Romeo & Juliet 'O Romeo, Romeo, wherefore art thou Romeo? Deny thy father and refuse thy name; or if thou wilt not, be but sworn my love and I'll no longer be a Capulet. Shall I hear more, or shall I speak at this? 'Tis but thy name that is my enemy: thou art thyself, though not a Montague.'

    
'But soft, what light  through yonder window breaks?
It is the east, and Juliet is the sun.
Arise, fair sun, and kill the envious moon,
Who is already sick and pale with grief
That thou, her maid, art far more fair than she.....
The brightness of her cheek would shame those stars
As daylight doth a lamp, her eye is heaven
Would through the airy region stream so bright
That birds would sing and think it were not night'

By seeing the live performance of the play our students will have a better understanding and appreciation of the important text which they will study in English during Term 3.

Romeo speaks the above lines in the so-called balcony scene, when, hiding in the Capulet orchard after the feast, he sees Juliet leaning out of a high window (2.1.44–64). 

Though it is late at night, Juliet’s surpassing beauty makes Romeo imagine that she is the sun, transforming the darkness into daylight. Romeo likewise personifies the moon, calling it “sick and pale with grief” at the fact that Juliet, the sun, is far brighter and more beautiful.

Romeo then compares Juliet to the stars, claiming that she eclipses the stars as daylight overpowers a lamp—her eyes alone shine so bright that they will convince the birds to sing at night as if it were day.

"Thou can'st not speak of that thou dost not feel..."

It takes a village to kill a child.

Presented by Sport for Jove and directed by Artistic Director, Damien Ryan.

The existential crisis facing our world today has triggered a deafening chorus of 'How dare you!', screamed from the hearts of our planet's youth. And it's not just about climate issues. What can children teach us in their struggle to be heard?

Sport for Jove's furiously energetic new production of Romeo and Juliet is characterised by a true vision of today's youth. The rarely seen innovation of actual teenagers portraying the play's children—Juliet, Romeo, Paris, Mercutio, Benvolio and Balthazar—surrounded by an extraordinary cast of experienced players, gives this production an authenticity and an honest rawness, imbuing the action with danger and the genuine awkwardness of youth.

Sport for Jove's production takes on the spirit of a filthy Italian opera, driven by love and heat, fights and fevers of the mind, and of course, by Shakespeare's soaring poetry. 

We are carried to back country Verona, a profoundly insular town trapped in cycles of tradition and vendetta, staring out at the future with moral pollution at its heart. Only its children's courage to express themselves will bring change. With the mad blood stirring, two young lovers meet and set in motion the most iconic love story of all time, that of Juliet and her Romeo.