Love's Labour's Lost
12 July - 31 July Downing College Gardens
The King of Navarre and his noble companions take an oath to devote themselves to three years of study, promising not to give in to the company of women, but on the worst possible day, since the princess and her ladies in waiting are about to visit the court. Tempers fray as the oaths of the friends are tested to breaking point in this hilarious and fast-paced comedy.
breathtaking energy and talent... the CSF keep the comedy spinning like a top
Finished for 2010
Love's Labour's Lost has now finished for 2010 - please join us for the Cambridge Shakespeare Festival in 2011!
Hamlet
12 July - 31 July Robinson College Gardens
The atmospheric amphitheatre of Robinson College plays host to Shakespeare's most enduring play. Young Hamlet's father has died, but his mother soon remarries. A visitation from the ghost of what appears to be Hamlet's father suggests that all is not well and that murder lurks at the heart of Denmark. Hamlet must uncover the truth and seek revenge on the assassin. Don't leave Cambridge without experiencing this bright and energetic production.
...an enthralling and passionate performance... an excellent production
...this was brilliant... a brilliant performance from a cast that cannot be faulted
Finished for 2010
Hamlet has now finished for 2010 - please join us for the Cambridge Shakespeare Festival in 2011!
The Taming of the Shrew
12 July - 31 July St. John's College Gardens
This sharp and witty battle of the sexes, set in the stunning gardens of St. John's College, tells the tale of Petruchio, the world-weary bachelor and the unlikely courtship of the free-spirited Kate, and charts their unlikely course to true love. Not for the faint-hearted!
A greatly skilled and athletic young team, playing fast, open, attacking theatre
Finished for 2010
The Taming of the Shrew has now finished for 2010 - please join us for the Cambridge Shakespeare Festival in 2011!
As You Like It
2 August - 21 August Trinity College Gardens
When two young people fall in love they are unable to act on their impulse. Uncertain of their standing in court and fearing for their lives, Rosalind and Orlando are forced into exile in the Forest of Arden only to become entangled in a beguiling game of love, lust and mistaken identity.
...this was brilliant... a brilliant performance from a cast that cannot be faulted
Finished for 2010
As You Like It has now finished for 2010 - please join us for the Cambridge Shakespeare Festival in 2011!
Henry V
2 August - 21 August King's College Gardens
Henry V has ascended the throne in the early part of the 15th century following the death of his father. There is unrest throughout the country following civil war and Henry's claims to France are responded to with scorn and derision. The King decides to invade, and must unite his people and take on the mighty French army, seemingly against all the odds. Don't miss this dynamic and fast-paced production.
no knee-bending to trendy revisionism... but rather a tour de force of Elizabethan drama
Finished for 2010
Henry V has now finished for 2010 - please join us for the Cambridge Shakespeare Festival in 2011!
Twelfth Night
2 August - 28 August Robinson College Gardens
Shakespeare's hilarious courtly comedy of mistaken identity, lust, cross-dressing and farce it told on the beautiful garden stage of Robinson College. Viola has been shipwrecked in a storm off the coast of Illyria; in the process she has lost her twin brother, Sebastian. She disguises herself as a boy and becomes a page in the service of Orsino, the Duke, who she loves on sight. Try and keep up with the intrigues and comic turns in this masterpiece!
...polished performances all round ...lively and inspired ...a production well worth seeing
Finished for 2010
Twelfth Night has now finished for 2010 - please join us for the Cambridge Shakespeare Festival in 2011!
