THE WINTER'S TALE

Written by William Shakespeare
Directed by Bob Pavlich & Rosalind Wong

Two groups of students from Hong Kong and Melbourne unite to explore their shared appreciation of the universality of Shakespeare.

"A sad tale's best for winter…"

In a fit of wild and unfounded jealousy, Leontes, a civic leader of 1920s Hong Kong, is convinced that his wife Hermione is carrying the child of his best friend, the Australian politician Polixenes. Once born, the child is exiled and seeks refuge in a rural community in 1970s Australia. Things go well for the child until she falls for the son of the bigoted Australian politician.

Leaping from Hong Kong to Australia and from the 1920s to the 1970s, this unique setting of Shakespeare's The Winter’s Tale sheds light on the far-reaching impacts of politics in both countries.

This is a co-production between Hong Kong SHAX Theatre Group and La Trobe Student Theatre & Film.

CAST
Wang Karen Jiawei, Wat Tsz Yan Monica, Capiendo Wincel Sagana, Cole McKenna, De Guzman Kevin Lorenzo Erodias, Cheung Wing See, Sharma Rohit, Evangeline Oster, Paul Doogood, Lakshmi Ganapathy, Jayde Hopkins & William Foley

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