TO SHE OR NOT TO SHE
 

Performed and co-written by Emma Bentley

Written and directed by Holly Robinson

Associate Director Katharina Reinthaller

Produced by Leonie Webb

Dramaturgy by Anna Beecher

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Upcoming Performances

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Saturday 9th February 2019 2.30pm - Tristan Bates Theatre

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​Past Performances

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July 2015- Preview and development performances at Playbox Theatre Company, Morley College (winner of Scratch Refine Repeat), Buxton Fringe Festival, the Bike Shed Theatre and Pleasance Islington

August 2015- That, Pleasance Courtyard during Edinburgh Festival Fringe

January 2016- Lyric Hammersmith

March 2016- Broadway Theatre, Catford and Above the Arts

April 2016- Nottingham University

October 2016- The Mill Studio, Yvonne Arnaud

January 2017- Burton Taylor Studio

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About the show

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Aged just 14, Emma is dreaming of playing the most iconic Shakespearean role of all time: Hamlet. With her at the helm, she’s pretty certain it’s going to be the most iconic secondary school production the world (or at least Warwickshire) has ever seen. But, she’s faced with a drama teacher who thinks Hamlet needs to be able to fill his codpiece. We follow Emma onto drama school and the big wide world as she goes on a journey of discovery… with a variety of Shakespeare’s men popping up under contemporary guises.

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To She or Not to She was received the Special Commendation for solo performance from the NSDF at the Edinburgh Festival 2015.

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‘magnetic presence… sparklingly funny’

Scotsman on To She or Not to She

 

‘… perceptive, warm and witty’

Female Arts on To She or Not to She

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"Fantastically endearing, incredibly funny, joue le genre has Shakespeare dancing in his grave."

Sleeping Trees on To She or Not to She

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