Interactive lectures with built-in performance
Join us at the Neilson Nutshell at Pier 2/3, or access digital recordings, for our series of live HSC Shakespeare Seminars in partnership with the University of Sydney.
Presented onsite at Pier 2/3 in The Neilson Nutshell, each seminar will feature Bell Shakespeare artists in conversation with a leading academic from the University of Sydney presenting illuminating and engaging content on each play. Actors from Bell Shakespeare will perform key scenes and soliloquies to demonstrate ideas presented and key content from each play.
Part performance, part interactive seminar, these sessions are designed to directly link to NSW HSC modules and give students the edge in upcoming exams. Combining live performance, academic analysis and illuminating dramatic insights in conversation, seminars will be presented in a dynamic format showing the interplay between text and drama.
All seminars will be equipped with a hearing loop. For more information please contact our box office.
Bookings still to be announced. Sign up to our learning enews for updates on programs in 2025.
Live onsite seminars Wednesday 30 April – Friday 2 May 2025
Digital recordings available on-demand, year-round. Seminars for Henry IV Part 1 will be available as a digital recording from Term 2 2025.
Year 12 HSC English Advanced students
2 hours
$25 per student ticket, 1 free teacher ticket per 10 student tickets
For schools wanting to book for 100+ students, we can organise an invoice for your booking. Please email learning@bellshakespeare.com.au
The Neilson Nutshell, Pier 2/3
Walsh Bay Arts Precinct
13A Hickson Road
Dawes Point NSW 2000
If you are unable to attend a live HSC Shakespeare Seminar, you can access the sessions digitally. More information here.
Wednesday 30 April 2025, 10am – 12pm
Explore Shakespeare’s The Tempest and provide a comparative analysis of Margaret Atwood’s Hag-Seed, as part of Module A: Textual Conversations. The Players will perform key scenes and soliloquies from The Tempest to support discussion and demonstrate Shakespeare’s language and characters in action.
Thursday 1 May 2025, 10am – 12pm
Dissect and discuss Henry IV Part 1 as part of the Module B: Critical Study of Literature. The Players will perform key scenes and soliloquies from Henry IV Part 1 to support discussion and demonstrate Shakespeare’s language and characters in action.
Friday 2 May 2025, 10am – 12pm
Explore Shakespeare’s Richard III and provide a comparative analysis of Al Pacino’s Looking For Richard, as part of Module A: Textual Conversations. The Players will perform key scenes and soliloquies from Richard III to support discussion and demonstrate Shakespeare’s language and characters in action.
