Shakespeare Meets Hip Hop

Shakespeare Meets Hip Hop is a vibrant, interactive presentation that demonstrates how modern hip-hop shares many similarities with Shakespeare, particularly the themes, rhythm and use of language. Both are full of poetry, word play and lyricism, they use rhythm, rhyme, and language to heighten our understanding of the text, and deal with what it is to be human.

The presentation features three professional actors, thumb-nail sketches of Shakespeare’s life and times, and key scenes & speeches from Shakespeare’s most popularly studied plays – including Macbeth, Romeo & Juliet and Hamlet.

Shakespeare Meets Hip Hop brings alive the parallels between the world of the plays and our contemporary experience. It’s the perfect compliment to your in-class teaching of Shakespeare as an introduction, in the middle, or at the end.

On Saturday May 18th, we invite community members to come and check out our fun and family-friendly show at the Artscape Weston Common.