Shit-faced Shakespeare has announced a BSL interpreted performance of their chaotic and unpredictable Much Ado About Nothing at Leicester Square Theatre on July 22.

Each night the script goes out the window as one sozzled actor sloshes through their lines and the rest of the cast incorporate his or her drunken ravings into the plot, however strange and implausible. The highly experienced improvisers will be joined for one night only by Vicky Pannell, who will attempt to interpret the show and all its sudden changes of

Each night, the script goes out the window as one sozzled actor sloshes through their lines and the rest of the cast incorporate his or her drunken ravings into the plot, however strange and implausible. The highly experienced improvisers will be joined for one night only by Vicky Pannell, who will attempt to interpret the show and all its sudden changes of script for a deaf audience. And with a drunk actor who often breaks the fourth wall to have a chat with the audience, the chances of Vicky not becoming part of the show are minimal…

Vicky has said "I'm looking forward to interpreting this show as booze and theatre are two of my favourite things. In fact - maybe I should have a little tipple too!"

Shit-faced Shakespeare: Much Ado About Nothing marks the seventh anniversary of the brand and sees their longest run in London coupled with the opening of their fourth market in the USA, Romeo and Juliet at the Brighton and Edinburgh Fringe festivals, plus dates at the London Wonderground, Udderbelly Southbank for both Shit-faced Shakespeare and Shit-faced Showtime. Around 30,000 people saw Shit-faced Shakespeare in the UK last year, 35,000 in the USA.

Much Ado About Nothing is possibly Shakespeare’s most well loved romantic comedy, filled with mistaken identities, petty arguments and put-downs, and the course of love not running smoothly (not least of all because friends keep interfering). But what if Hero decides she really would rather marry the chap in the second row, or if Benedick can’t stand up?

Formed in 2010 by a group of East15 graduates (largely), Magnificent Bastard Productions were just friends who loved creating unexpected and unpredictable theatre at music festivals such as Secret Garden Party. Shit-faced now performs across the UK and USA in Boston, Atlanta and Austin USA, adding Minnesota into the mix on the 20th January 2017. They sell-out at the Edinburgh and Brighton Fringes annually, and in 2015 expanded into Shit-faced Showtime, a pissed-up hour of harmonious Broadway showtunes. 

Much Ado About Nothing runs until September 16. Tickets here.

Picture: Rah Petherbridge