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Presented by The Acadia Theatre Company
acadiatheatre@gmail.com
Doors open at 7pm
Shakespeare’s Caesar Brought to Life at the Acadia Theatre Company
The Acadia Theatre Company’s production of J Caesar brings the beauty and power of Shakespeare’s original text into a fictional present day Rome where the politics are unmistakably contemporary.
In J Caesar a female Caesar threatens to destroy Rome’s Republic by being crowned Queen. Julia Caesar advocates a traditional, socially conservative way of life, with law and order and the rejection of reproductive rights and gender equity at the forefront of her beliefs. Brutus, a closeted gay man who is an advisor to Caesar, and Cassia, a feminist woman demoted from her government job by Caesar, ally with a group of conspirators to kill Caesar and re-establish the Republic. The aftermath of the assassination does not unfold in the way they predict, and Rome slides into civil war.
Directed by noted international theatre director and Acadia professor Michael Devine, J Caesar brings to life some of Shakespeare’s most brilliant speeches, non-stop action, and a political landscape very like our own. J Caesar is a powerful and direct work which poses to audiences of all ages a thought-provoking question: what does it mean to be a citizen?
Presented by The Acadia Theatre Company
acadiatheatre@gmail.com
Doors open at 7pm
Shakespeare’s Caesar Brought to Life at the Acadia Theatre Company
The Acadia Theatre Company’s production of J Caesar brings the beauty and power of Shakespeare’s original text into a fictional present day Rome where the politics are unmistakably contemporary.
In J Caesar a female Caesar threatens to destroy Rome’s Republic by being crowned Queen. Julia Caesar advocates a traditional, socially conservative way of life, with law and order and the rejection of reproductive rights and gender equity at the forefront of her beliefs. Brutus, a closeted gay man who is an advisor to Caesar, and Cassia, a feminist woman demoted from her government job by Caesar, ally with a group of conspirators to kill Caesar and re-establish the Republic. The aftermath of the assassination does not unfold in the way they predict, and Rome slides into civil war.
Directed by noted international theatre director and Acadia professor Michael Devine, J Caesar brings to life some of Shakespeare’s most brilliant speeches, non-stop action, and a political landscape very like our own. J Caesar is a powerful and direct work which poses to audiences of all ages a thought-provoking question: what does it mean to be a citizen?
Pricing & Tickets
Pricing
$10 Students/Seniors
$15 General Admission
$7 for Groups of 8 or More
Where to buy Tickets
Tickets can be purchased in advance at the Box Office in the Acadia Athletic Complex or at (902-542-5500).
Tickets can also be purchased at the door.
$10 Students/Seniors
$15 General Admission
$7 for Groups of 8 or More
Where to buy Tickets
Tickets can be purchased in advance at the Box Office in the Acadia Athletic Complex or at (902-542-5500).
Tickets can also be purchased at the door.
Acadia University
Wolfville, Nova Scotia
english.theatre@acadiau.ca
585-1502
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