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Bell Shakespeare Company (The)

Shakespeare Aussie style

Flinders Lane
P.O. Box 311
Melbourne, VIC 3141

Phone: +61 3 9686 1222

The Bell Shakespeare Company enriches over 200,000 Australians each year, around a third of them under 30. From its courageous beginnings in 1990, the group currently performs in every state and territory in both regional and outback Australia. The BSC aims to incorporate the works of Shakespeare into contemporary Australian culture. Australian accents are used with no attempt at duplicating a traditional British approach. Contemporary music and design inspired by young local talent is used to convey the significance of these works to today's audiences. The group regularly performs at the Athenaeum Theatre and other regional theatres across Melbourne.