Sh*t-faced Shakespeare returns to Leicester Square Theatre

Tuesday 21 November 2017

Comedy - London West End - Shakespeare - Shows

Magnificent Bastard Productions serve up a generous double measure with two new Sh*t-faced Shakespeare productions at the Liecester Square Theatre in 2018.

Sh*t-faced Shakespeare: Romeo and Juliet

Image: Leicester Square Theatre

Sh*t-faced Shakespeare, the smash-hit, internationally acclaimed, award-winning, multi sell-out fringe phenomenon, is back in London for 2018 with two new shows:

The Merchant of Venice (18th April to 2nd June), followed by

Romeo and Juliet (20th June to 1st September).

Critically lauded (and occasionally lambasted), Magnificent Bastard Productions return to the Leicester Square Theatre with a duo of Shakespeare classics served up with their signature shit-faced twist which could see a stumbling Shylock and a plastered pair of star-crossed lovers.

So how does it work?

Well, each performance has a cast of 6 actors, who all arrive 4 hours before the start of the show for a 'party' - however this party is dry for all but one performer, who gets Shit-faced.

The rest is a balancing act between the (trimmed down to an hour) Shakespeare script and improv rules, which state you must go with WHATEVER the drunk actor decides to do.

"Yes, and …" rather than "No, but …".

Every single show is a one-off.

Every single performance has a different drunk actor.

Every single time they are genuinely inebriated.

Formed in 2010 by a group of East15 graduates (largely), Magnificent Bastard Productions were just friends who loved creating unexpected and unpredictable theatre at music festivals such as Secret Garden Party.

Shit-faced now performs across the UK, Australia and USA in Boston, Atlanta and Austin.

They sell-out at the Edinburgh and Brighton Fringes annually, and in 2015 expanded into Shit-faced Showtime, a pissed-up hour of harmonious Broadway showtunes.

In 2018, they return to the Leicester Square Theatre with the London premieres of Shit-faced Shakespeare: Merchant of Venice and Shit-faced Shakespeare: Romeo and Juliet.

Director, Rev. Lewis Ironside, says ...

"Magnificent Bastard Productions is delighted that we're being allowed to once again degrade the London theatre scene with our profound nonsense.

With Shit-faced Shakespeare now in its 8th glorious year, and showing no sign whatsoever of growing up, we're proud to be returning to the West End with London's most decisive Shakespeare based drinking game.

Ouch, my liver."

Cast

To be announced

Creatives

Directed by Rev. Lewis Ironside and Stacey Norris

Written by William Shakespeare and Lewis Ironside

Venue

Leicester Square Theatre

6 Leicester Place

London WC2H 7BX

Dates

Merchant of Venice: 18 April to 2 June 2018