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PRODUCTION CONTENT GUIDE

Here we have provided more detailed content warnings that relate to areas of a production that might negatively impact some members of our audience. Below you will find the public content warning followed by more specific descriptions of the content.  These descriptions may reveal spoilers about the play which may affect your experience of the show.

 

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AS YOU LIKE IT by William Shakespeare

Contains loud noises, strobe lighting effects and mature themes.

Recommended for Ages 13+

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​Language

Specific instances: use of words "bastard" "bitch" "shit" "slut" "piss"

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Loud Noises

Specific instances:

  • Throughout the production, the character of Silvius chases the character of Phoebe throughout the forest, during which both of them call out loud to each other. 

  • Some characters scream out in comic fear.

  • There is the recorded sound of alarms.

  • Loud music accompanies the movement pieces during the show.

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Strobe Lighting

Specific instances:

  • The Opening Dance Sequence uses a short period of Strobe Lighting.

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Mature Themes

References to suicide

  • In one scene in Act Two, the comically depressed Jaques seeks attention by putting a noose around his neck.  It is removed by Rosalind who chastises him for being so dramatic.

Depictions of violence /gun violence / knife violence

  • Orlando & Charles engage in a wrestling match.

  • Orlando & Oliver fight comically and Oliver is held in an armlock for a period of time.

  • Orlando holds a knife to Jaques throat while the lords aim rifles at him.  The Duchess defuses the tension and there is never any real fear of the violence escalating. 

  • Oliver arrives in the Forest and reveals he has a pistol with the intention of killing his brother.

Sexual references

  • As with many of Shakespeare's comedies, his humour can be sexual in nature. While there are moments of mimed sexual activity on stage for comic effect, there is no naturalistic representation of sexual activity on stage.

  • Jaques makes an obscene gesture reflecting an act of masturbation and further in that scene, the Duchess mockingly repeats the gesture.  

  • The depressed Jaques moves to relieve himself on stage but is prevented by the other lords.

Depictions of alcohol use

  • There are two scenes in which alcohol is consumed including to the point of becoming drunk.​​​​

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