Shakespeare Reloaded is a unique project that explores creative approaches to the theory and practice of teaching and learning Shakespeare.
We are a team of academics and school teachers exploring new approaches to teaching and learning Shakespeare. We research the history, theory, and practice of education and literary studies. Shakespeare Reloaded aims to provide interesting and innovative theories, ideas, activities, and approaches for educators eager to explore fresh ways of thinking about Shakespeare. Our project is supported by
25/03/2024
We are delighted to share an exciting new resource on the Shakespeare Reloaded website: Prof Gretchen Minton's ecological adaptation of Twelfth Night - Salt Waves Fresh! Check out a video, production pics, teaching activities & scenes! Some great ideas here for teaching activities to support educators working with Twelfth Night in the classroom. https://shakespearereloaded.edu.au/events/salt-waves-fresh-ecological-adaptation-twelfth-night
14/07/2023
Team members Jackie Manuel, William Christie, Lauren Weber and Liam Semler spoke at the recent AATE ALEA Conference. More details on their rich and engaging panel, "Born to be wild", can be found below!
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Born to be wild! In this panel, chaired by Professor Jackie Manuel, three members of the Better Strangers research team (a long-running collaboration between the University of Sydney and Barker College) Emeritus Professor Will Christie, Professor Liam Semler and Dr Lauren Weber each take a different approach to the topic of their title: Born to be wild: Educational Creativity and the constraints of the system.
A must watch! https://aatealeaconf23.sched.com/event/1OEdo/born-to-be-wild-educational-creativity-and-the-constraints-of-the-system
19/06/2023
The Shakespeare Reloaded website is proud to host fantastic new resources from the project ‘A Reimagined Dream: Towards a Neurodiverse telling of William Shakespeare’s A Midsummer Night’s Dream’.
You can check out the documentary, film, and a tonne of other resources here: https://shakespearereloaded.edu.au/events/reimagined-dream-neurodiverse-retelling.
This exciting project was a collaboration between the Australian community organisation SpectrumSpace, the Curtin Autism Research Group at Curtin University in Western Australia, and the creative organisations Fragmented Artists and Organic Productions.
For more, see our blog post: https://shakespearereloaded.edu.au/introducing-reimagined-midsummer-nights-dream-neurodiverse-re-telling.
04/07/2022
Discover more about this year's Shakespeare Imaginarium in our latest blog post, thanks to Dr Lauren Weber! This year's Imaginarium focused on reflection, poetry and voice!
Celebrating the Reflection-Poetry-Voice Imaginarium Celebrating the Reflection-Poetry-Voice Imaginarium Written by Better Strangers Team in Conference | 05.06.2022 Each year the Better Strangers project runs an Imaginarium for teachers hosted by our partner school Barker College (Sydney). An Imaginarium is a series of 2-hour workshops run over a numb...
20/06/2022
Take a fresh look at Macbeth with Shakespeare Reloaded team member Dr Kate Flaherty's fascinating piece on the outer & inner dimensions of the Scottish play!
Macbeth by William Shakespeare: a timeless exploration of violence and treachery The tragedy of Macbeth issues a warning for our times about the harm that is done when the desire for power drowns out the inner voice of conscience.
01/04/2022
Fantastic afternoon discussing Othello with teachers at Barker College. Project leader Liam Semler shared new scholarship on the play, while team member Claire Hansen discussed decolonising Shakespeare and considered Othello’s performance history. If you're looking for Othello teaching resources, try our Othello Shakespeed game: http://shakespearereloaded.edu.au/activities/shakespeed.
24/03/2022
SOMETHING WICKED THIS WAY COMES //
Teachers of the Scottish play are invited to join Dr Claire Hansen and Kathy Macdonald for a morning of toil and trouble, exploring the language and strategies for engaging students.
The workshop will also explore learning activities for Macbeth created by the Shakespeare Reloaded project.
Register now on our website https://www.etaq.org.au/event/event/detail/event/71691
22/12/2021
Some holiday reading! Check out our blog for a new review of Queensland Theatre's Othello - set in Cairns and the Torres Strait during World War Two.
Review – Othello, Jimi Bani and Jason Klarwein, Queensland Theatre 12 November 2021 Review – Othello, Jimi Bani and Jason Klarwein, Queensland Theatre 12 November 2021 Written by Stephanie Schierhuber in Performances and Productions | 17.12.2021 What does Othello have to say to a modern audience?“Othello is a problem play for a modern audience”, Jimi Bani and Jason Klawein...
10/12/2021
The story of Lear's wife takes centrestage in this new take on Shakespeare's King Lear. https://www.nytimes.com/2021/12/07/books/review/learwife-jr-thorp.html?searchResultPosition=1&fbclid=IwAR3NNMRY9X6LRCUdXnoQw8iYMyYEOBUjfgSBYfj3Uy7bZLaCIbAeM2Kkib8
You Know About King Lear. A New Novel Tells His Banished Queen’s Tale. In “Learwife,” J.R. Thorp explores the untold story of Lear’s queen, a tale rife with cruelty, betrayal and passion.
22/11/2021
Imogen in the Wild, an eco-adaptation of Cymbeline from Shakespeare in Yosemite, is out on YouTube now! https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6lpxIIQT6Mo
29/09/2021
Interested in Shakespeare and the Anthropocene? Sydney Uni's Early Modern Literature and Culture Seminar on early modern literature and the Anthropocene is now available to watch online!
http://shakespearereloaded.edu.au/research/early-modern-literature-and-anthropocene
22/09/2021
Check out the trailer for a forthcoming adaptation of Macbeth, directed by Joel Coen and starring Denzel Washington and Frances McDormand.
The Tragedy of Macbeth | Official Trailer HD | A24 SUBSCRIBE: http://bit.ly/A24subscribeFrom writer/director Joel Coen and starring Denzel Washington, Frances McDormand, Corey Hawkins, Brendan Gleeson, and Ha...
