S4K PRESS RELEASE
28th November 2008
Be blown away by the Bard
You’ll be blown away by the Bard when Shakespeare 4 Kidz brings its fantastic musical version of The Tempest to
S4K is an award-winning British theatre company which specialises in exciting, fun-filled adaptations of classic Shakespeare stories. It blends the most famous bits of original text with modern language, music, song and dance to create magical plays which are easy to understand.
They are designed to be entertaining as well as educational, meaning that children as young as eight can enjoy them. And adults who have been put off Shakespeare because they remember boring lessons at school will find S4K’s works shake up Shakespeare, find all the fun in them and tell the tales clearly and concisely.
As well as being a unique family show, S4K’s The Tempest is also ideal preparation for students studying Shakespeare at any level and will ensure that everyone in the audience will have a complete grasp of the plot, themes, characters and relationships within the play, allowing further study of the play from a solid knowledge base.
The Tempest is thought my many scholars to be the last play entirely written by Shakespeare. Prospero, the former Duke of Milan, has been overthrown by his wicked brother and, after a shipwreck, ended up with his beautiful daughter Miranda on an enchanted Mediterranean island.
Prospero is also a sorcerer and has spent his time on the island perfecting his magical arts. Eventually it is pay-back time and he gets the chance to wreak revenge on his brother.
He conjures up a powerful tempest which shipwrecks his enemies and lands them on the shores of the island. But it’s a magical place and love is in the air!
Shakespeare 4 Kidz version of The Tempest introduces its audiences to a brave new world where they will find “such stuff as dreams are made on.”
Meet Prospero, Miranda, Ariel the spirit, Caliban the deformed slave, Trinculo and crazy jester and a whole lot more colourful characters when The Tempest blows into
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And if you enjoy the show, look out for S4K’s movie version of the story. The film goes into production in 2009..
NOTE TO EDITORS
1. Further information and hi-res images may be found on our marketing page at http://shakespeare4kidz.com/marketing
2. The 2008/09 theatre tour is produced by Julian Chenery and Shakespeare 4 Kidz (UK) Ltd for The Shakespeare 4 Kidz Theatre Company in association with The Capitol, Horsham with whom S4K has enjoyed an associated relationship since 2004.
Shakespeare 4 Kidz creator, producer and director Julian Chenery, the cast and production team are available for interviews.
Please contact:
Shakespeare 4 Kidz
Drewshearne Barn, Crowhurst Lane End, Oxted, Surrey RH8 9NT
Tel: 01342 894548 Fax: 01342 893754
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