Shakesport
Shakespeare as you've never seen it before
This audience-driven event blends traditional Shakespeare performance, unpredictable improv elements, and optional dining and drinks to bring a whole new twist to some of the Bard’s best!
Book Shakesport
Shakesport puts you in the driver's seat
Play the Play
Shakesport is a raucous celebration of all the possibilities of Shakespeare's works. We give you, the audience, an invitation to shape the action for an intimate, interactive, and unique evening perfect for a date night or a family night, for lovers of the Bard's plays, or any fans of improv, comedy, and immersive theatre. And when served up along with food and drinks, it's a carousing and cozy experience of inclusive, chaotic fun!
Five acts, rising stakes
A Night Built in the Moment
Set in five acts, the audience chooses which scenes the Company performs and casts which Player plays what role. Then, as the night goes on, each random audience draw adds more elements to each scene, constantly raising the stakes in wholly immersive and unexpected ways. The idea is to take these wonderful and familiar plays and present them with polish and professionalism, then reimagine them in a freewheeling environment meant to evoke the original performances of Shakespeare's time.
Aye, there's the Rub
What are Rubs?
Rubs are a wide assortment of acting and improv elements provided by the audience that the Company must apply to the scenes. The Players encourage them to write these down on a slip of paper - accents, props, scenarios and more - and when that slip is pulled before a scene, the creativity of the audience connects with that of the Players, and the result…is Shakesport.