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Toronto: Hart House Theatre hosts the 2023 Classical Theatre Slam on May 29

Thursday, May 25, 2023

Join us for our second annual Hart House Theatre Classical Theatre Slam in partnership with Shakespeare BASH'd!

The Hart House Theatre Classical Theatre Slam is an inclusive way for students and emerging artists to join together and share their talent across the theatre community. 

This is a free event and all members of the community are encouraged to attend the live performance.

From initial video submissions, a shortlisted group of performers will perform and compete to be crowned the 2023 Classical Theatre Slam Winner. 

In addition to performing at Hart House Theatre, Shakespeare BASH’d will welcome the winner of the Classical Theatre Slam to attend a workshop led by their company free of charge.

Performers:

• isi bhakhomen

Marullus from Julius Caesar by William Shakespeare

• Will Carr

Mark Antony from Julius Caesar by William Shakespeare

• Jonnie Lombard

Richard from Richard II by William Shakespeare

• Ziska Louis

Hamlet from Hamlet by William Shakespeare

• Chelsea Mathieu

Medea from Medea by Euripides

• Ava Patterson

Portia from Julius Caesar by William Shakespeare

• Brenna Paulsen

Tiresias from Antigone by Sophocles

• Shannon Marianne Pitre

York from King Henry VI by William Shakespeare

 • Anoushka Prasad

Joan of Arc from Saint Joan by Bernard Shaw

• Joshua Sidlofsky

Romeo from Romeo and Juliet by William Shakespeare

• Carling Tedesco

Moll from The Roaring Girl, by Thomas Middleton and Thomas Dekker


Adjudicated By:

Cameron Grant, Adjudicator

Julia Nish-Lapidus, Adjudicator

James Wallis, Judge


Location: 

Hart House Theatre

7 Hart House Circle,

University of Toronto,

Toronto, ON M5S 3H3

Note:

Free and open to all, no tickets required

harthouse.ca.