An Táin Arts Centre in Dundalk welcomes a feminist take on Shakespeare's women

What if Ophelia met Juliet? Would she give her some relationship advice?

What if Portia told Cleopatra to wise up? Headstrong, feisty and in the thralls of love, but what can they learn from each other? Would they be happier (and less dead) if they just dumped their men?

Commedia of Errors is bringing a new production of their smash hit Shakespeare's Women to An Táin Arts Centre, Dundalk, Tuesday, November 19.

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Stuck in purgatory, audiences are invited to watch as Jules and Fee jump in and out of heroes, villains, lovers and tyrants probing Shakespeare’s best-known characters to learn a little more about themselves.

Can Goneril give them strength? Cleopatra power or Portia guile? Could Hamlet be the key
to unlocking who they are, what went wrong and why they’re still stuck playing their parts
over and over forever more?

Seamlessly fusing modern comedy and drama with classical verse, audiences will see Shakespeare and his favourite women in a brand-new light. A modern examination of the relationships between men and women, this production has a direct appeal to younger audiences, female adults and anyone else who wants to see Shakespeare dissected by two dead young women determined to be penned anew.

Performed by Calla Hughes (The Snow Queen, Lyric) and Catherine Rees (The Mousetrap, West End), this new production asks the question: Is there life after love, after death, after The Bard?

Shakespeare’s Women deals with themes of: relationships, female-empowerment, toxic masculinity, and suicide.