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S4K's Romeo & Juliet - Number 1 in The Times Top Five for Kids

S4K's ROMEO AND JULIET - The Musical - "a modern musical version of the romantic tragedy" - is Number One in The Times "Top five for Kids"

Just three weeks into the autumn section of its UK tour - and after great audience acclaim -� S4K's R&J tops the chart in The Times kids listings as Number One for kids.

Spring dates added to UK theatre tour

More spring dates and new venues have been announced today for the spring section of our UK tour featuring S4K�s Romeo and Juliet � The Musical and S4K�s The Tempest.

A full up-to-date listing of all forthcoming performances can be found on our listings page or by clicking here.

We are returning to popular venues such as the Liverpool Empire, the Sunderland Empire, the Hull New Theatre, the Wolverhampton Grand, Derngate in Northampton, the De Montfort Hall in Leicester, The Orchard in Dartford and The Salford Lowry, whilst introducing new venues at Basingstoke, Lowestoft and the newly built theatre at Ockendon School.

The Haymarket in Basingstoke will host R&J at 1.30pm and 7.30pm on Thursday 22nd January and The Tempest on Friday 23rd at 10.00am and 1.30pm.

The Marina Theatre Lowestoft will present R&J on Friday 27th March at 10.30am and 1.30pm.

The newly built theatre at Ockendon School in Essex will house both shows over the two days of Monday 23rd and Tuesday 24th March with full performance details still to be confirmed.

The UK tour � in association with The Capitol in Horsham � closes at the Octagon Theatre, Yeovil on Friday 3rd April prior to an International Tour of S4K�s Romeo and Juliet � The Musical to countries in Europe and the Middle East. Further details of the international dates will be announced at the beginning of October.

Classic Romance Reworked : R&J Newcastle Preview

Romeo and Juliet are set to rock and roll into Newcastle.

Entertainment Editor GORDON BARR has the details

IT�S widely acknowledged as the greatest love story ever.

Now, though, you can rock and roll to the star-crossed lovers, Romeo and Juliet!

Shakespeare 4 Kidz � the award-winning British theatre company that specialises in exciting, fun-filled musical adaptations of the Bard�s classic stories � is coming to the Journal Tyne Theatre this week with a vibrant production.

The group�s �music theatre Shakespeare-style� is a combination of Shakespearean and modern-day English.

There are also some unforgettable songs and dances, which help to enhance the powerful storytelling that has become the hallmark of all their work.

It allows theatre-lovers of all ages to enjoy Shakespeare with no fear of being unable to understand the language.

Two families. One long-standing feud. Four days. Two young people � destined to fall in love� and die!

When Romeo is persuaded by his friends to gatecrash the Capulets� annual ball, he has no idea that he is about to meet the girl who will change his life � Juliet, the Capulets� only daughter.

In a high-speed, roller-coaster of a story, the young couple instantly fall in love and they are secretly married the next day.

Romeo is banished from Verona after a street-fight turns to tragedy and Juliet�s arranged marriage to Count Paris is thwarted by a plan involving a potion conjured up by the kindly Friar Lawrence.

In a desperate race against time and fate, can Romeo get back to his bride�s side before it is too late?

Love and hate, laughter and tears, politics and religion, power and passion, S4K�s Romeo and Juliet � The Musical has it all.

It is perfect for schoolchildren studying Shakespeare at Key Stage 2 and Key Stage 3 and especially useful for GCSE students wishing to clearly understand the famous classic.

S4K�s Romeo and Juliet � The Musical will be at the Journal Tyne Theatre, Newcastle, on Thursday .

Click here for the original online article at the Newcastle Chronicle website

R&J music downloads now on itunes

Music from our current UK touring show, S4K's ROMEO AND JULIET - The Musical, is now available on itunes.

Individual songtracks can be downloaded for just 79p in the UK.

The tracks currently available are:

MONTAGUES AND CAPULETS
I'M JULIET'S NURSE
QUEEN MAB
JUST HIS NAME
READY FOR THE WEDDING (featuring JC himself on lead vocals!)

Details of S4K music downloads can be found here, or you can access the itunes link directly from here.