Romeo and Juliet

Romeo and Juliet

Challenge

Perform the balcony speech from Romeo & Juliet in any way you want to, record it and upload it to the Birthday Celebrations YouTube group until Saturday 1 May.

How will you do it? Underwater in scuba diving gear? As robots? To music? In sign language? The choice is yours!
Download an edited version of the scene here.
There are two versions of the balcony scene for you to choose from.

Why not be inspired by RSC actors as they perform the balcony scene from Romeo & Juliet in locations around the streets of Stratford?

10.30am Waterside (opposite the Swan Theatre)
12.30pm Brass Rubbing Centre
3.30pm Amphitheatre (Fire Fighters Memorial)

Wear a downloadable mask and be part of the action!

Waterside Space Workshops
Make your Birthday Challenge even bigger and add a dance from Capulet’s Ball to your balcony scene. All the workshops are free. Don’t forget to come along in your mask!

12 - 1pm, Romeo and Juliet Family Dance Workshop
(Suitable for ages 10+ and their families). Put on ‘dancing soles with nimble shoes’ and recreate the scene where Romeo and Juliet first meet. Come with your family to learn the dance and create your own moves with the music from this year’s production of Romeo and Juliet.

1.15 - 2.15pm, Elizabethan Dancing (Suitable for ages 14+)
Join our Movement Department to learn an Elizabethan dance.
Don’t forget to bring your Birthday Challenge mask.

2.30 - 3.30pm, Romeo and Juliet Dance Workshop (Suitable for ages 16+)
Take a moment with your partner to learn the dance that first attracted Romeo to Juliet.
Learn the dance and create your own moves with the music from this year’s production of Romeo and Juliet.

To book your free ticket call the RSC box office on 0844 800 1114 www.rsc.org.uk