Wanted: Boy to die!

Ended on Sunday, February 28 2010

Before you start ringing the local authorities, read on. ‘The Scottish Play’ is coming to Dubai next month, courtesy of Shakespeare 4 Kidz, the British theatre company which wowed us last year with its updated, musical comedy version of Romeo & Juliet.

This year, they’re going all gory with S4K’s Macbeth, the ‘double double toil and trouble’ tale of how the power-mad Scottish warrior became king. Complete with a nasty, greedy wife, weird witches, gruesome ghosts and a forest that moves, this stage show promises to make Harry Potter look tame.

Best of all, though, S4K is giving local kids a chance to take part. The directors are looking for a boy aged nine to 12 years (or no more than 146cm tall to fit the costume!) to play the crucial role What could be lovelier than getting little romantics to make personalised gifts for the special people in their lives? Bead Palace is holding Valentine workshops at their Jumeirah address and at the Kempinski Hotel, Mall of the Emirates on Friday, February 12 and Saturday 13 from of Macduff’s brave son. All that’s required is a bit of brief banter before being gruesomely murdered. In the words of the bard himself, ‘Easy peasy lemon squeezy’ (mmm, maybe we’ve got that wrong...)

Fancy it? For details of auditions, email theatre@ shakespeare4kidz.com.

Macbeth is playing in Dubai, March 2010. More info next month, or check out www.shakespeare4kidz.com

WIN TICKETS!

We have five pairs of Macbeth tickets to give away to readers who can answer the following correctly:

This competition has ended and no more entries are being accepted. The winners for this contest are listed below:

• Bee Buzz from Abu Dhabi, United Arab Emirates
• Debra Texeira from Dubai, United Arab Emirates
• Nilesh P from Dubai, United Arab Emirates
• Mr. Rami Ghandour from Sharjah, United Arab Emirates
• Mr. Robert Newland from Dubai, United Arab Emirates

If you are a winner and we have not contacted you yet, please feel free to contact us at competitions@timeoutdubai.com.