Pack your picnic baskets, Romeo and Juliet will be swooning in the St. Kilda Botanical Gardens this December as Melbourne Shakespeare Company brings the heartbreak and joys of unattainable young love to life.

Set in the nineteen twenties and using local references, Romeo and Juliet incorporates live music from across the ages while the two families fight via passionate song and dance battles.  

Starring Matthew Connell as Romeo (Neighbours, Ms Fisher’s Modern Murder Mysteries) and dazzling set design by Karli- Rose Laredo (In the Heights NY, Shrek the Musical NY), Romeo and Juliet promises fast paced action and unforgettable medleys when it opens at The Rose Garden in the St. Kilda Botanical Gardens on Thursday 6 December.

Romeo and Juliet is family friendly and audiences are encouraged to bring a picnic to enjoy in the sunshine. Seating is provided at the venue but protective sun wear is recommended for matinee performances.

“Unlike anything I had ever seen before” Stage Whispers

“Pack your picnic basket, grab the vino and get on this” We know Melbourne

“Never a dull moment, every beat of the performance was a fantastic tribute to Shakespeare” Theatre
Press

Cast Joanna Halliday, Matthew Connell, Carly Ellis, Emily Thompson, Hunter Perske, Tref Gare, Paul Robertson, Liliana Dalton, Anthony Craig, Andy Song, Karl Richmond, Emma Jevons, Lucy Best, Ayesha Gibson, Benjamin Almon Colley, John Reed

Director Jennifer Sarah Dean
Costume Designer  Rhiannon Irving
Set Designer Karli – Rose Laredo
Musical Director Benjamin Almon Colley
Choreographer John Reed

Season Dates
6 – 16 December 2018

Performance Times
7pm evenings  + 2pm weekend matinee performances
No performance Monday 10 December

Duration
90 minutes, no interval

Additional events
3 x FREE  summer workshops will run alongside the production
Shakespearean Language Workshop  - Monday 3 December
Audition Workshop - Monday 10 December
Stage Combat Workshop -  17 December