Australian Shakespeare Company

The Australian Shakespeare Company’s education program inspires a new dynamic engagement with theatre texts. Delivering school incursions and professional development across Victoria and New South Wales, shake-up your classroom with our unique and proven performances.

The company in it's current form began life as Shakespeare Under the Stars in 1987 under the direction of Glenn Elston, who pioneered the experience of outdoor theatre in Australia. Glenn joined the Australian Shakespeare Company in 1998 as Artistic Director and Producer. He has since developed the company into Australia’s largest independent theatre company.

Over the last thirty-years Glenn’s award winning annual outdoor productions of William Shakespeare’s texts and The Wind in the Willows have played to over a million people within Australia. The Australian Shakespeare Company performs and tours from regional cities, to remote and outback settings. Performance spaces range from Melbourne and Sydney’s Royal Botanic Gardens to Kakadu National Park and Beswick Falls in the Northern Territory. Audiences include families, seniors, tourists, students and young professionals, all of whom experience the magic of outdoor performances with some of Australia’s finest professional performers and creative artists.