Imagine yourself as a bored, teenage child of a rich, powerful family.
Your life has been mapped out; your birthright, your name, has become a burden. You’re not allowed to make your own choices, not even whom to date or befriend.
Now imagine how enticing escape would become; hormone-driven, chaotic, romantic escape into the arms of a bad boy or girl.
It’s this discontent that Sydney Theatre Company Co-Resident Director Kip Williams explores in his modern-day deft interpretation of one of history’s saddest stories. Williams says, “It’s about rebellion against generations past and the need to escape from a predetermined future … young Romeo and Juliet seek to escape the family ties that entrap them, in search of authentic life experience.”
Swapping Elizabethan frills and frippery for chic contemporary fashions, this re-imagining sees the ideals of the young pair smash up against their families’ expectations with razor-sharp clarity and heartbreaking results.
Eryn Jean Norvill will make her STC debut as Juliet, Dylan Young, fresh from STC and Belvoir Street seasons, will play Romeo and a bevy of some of Australian theatre’s most talented (and hot!) rising stars explore the wonder, passion and pain of first love.
Romeo and Juliet
Drama Theatre, Sydney Opera House
17 September – 2 November 2013
T: 02 9250 1777
We’re offering tickets to preview performances of ROMEO & JULIET for the special price of only $49 each (tickets normally $75 – $95 per person)
Simply use promo word DAILY when booking for a performance between 17 – 20 September to redeem this exclusive offer.
WIN THIS COMPETITION
For a chance to win two tickets to watch STC’s love story against which all others are measured, email us (info@test.dailyaddict.com.au) your story about a time you were love struck?
Tickets are for Thursday 26 September at 8pm, tickets are not transferable and can be collected from the box office on the evening of the performance. Competition closes 28 August 2013.
