that every night will be unique, which makes it a whirlpool of potential for fun.”
★★★★★
West End Wilma
A theatre company like no other, Sh!t-faced Shakespeare® takes a sevensome of professional actors, a Shakespearean script and throws a bucket-load of booze into the mix. Sounds classical to us…
Having performed multiple sell-out runs at Leicester Square Theatre, Edinburgh, Brighton, Adelaide, Melbourne, Perth, Canberra, Sydney, Boston, Austin, Atlanta and Minnesota, this merry band of drunkards have travelled the globe spilling pints of laughter wherever they hang their codpieces.
Each night before the show, one designated actor is given four hours to “wet their whistle” by consuming as much alcohol as they can get their hands on. Already a smash-hit, internationally-acclaimed, award-winning phenomenon, the revolving cast will then give Shakespeare’s famous play their signature Sh!t-faced twist as they attempt to navigate this comic tale of misunderstandings, love and deception. This is Shakespearean theatre as you’ve never experienced it before.
MUCH ADO ABOUT NOTHING TO TOUR UK IN SEPTEMBER & OCTOBER 2023
Sh!t-faced Shakespeare® have been making fools of themselves on stage since 2010 and are returning this year, more foolish than ever with one of Shakespeare’s most well-loved comedies; Much Ado About Nothing.
Sh!t-faced Shakespeare®: Much Ado About Nothing is a spicy cocktail made up of mistaken identities, a pantomime villain, lovers left jilted at the altar, a renegade sword fighting mum who saves the day and a sex doll mixed in for good measure! Not forgetting a genuinely drunken actor having carte blanche to do whatever tickles their fancy and we can assure you the course of love will NOT run smooth. After all, the most exciting cocktails are the ones you set on fire… right?
Sh!t-faced Shakespeare® seeks to introduce a new generation of theatre-goers to the works of the Bard by reviving and rewiring the raucous, interactive and vibrant nature of Elizabethan theatre with a mouthwatering twist – while still reminding them as we go, to always ‘enjoy Shakespeare responsibly’.
“We have been performing Sh!t-faced Shakespeare® for over 10 years and I still regularly ask myself at the end of a show…how the hell did we end up here? Thruples, whole cast massacres, audience marriages, dance offs to the death. There is no formula and we genuinely have no idea how the show will finish on any given night. What I can be sure of is that everyone at Sh!t-faced Shakespeare® is a complete liability and takes great pleasure in watching their cast mates struggle…it’s the job of dreams!” Stacey Norris, Director.
LISTINGS INFORMATION
Sh!t-faced Shakespeare®: Much Ado About Nothing
by Sh!t-faced Shakespeare® and presented by Leicester Square Theatre
Dates: September - October 2023
Cast: Rotating cast; please email [email protected] for specific performance cast lists
Director: Stacey Norris
Costume: Lorna Jean Costumes
Choreography: Beth-Louise Priestley
Fight Choreography: Robbie Capaldi
Writer: William Shakespeare with adaptations by Rev.lewis Ironside
Tickets: shitfacedshakespeare.com
Twitter: shitfacedshake
Instagram: shitfacedshakespeare
Having performed multiple sell-out runs at Leicester Square Theatre, Edinburgh, Brighton, Adelaide, Melbourne, Perth, Canberra, Sydney, Boston, Austin, Atlanta and Minnesota, this merry band of drunkards have travelled the globe spilling pints of laughter wherever they hang their codpieces.
Each night before the show, one designated actor is given four hours to “wet their whistle” by consuming as much alcohol as they can get their hands on. Already a smash-hit, internationally-acclaimed, award-winning phenomenon, the revolving cast will then give Shakespeare’s famous play their signature Sh!t-faced twist as they attempt to navigate this comic tale of misunderstandings, love and deception. This is Shakespearean theatre as you’ve never experienced it before.
MUCH ADO ABOUT NOTHING TO TOUR UK IN SEPTEMBER & OCTOBER 2023
Sh!t-faced Shakespeare® have been making fools of themselves on stage since 2010 and are returning this year, more foolish than ever with one of Shakespeare’s most well-loved comedies; Much Ado About Nothing.
Sh!t-faced Shakespeare®: Much Ado About Nothing is a spicy cocktail made up of mistaken identities, a pantomime villain, lovers left jilted at the altar, a renegade sword fighting mum who saves the day and a sex doll mixed in for good measure! Not forgetting a genuinely drunken actor having carte blanche to do whatever tickles their fancy and we can assure you the course of love will NOT run smooth. After all, the most exciting cocktails are the ones you set on fire… right?
Sh!t-faced Shakespeare® seeks to introduce a new generation of theatre-goers to the works of the Bard by reviving and rewiring the raucous, interactive and vibrant nature of Elizabethan theatre with a mouthwatering twist – while still reminding them as we go, to always ‘enjoy Shakespeare responsibly’.
“We have been performing Sh!t-faced Shakespeare® for over 10 years and I still regularly ask myself at the end of a show…how the hell did we end up here? Thruples, whole cast massacres, audience marriages, dance offs to the death. There is no formula and we genuinely have no idea how the show will finish on any given night. What I can be sure of is that everyone at Sh!t-faced Shakespeare® is a complete liability and takes great pleasure in watching their cast mates struggle…it’s the job of dreams!” Stacey Norris, Director.
LISTINGS INFORMATION
Sh!t-faced Shakespeare®: Much Ado About Nothing
by Sh!t-faced Shakespeare® and presented by Leicester Square Theatre
Dates: September - October 2023
Cast: Rotating cast; please email [email protected] for specific performance cast lists
Director: Stacey Norris
Costume: Lorna Jean Costumes
Choreography: Beth-Louise Priestley
Fight Choreography: Robbie Capaldi
Writer: William Shakespeare with adaptations by Rev.lewis Ironside
Tickets: shitfacedshakespeare.com
Twitter: shitfacedshake
Instagram: shitfacedshakespeare