Shakespeare's gender-bending rom-com where everyone's in drag and nobody knows who to kiss.
Warm-hearted and romantic, As You Like It follows the irrepressible Rosalind, who is banished from court with her cousin Celia. But before they can escape into exile, Rosalind catches the eye of love-struck Orlando. What ensues is a riotous tangle of matched and mismatched lovers, mistaken identities, melodic songs and laughs aplenty. Will love conquer all, or is it merely a madness?
Acting
Georgia Flood's Celia steals every scene she's in.
Production
Australian bush reimagined as Arden feels surprisingly right.
Writing
Touchstone's clowning hits harder than you remember from high school.
Director
Simon Phillips
Trivia, insights & behind the scenes
This 2022 Australian production notably cast Natalie Abbott as Phebe while doubling her in the ensemble band, continuing a trend of musical integration in contemporary Shakespeare that began with Propeller and Cheek by Jowl.
Director Simon Phillips previously ran Melbourne Theatre Company and cast several actors he'd developed long-term relationships with—Flood's Celia carries echoes of her comedic timing in his 2019 Noises Off.
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