Is there life after love, after death and after The Bard?

What if Ophelia met Juliet? Would she give her some relationship advice? What if Portia told Cleopatra to wise up? Headstrong, feisty and in the thralls of love, but what can they learn from each other?

Stuck in purgatory. Watch as Jules and Fee jump in and out of heroes, villains, lovers and tyrants probing Shakespeare’s best-known characters to learn a little more about themselves. Can Goneril give them strength? Cleopatra power or Portia guile? Could Hamlet be the key to unlocking who they are, what went wrong and why they’re still stuck playing their parts over and over forever more?

This production of Clare McMahon’s debut play, Directed by benjamin Gould, has had sold out shows at the Grand Opera House, Belfast, and toured throughout Northern Ireland.

Seamlessly fusing modern comedy and drama with classical verse, audiences will see Shakespeare and his favourite women in a brand-new light. A modern examination of the relationships between men and women, this production has a direct appeal to younger audiences, female adults and anyone else who wants to see Shakespeare dissected by two dead young women determined to be penned anew.