Shakespeare+at+Northcott

=== // Shakespeare's work belongs to everyone. His plays and poems are not the exclusive domain of the privileged and well-educated. People of all ages, colours, nationalities, classes, and religions can perform them. // Unknown  ===

A special, one-off performance will take place at Belvoir St Theatre on Monday 20th October as //The Northcott Players// – residents of Northcott housing estate in Surry Hills – take to the stage in their own production of a selection of Shakespeare’s plays, titled **Shakespeare by Northcott**. Northcott is a large inner-city public housing estate, a community of about 900 diverse people, many of whom are underprivileged, disabled, vulnerable or excluded members of society. //The Players// comprises tenants who have endured homelessness, mental health, drug and alcohol issues and/or physical disability. // The Northcott Players // came about when the director read the above quote and realised there was no reason Shakespeare should only available, or meaningful, to seasoned professionals or regular theatre-goers. // Shakespeare by Northcott // is shaped to the Northcott Experience and contains special one-of moments such as Hamlet as a hoarder, according to Director Charmaine Jones. //“The group have created this production, based on a variety of the Bard’s works, on their own terms. The work includes segments from Macbeth, Midsummer’s Nights Dream and a number of sonnets.// The project is lead by the Surry Hills Public Tenants Association, funded by the City of Sydney and Inner Sydney Regional Council for Social Development, and supported by Company B and TAFE Outreach Ultimo. (read student review)