The complete works of William Shakespear (abrigded)
Oh, the agony! Oh, the pain! Wasn’t one of the Ten Commandments ‘Thou Shalt Not Deceive Thy Audience’? In that case, we have sinned…
WE WILL DO IT ONE MORE TIME!
Nah, forget I just said that…
Dear friends, Romans, and other countrymenÂ…
Last academic year, GUTS (or Groningen University Theatre Society) celebrated its 40th anniversary, and in honour of this milestone, revived one of the most successful plays in recent history: The Complete Works of William Shakespeare (Abridged), which had already been performed by GUTS about a decade ago.
Written by and for three people, originally performed by GUTS with a cast of eight, and given extra performances due to its overwhelming success, the play was brought back to a core of three actors; GUTS decided to ‘do it one more time!’ – They lied. Three times in a row now. They will do it yet again.
Having just returned from their world tour and most successful performance in Bangor (Wales), the cast – having won the audience award of the Groningen Student Theatre Festival in October – was kindly asked by Cultural Student Centre USVA to play The Complete Works once more. They’ll be performing this unprecedented feat (again) in the University Theatre in a week’s time!
As three well-meaning guys attempt to enact the complete works of William Shakespeare, they stumble upon a number of problems: how to do Othello without a black actor, how to make Titus Andronicus interesting for people who don’t quite know what went on in ancient Rome, how to make the comedies funnier than the tragedies, and how to re-enact the greatest love story ever written when all you’ve got is three guys.
Thursday and Friday, GUTS will again put on this hilarious celebration of Shakespeare’s genius, the three acting gentlemen attempting to portray all of his works in less than two hours, cross-dressing when- and wherever possible and basically giving the audience a roller-coaster ride of fun.
The Complete Works of William Shakespeare, Abridged (by Adam Long, Daniel Singer, and Jess Winfield) will be performed by Kees de Vries, Tom Wilcox, and Cees Krottje on 8 and 9 January.
Venue: OUTheater (the former Universiteitstheater in the Harmoniegebouw); Oude Kijk in ‘t Jatstraat, Groningen.
Time: 8.15 p.m.
Entry fee: 7 euros (5 euros for students)
For reservations, call the USVA hotline on 050-363 46 70
For other GUTS-related information, go to www.gutstheatre.nl.
No Shakespearean works were sufficiently harmed during the production of this play…
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