…we know what we are, but know not what we may be…

Our brand new Performance Symposium, designed specifically for students studying the new NSW HSC module, explores the emotional centre of Hamlet and Ophelia’s journeys in a world of upheaval, creating in the process an evocative theatrical dialogue with the poetry of Emily Dickinson.

Incorporating scenes from Lizzie Schebesta’s new production, the Hamlet + Dickinson Performance Symposium provides further opportunities to delve into the central concerns of both prescribed texts: mortality, identity, grief, imagination, language and the elusive search for meaning.

For students, this event combines live performance with sophisticated, evidence-based critical and creative commentary. It is an invitation to encounter Hamlet not as a museum piece, but as urgent, immediate theatre—alive with ambiguity, beauty and emotional risk.

 

Available for Education Bookings only

Education Bookings & Resources
EDUCATION PERFORMANCE DATES

Monday 10 May 2027 at 10:30am

EDUCATION TICKETS & PRICING

$35 ea
1 teacher free for every 20 students booked.

SUITABLE FOR YEAR 9-12 (Stages 5 & 6)

Curriculum Links

English Advanced – HSC Module A: Textual Conversations.

Includes comprehensive Student Resource Kit with a detailed textual analysis.

Students examine how these texts converse across time through shared ideas, values and contexts; and how language, dramatic form and poetic expression shape meaning, while developing sophisticated responses to intertextuality, perspective, identity, mortality, memory and the human experience. Highly relevant for both English and Drama students.

Online Education Bookings
1 teacher free for every 20 students booked.

To reserve/pay for your booking, select the ‘Education Bookings’ button and confirm the number of tickets, prices and contact details.

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Accessibility

In English.

Wheelchair accessible.

Companion Card accepted.

Assistive Hearing system available (FM).

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Additional Ticketing Information

$5.95 Transaction Fee applies.

The authorised ticket agency for this event is Riverside Theatres.

Only tickets purchased by authorised agencies should be considered reliable. If you purchase tickets from a non-authorised agency, you risk that these tickets are fake, void, or have previously been cancelled. Resale restriction applies.

Prices are correct at the time of publication and subject to change without notice. Exact prices will be displayed with seat selection. Children aged 0-18 months at the time of a performance may be seated on an adult’s lap free of charge. A valid ticket is required for all children over 18 months.

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