Much Ado About Nothing

Overview

Made famous by Emma Thompson and Kenneth Brannagh back in their heyday, Much Ado About Nothing is arguably, (well if you argue with me), Shakespeare's greatest comedy. It has everything a good comedy should — love, sex, evil plots, mistaken identity and two weddings.

For those unfamiliar with the tale, Beatrice and Benedick are the precursors to every rom-com couple you've ever seen. They are the classic couple: hating each other at the beginning of the play, partaking in the most witty verbal abuse, and then by the end realising they are of course, desperately in love. And that's not all of it. There's also a plot to stop the young Claudio marrying the rich Hero, a faked death, a collection of hilariously stupid security guards, and a masked party to make up the rest of the story.

Starring the up-and-coming young darlings of the Sydney theatre scene, Toby Schmitz and Blazey Best, not to mention the ever amazing Max Gilies, Bell Shakespeare's production of Much Ado About Nothing should really have its fair share of ado about it, promising to be an exuberant and entertaining performance.