about the show

Shakespeare for Breakfast is newly devised by a different creative team for C theatre every year, and in its various forms has toured to Warsaw, Singapore and Dubai. The show has been an Edinburgh Fringe favourite for the last 10 years - even with it's 10am start time!

The show was developed from Shakespeare for Breakfast 2001, which played in Edinburgh from 1st-26th August and Warsaw, Poland from 19th-23rd November, and was devised by Ewan Downie, Jon Ferguson, Sarit Larry, Kate Lush and Robert Wallace.

what the press said

"Hilarious lessons in love from this stellar improv troupe."
****1/2 - Toronto Eye – Toronto Fringe Festival 2002

"In a word, Shakespeare for Breakfast is brilliant."
****1/2 - CBC (Canadian Broadcasting Corporation) – Winnipeg Fringe Festival 2002

"Well written and superbly performed, this play is a prescription for laughter."
**** - Winnipeg Sun – Winnipeg Fringe Festival

what the audience said (Winnipeg 2002)

"These people are outstanding performers and want to love you so let them."

"This is a great show, tons of energy and lots of laughs."

"PHENOMENAL! Light-hearted, delicious, comic."

"I cannot say enough good things about this delightful piece that will have you falling head-over-heels (in love and laughter)"

what the audience said (Minneapolis 2002)

"Inspired Silliness... What can I say? You'll laugh, you'll cry, you'll fall in love (or step in it)" *****

"The amount of talent, charm, and wit in this show was a perfectly blissful way to end a week. " *****

"It is entertainment that shouldn't be missed a solid hour of enjoyment!" ****1/2

"Sigh... We are all, all of us, madly in love with this international cast of utterly adorable people unafraid to be silly in front of sold-out houses." ****1/2