Much Ado About Nothing

Sheepdog's back with Shakespeare's sharpest comedy!

Much Ado About Nothing is a play that has everything: love, romance, deception and lies, all unfolding around the dynamic duo of Beatrice and Benedick. In this new production directed by Michael Walker and starring Yurié Collins as Beatrice and Jon Sabay as Benedick, we're bringing the world of Italy to the stages of Tokyo.

In the wealthy port town of Messina, a company of soldiers returns to a joyful celebration from the locals. Young Claudio falls at once for Hero, the governor's daughter, and a wedding is arranged within the week. His friend Benedick and Hero's cousin Beatrice want nothing to do with love, and least of all with each other, and would sooner trade insults than admit to anything warmer. Their friends set out to trick them into it. But not everyone wants the party to go to plan, and a single lie, told in the dark, is enough to turn a wedding into a public disgrace, and to show how easily a woman's good name can be taken from her.

Following acclaimed productions of Art, Romeo & Juliet and The Effect, Sheepdog Theatre brings Much Ado to Nakano's Theater BonBon in a traditional staging of the play. This is a show that will appeal to students, adults and anyone who loves great theatre.

Don't miss this memorable comedy.