Paul Kelly Does Shakespeare

Overview

The Wheeler Centre is firmly securing their place as the best in the business, with both their latest program and their newest storytelling act: Paul Kelly does Shakespeare.

From very early on in his career, Kelly has been recognised as one of the most significant singer/songwriters in the country. And for a man often regarded as the bard of modern Australia, it shouldn't be all that surprising that his most treasured possession is, in fact, a three-volume collection of Shakespeare's works.

Bringing the OG bard to our door with this one-off Saturday session, Kelly will be performing his own takes on Shakespeare's poetic explorations of love and lust through his latest album Seven Sonnets & A Song — a tribute to the legendary playwright.

So gather your wits and woes about you, for as the clock strikes midnight in Stratford-upon-Avon — marking the 400th anniversary of Shakespeare's death — Kelly will be making sweet musical gravy to our ears with the forces of Alice Keath and Vika and Linda Bull.

The morning session promises not only to be a special performance of Kelly's new album, but also a discussion of one bard's affinity for another — and thou dost be a fool lest you neglect a ticket.