If you’re near Melbourne on the deathiversary, come along and help Rob Conkie launch his new book, Writing Performative Shakespeares: New Forms for Performance Criticism (Cambridge University Press, 2016). This also happens to work in conjunction with the opening of Shakespeare’s The Merry Wives of Windsor which is playing at fortyfivedownstairs this April, and which Rob has directed. This production ties in with the Shakespeare400 celebrations happening world-wide.

The gala event will be taking place on April 23rd, at 3:30PM at fortyfivedownstairs with the book launch, an art exhibition by Bernard Caleo of drawings of the rehearsal process of The Merry Wives of Windsor will follow 4:30PM and an exhibition talk: ‘Drawing and rehearsing The Merry Wives’ at 5:30PM.

Tickets can be found here: http://www.fortyfivedownstairs.com/wp2016/event/the-merry-wives-of-windsor/2016-04-19/

Flyer: The Merry Wives of Windsor

Press release: The Merry Wives of Windsor Press Release