THE ABBEY Ruins will see Shakespeare in a different light with 60 Hour Shakespeare on Saturday, August 13.
In a double-bill showing, the productions will follow the events of classics Hamlet and Romeo and Juliet as seen by Ophelia and Mercutio.
This creates a complete story of the characters’ experiences within the plays.
Mercutio will be set on the King’s Road in London against the backdrop of the explosion of Punk in the late 1970s.
Ophelia will be set in late-40s post-war New York.
Both productions will run as a single, 90-minute show, with a 20-minute interval.
The performance will also be recorded, and attendees are reminded that the audience may feature in the video recording.
All of the proceeds of ticket sales will be donated to New Beginnings Reading, a charity which supports the homeless in Reading.
Seating will be allocated on the main lawn in the Abbey Ruins.
Seating will be allocated on a first come basis from 6.30pm. Ticket holders with chairs will be seated from the south of the main lawn with the performance at the north.
As such, guests are invited to bring chairs or picnic blankets.
60 Hour Shakespeare stages productions with just 60 hours of rehearsal, recreating the limited rehearsal time that would have been available to actors of the time.
General tickets are £10 per person and concessions are £6.
The show begins at 7.30pm.
Tickets are available via: www.eventbrite.co.uk
