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Just Romeo and Juliet!

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Relaxed Performance:

Thursday 8 April at 1pm

Venue: Lennox Theatres

This is a Visual Story to help you prepare for your visit to

Riverside Theatre to watch Bell Shakespeare’s show

Just Romeo and Juliet!

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Just Romeo and Juliet! is a show at Riverside Theatres in Parramatta.

There are signs out the front saying ‘Riverside’.

There are sliding doors going into the foyer.

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Before the show starts, you might need to wait in the foyer. The foyer is

where you wait with your parents and friends until the show starts.

You might also wait in the courtyard. The courtyard is next to the foyer

and is outside. There is a roof over the courtyard in case it rains.

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Before the show starts, you might need to go to the Box Office to get

your tickets. You might need to wait in a line.

You might need to go to the toilet before the show starts. Don’t worry,

there are bathrooms there for you to use.

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The show is on in Lennox Theatre. There is a sign out the front of the

Lennox Theatre with a number 5.

An usher will meet you and tell you when it’s time to go inside.

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Inside the theatre there are red seats.

An usher will tell you which seat to sit in.

When the show starts, the lights will turn down low but don’t worry it

won’t go completely dark.

This is the time to sit quietly to listen and watch the actors perform the

story. If you need to talk to your friends or family during the show you

can whisper.

The show you are seeing is called ‘Just Romeo and Juliet!’.

This is a theatre show, not a movie. There will be real people on stage,

called actors. There are three actors in the play.

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The actors’ real names are (L – R):

Eleni, Ryan, Caitlin

In Just Romeo and Juliet! Ryan plays a boy called Andy, Eleni plays a

girl called Lisa, and Caitlin plays a boy called Danny.

In the story, Andy, Danny and Lisa are in a school production of Romeo

and Juliet, the play by the famous writer called William Shakespeare,

who lived more than 400 years ago in England.

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Andy, Danny and Lisa find out what happens in the story of Romeo and

Juliet. They will talk about why it is such a famous play and explain what

some of Shakespeare’s words mean.

Romeo and Juliet is a very famous love story about a young boy and girl

who fall in love, even though their families are enemies. The original

story is a tragedy meaning it has a sad ending, and some of the

characters die.

This production will follow the same story but in a light-hearted and fun

way, because Andy doesn’t know how the story ends. He plays a lot of

different characters along the way.

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Sometimes the actors will make loud noises and sometimes they will run

around being funny. They will wear different hats and costumes and they

will use different toys and words to tell the story.

During the show you are free to leave the theatre and return if you need

to.

When the show finishes, the actors will bow. People will clap their

hands.

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This is to thank the actors for the show. You can clap too if you want to,

or if it is too loud, you can put your hands over your ears.

When the performance is finished and it is time to go, you will leave

Riverside. You will leave through the sliding doors again.

It’s great fun to go to the theatre!