Shakespeare’s R&J

Shakespeare’s R&J, directed by Fred Abrahamse, opened at the Fugard Fugard Theatre in July 2011 and was the first theatrical production staged in the covered Fugard Studio.

Joe Calarco’s brilliant re-imagining of Shakespeare’s timeless tale of two adolescent star-crossed lovers. Set in an exclusive boarding school, four pupils discover an illicit copy of Shakespeare’s Romeo and Juliet and start acting it out. Perceptions and understandings are turned upside down as play-acting fun turns serious, the words and meanings begin to hit home, and universal truths emerge.