Besotted with the Bard sonnet performance
Sat, 03 June
|Tura Beach Library
Local poet Kai Jensen will share his passion for Shakespeare’s sonnets across four Saturdays at Tura Marrang Library in June.
Time & Location
03 June 2023, 10:30 am – 11:30 am
Tura Beach Library, 15 Tura Beach Dr, Tura Beach NSW 2548, Australia
About the Event
Bega Valley Shire Council’s Library Services Coordinator, Megan Jordan-Jones said Mr Jensen approached the library to host a performance series after memorising 154 sonnets for his own pleasure last year.
“During this time, Mr Jensen was struck by the potential of a Shakespeare sonnets performance,” Ms Jordan-Jones said.
“He feels that Shakespeare’s sonnets are every bit as dramatic as his plays.”
To help the audience fully appreciate the sonnets, Mr Jensen will introduce the topics and any unfamiliar Elizabethan words before every 10 sonnets.
“Some people can be shy of Shakespeare’s language, but if you can get past the ‘thou dost’ and ‘she doth’, he can sound quite contemporary,” Mr Jensen said.
“Some of the lines could come out of the mouth of an Australian teenager today.
