Lynn Belvedere

COME YOU SPIRITS – SHAKESPEARE inside THE COAL LOADER @ WAVERTON

 

Once in your lifetime, you must see these highly entertaining COME YOU SPIRITS productions, of these two tragedy plays by WILLIAM SHAKESPEARE. Most especially when performed inside the magical space that is THE COAL LOADER in WAVERTON. YES it is possible to perform these two plays, each play with only a cast of four actors, with each actor only as the one character. To achieve this seemingly impossible task, with Romeo & Juliet plus Macbeth, then you need to cast these magnificent four actors – Alec Ebert, Charles Mayer, Jo Bloom, Sontaan Hopson.

With this greatly reduced cast, SHAKESPEARE is lucidly and magnificently performed, and it needs to be mentioned that many of the unseen characters are talked about, plus those necessary actions usually taken by those unseen characters, do still happen when they need to happen (i.e. in the The Scottish Play, such as the loud knocking on the door to wake up The Porter). All the important events, all happen within each performance, with a duration of around eighty minutes. Minimalized cast, delivers maximumized SHAKESPEARE. Highly Recommended.

 

Alec Ebert – Romeo in Romeo & Juliet plus Macduff in Macbeth

Charles Mayer – Friar in Romeo & Juliet plus Macbeth in Macbeth

Jo Bloom – Nurse in Romeo & Juliet plus Lady Macbeth in Macbeth

Sontaan Hopson – Juliet in Romeo & Juliet plus The Witch in Macbeth

Brandon Read – Music and Sound – has composed two new magnificent soundscape experiences for SHAKESPEARE, with music designed to provide sound healing. This universally acknowledged method, improves physical plus emotional health, whilst providing healing, well-being, wisdom, heart, energy.

All events performed inside THE COAL LOADER , 2 Balls Head Drive, Waverton, NSW.

NO SEATING as these SHAKESPEARE events are STANDING ROOM ONLY.

Strictly one day/night only – Saturday 27th August 2022.

SORRY but the event is NOT wheelchair accessible. All Weather Indoor Event. One lift and two staircases plus one very long driveway, all provide quick access to the main entrance tunnel of THE COAL LOADER.

Yes the entire audience will be required to be Elizabethan Theatre GROUNDLINGS, yes indeed, very 1600s SHAKESPEARE, with the entire audience standing in the pit below the stage.

Romeo & Juliet 3.00pm

Macbeth 6.30pm

Tickets – Bookings – Information –
https://www.comeyouspirits.com/

Indoor Photos by Geoff Sirmai

Outdoor Photos by Syl Marie

During the weekend of 23-25 September 2022, there will be outdoor performances at The Haven Amphitheatre, The Barricade, Castlecrag, of Romeo & Juliet plus Macbeth, along with The Tempest ( The Tempest will be performed at dawn, to celebrate the Spring Equinox). Venue is located at the Corner of The Barricade and The Scarp, access is via Edinburgh Road and The Bulwark. Plus a tour to Byron Bay in January 2023.

 



 

 

 

Published by Lynn Belvedere

Once we were old enough, my parents took the whole family to the Sydney CBD cinemas every week. Thus began a lifetime interest, in going to the cinema every week, and became a passionate cinephile by watching all those very heavily edited ''Australian Film Censorship Board'' true cinéaste versions of brand new release ''Cinematograph Films''. Greater Union always gave my father (who worked in Cinema Distribution Exhibition) guest double movie passes, to every first-night ''red carpet Opening Night'' at The State Theatre Cinema at 49 Market Street. Up until his death, my dad always received ''two house seats'' for every Opening Night performance events at the Theatre Royal SYDNEY and at Her Majesty's Theatre SYDNEY. As a child, when mum choose not to go, I often went with him, to those live performance events. As a young child, I remember being taken for each new show, at both The New Theatre at 60 Sussex Street, and the Phillip Street Theatre when located at 150 Elizabeth Street, and for classical music concerts at Sydney Town Hall. = = = ★★★★★ = = = Being happy is a choice, and I have always viewed my life, as material ready be made into a series of amazing tentpole movies. My New Years Resolution is kept every year: ''Get to see/review five new live theatre shows each week, and get to see/review six new cinema movies each week'', plus is one of the Australian Cinema Pioneers, and apparently have seen far too much already, but always wanting to experience more and more each year. I am also able to do almost everything that I enjoy doing. Yes, I do have a great daytime job in I.T. as ''Software Design Project Manager'', PLUS each evening until quite late - - - Australian Cinematograph Films historical censorship consultant - product-placement consultant - mystery-shopper consultant - playwright, writer, author, director, producer, photographer, cinematographer, color-grader, subtitles proofreader - arts/ drama/ music/ film critic and judge, journalist, member FIPRESCI & FCCA & AFCA, member AACTA accredited film reviewer-critic-writer, accredited IMDB.COM critic-reviewer-author, projectionist, plus an innovative iconoclast - - - ★★★★★ LYNN BELVEDERE ★★★★★ - - - [usr 5] - - -