After a sell-out run this summer, IF iT BE LOVE - a unique theatrical event featuring music and Shakespeare in promenade performance – is returning to historic Rotherhithe.<br /><br />Performances:<br /><br />SATURDAY NOVEMBER 10th 7:30pm<br />SUNDAY NOVEMBER 11th 3:30pm<br /><br />Following the extraordinarily well received, summer production, IF iT BE LOVE is back by popular demand for two performances only. Tunnel, set up by a group of enterprising young actors and musicians, will once again be taking its programme of original music and Shakespeare on a tour through some of Rotherhithe’s most iconic and atmospheric landmarks. They will include the Brunel Museum, the original site of the world’s first underwater tunnel, the studios of Oscar-winning costume makers Sands Films, housed in a converted Thameside Granary, and 18th-century St Mary’s Church, steeped in maritime history. <br /><br />IF iT BE LOVE follows a woman's journey through some of Shakespeare's most celebrated scenes. The show explores themes of love, death, honour, power and heartbreak through extracts from Antony and Cleopatra, Hamlet, Macbeth and Othello.<br /><br />Starring Robert Emms (Kick Ass 2, War Horse, Anonymous), Ako Mitchell (Spelling Bee, Sister Act, Lion King), Alice Bird (Anastasia, Notes on a Scandal), and Neve Faulkner (I am an Emotional Creature), IF iT BE LOVE is directed by Daniel Ben-Zenou, with music by George Bird.<br /><br />IF iT BE LOVE is a companion piece to the upcoming feature film of the same name directed by Filip L. Firlej and due for release spring of 2013.<br /><br />Tickets can be obtained in advance at £10 here: <br />http://www.wegottickets.com/brunelmuseum<br /><br />Alternatively tickets on the door will be £12 or £10 with proof of SE16 residency.
