Shakespeare Dance Party

3/11/2018

27 Comments

Javena

3/12/2018 11:18:09 am

Great event, hadn’t seen anything like this in Sydney before! Performers were very game!

Ari

3/13/2018 09:49:34 pm

Unique concept and high pace, rapid fire performances. Very engaging for the audience.

Andy

3/16/2018 03:38:44 pm

Fuck NY.
TLC is far superior in Sydney.

Danica

3/12/2018 11:38:07 am

Absolutely hilarious and engaging piece of performance art. Love love loved the audience interaction with the pie throwing. Very accessible and innovative way to get younger people interested and involved with the arts.

Will

3/12/2018 12:52:36 pm

It was spectacular! I thought Shakespeare was quite dull to be honest but it was so fun done in this way. It was really cool to have that competion vibe too. It kinda made me think how actors must feel. It's the same in my industry. I always have to prove my value, my monetary worth, am I making budgets? how many clients I bring in?
It was a really great experience. The actors were great to take it on. BRAVE.

James

3/12/2018 04:03:39 pm

WOW! I have never seen anything like that, it was amazing. Haven't stopped thinking about it all day. Thank you! Great to see so many different people involved.

3/12/2018 04:07:30 pm

It was a great night. Blew my mind as it was pretty risky and not something we see often.

JESSICA

3/12/2018 04:07:45 pm

It was like a real life Hamilton-esque experience! Can't wait for the next one

Alison

3/12/2018 04:10:30 pm

This is the most interesting thing happening on Sydney right now. SDP raised a lot of questions for me. Looking gorward to future installations.

Lynn

3/12/2018 04:13:00 pm

That was incredible, whats next?

Edy

3/12/2018 10:30:15 pm

What a way to spend an afternoon!! I loved playing a role as part of the audience — I hope there is another one coming!

Matt

3/12/2018 11:09:09 pm

Such an amazing day and concept! I really enjoyed the audience participation as I found it really brought everyone together and added to the vibe. I found this to be a great platform to break the barriers of what I find traditional theatre/art is, especially given so much of what we do in life is a competition right?

Ben

3/13/2018 12:06:40 am

This was the most fun anyone could have had on Sunday afternoon at a bar in Sydney, without exception!

Luka

3/13/2018 11:50:11 am

Good turn out and a very cool venue!

Nathan

3/13/2018 05:28:04 pm

Was completely rad! Made me happy to be back in Sydney!!

Elina

3/13/2018 09:02:10 pm

What a fun event - have never seen anything like it before! Great performance from all the competitors. I also loved how this event involved the audience as part of the show through pie throwing! Can't wait for the next event.

3/13/2018 09:54:14 pm

Had a great time at the event! The actors were brave, had fun with it and there was some surprising flow that came out! The venue was packed and the crowd really got into it. Good energy!! Will be keen to get to another event.

Laura link

3/14/2018 04:53:51 pm

So hilarious and different! Would love to see more of this kind of avant garde theatre around Sydney! Well done to all involved, just proves how diverse and accessible Shakespeare is!

Maria

3/14/2018 06:20:01 pm

Daymmm! Who knew Shakespeare could be so fun? Reading the program later made me think loads about how I think and feel about artists and performance. Love this crew xx

Anney Bounpraseuth link

3/16/2018 05:39:25 pm

Stood in awe the whole time with a cream pie in my hand and didn't have the heart to throw it at anyone even though I'm allergic to the smell of shaving cream!

Diana Oates

3/19/2018 05:00:43 pm

Terrific. Fun. Hilarious. Mama want more. Different type of public art, havnt seen this in Sydney before.

Alex

3/19/2018 05:02:42 pm

This is my 3rd visit to the leftovers world. They are surpassing all expectations. Really like how they put so much thought in the works. Standing ovations!

Lisa

3/23/2018 01:49:43 pm

Ahhhhh maaaaaz inggggggg

Naveen03

3/25/2018 09:53:47 pm

Sicccc! Havnt stopped dreaming about this show. Usually bored by the theatre scene - this ‘Leftovers’ are full on. #f

Sage

3/28/2018 02:21:15 am

A fun afternoon out, interactive and rambunctious! More please..

Ryan Woods

3/29/2018 10:19:32 am

A lot of fun! Both dynamic and hilarious! Had a fantastic time!

Kevin Jackson link

10/13/2018 11:40:30 pm

The Leftovers Collective present, SHAKESPEARE DANCE PARTY, original Concept and Direction by Curly Fernandez, at the Hustle Flow Bar, 105 Regent St Redfern. 11 March.

SHAKESPEARE DANCE PARTY, was a rapper's gig incorporating the mysterious beats of DJ Jimmy New, using a Shakespearean monologue, taken in a faux competition between some 16 or so artists. It was an experiment in taking Shakespeare back to the 'rabble', hosted by MC Jag. There were 4 heats, of micro-phoned Shakespearean speech dictated at rapper speed from the DJ, interrupted for more drinks, with an ultimate play-off between two crowd selected competitors. There was a winner, claimed by the noise of the rabble in rsponse !

And rabble, humoured with those autumnal afternoon drinks, and mostly friends of the performers, it was. The audience provided with 'cream pies' (the artillery) to barrage the performers in appreciation or otherwise, created a Mob rule of good humour and generous support (one reflected, amusedly, on the energy in the space in contrast to one's last visit to the Bell Shakespeare, as one wiped away the cream from the shoulder, hair, nose etc.)

The urge for this 'mad' event came from the posing of some serious questions from Curly, of the Leftovers Collective: What is True acting? Is it Art or is it Competition? Is the actor disposable? Can anyone act? No answers surfaced during a hi-jacked Q & A session that followed, if even, seriously, the questions were ever heard.

Yes, Virginia, there is a rebel heat out there in the arts, and this collective is a regular provocateur on the Sydney scene.

Shakespeare Dance Party

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