Shakespeare has a problem, he’s dead, and that’s fine, but when are we going to stop using him to enable our culture. Come on, it’s been four hundred years already and he’s ready to present a case to be left alone.
The award-winning writer and performer Robert Crighton, explores the ongoing Shakespeare boom in the play Undead Bard, an unholy smorgasbord of play, comedy, and music, pulling apart Shakespeare, Bardolatry, and the modern world, for your pleasure.
Robert Crighton is a multi-award winning playwright and performer, specialising in stories and monologues. A frequent flyer in the world of fringe theatre until about five years ago, Robert returns with his latest explorations of the world of Bardolatry. Robert graduated from Middlesex University in 2003 with a degree in Performing Arts: Drama which he occasionally uses to bolster his self-esteem. On leaving he immediately set up a residency with his occasional theatre company Milk Bottle Productions in various studio spaces in Suffolk where, apart from touring work, he has been based ever since. He is the only entrant in the history of the Lost One-Act Festival to win three awards in successive years; his work is revived in random corners of the world.
It’s been a busy year for poor old William Shakespeare, but he’s more than sure if you listen to the message of this show, you might never need to hear from him again. Wouldn’t that be great!
Undead Bard runs at TheatreN16 from 2 – 13 October 2016.
