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To
celebrate the dvd release from Roadshow of four modern day versions of
classic tales from the immortal bard better known as Shakespeare Re-Told
we have a copy of each for you to win.
A
MIDSUMMER NIGHTS DREAM
A
romantic comedy about four warring couples, a donkey’s head, and a
gaggle of fairies…A Midsummer Night's Dream, a romantic comedy about
warring couples, set in a weekend holiday park. Theseus and Hippolyta
were once Hippies, now they are celebrating their 35th wedding
anniversary and intend to renew their vows among the cellulite, socks
and sandals of the holiday camp.A family break at Dreamparks forest
retreat and activity centre. Amongst the natural and magical setting of
our holiday park, proud parents Theo and Polly Moon are holding a
weekend party to celebrate their daughter Hermia’s engagement to her
childhood sweetheart, and boy-next-door James.
As
the guests are about to toast the happy couple, a young man comes
crashing into the party and Hermia is forced to announce that she loves
another - this man is Zander, they met at university and he is ‘the
one’, not James. The disgraced couple run off into the woods together
until the heat dies down. Hermia’s best friend Helena has been let
into the secret, but is in fact rather pleased at the news as she’s
had a lifelong - unreciprocated - crush on James. She and James make
their way into the woods in search of the others. Something disturbing
is happening though: Theo is having hallucinations.
He
hasn’t suffered from these visions for a long time… a gang of
bickering fairies and their leader Oberon, are haunting him and trying
to give him marital advice. The fairies then return to the woods to
settle scores amongst themselves and cause havoc amongst the young
lovers. Under the light of the moon, Oberon, the leader, decides to make
mischief with his spells, ending in hilarious consequences. He tricks
his wife Titania into falling in love with the now ass-headed Bottom,
and he engineers false feelings between the young couples so that
everyone jilts their own true love.Having enjoyed the power of revenge,
Oberon removes the spells and all returns to normal. True love conquers:
James and Helena proclaim their love for one another, Hermia and
Zander’s relationship is accepted, and Theo and Polly see life in a
happier light. Even Oberon’s relationship with Titania is refreshed.
The cabaret show goes down a storm (even if the magician’s tricks are
helped along by the hand of a fairy).]
MACBETH
A gripping and vital portrait of the fall of a man, and his ultimate
realisation of his own corruption.Macbeth, set in a stylish, high-class
restaurant, where Joe Macbeth and his wife Ella have established the
highest standards and worked very hard for their celeb boss, Duncan a TV
Superchef.Shakespeare’s Macbeth is transposed to the enclosed and
passionate world of a top restaurant kitchen.
Full
of ambition, hierarchy, debauchery and ruthlessness, our film portrays a
vibrant and mesmerising world.Joe Macbeth is Head Chef in an
award-winning restaurant owned by ‘Executive Chef’ Duncan. Whilst
Duncan swans around from TV interview to celebrity party garnering
praise and recognition for his amazing cooking, Joe is the one hard at
work producing culinary masterpieces for the tables.
Joe
is driven and passionate about food and his kitchen, and successfully
leads an army of keen young chefs.
THE
TAMING OF THE SHREW Romantic
comedy exploring the complexities of male and female relationships.
The Taming of the Shrew, where
Katherine is one of Britain's youngest MPs, the original tough cookie -
uncompromising, abrasive, ambitious, but scary and people don't 'get'
her. The only way she's going to get ahead (even become Party leader) is
by softening her image, play things more conventionally, in short, to
get married. Peter, a loud mouth drunk, artist and comedian will do
anything for a laugh and decides he'll be the man for her.Kate is a
bright, talented politician but has no personal charm or romantic
success.
This
void is thrown into sharp relief by her wealthy and beautiful sister
Bianca who earns a crust as a top model. Kate is tipped for big things
but is warned that political success will only materialise when she’s
perceived to be leading a normal married existence. When the over
whelming Petruchio bursts onto the scene and almost immediately
proposes, Kate decides to take the plunge. However, after this whirlwind
romance all goes downhill.
Petruchio
turns up for the wedding in women’s clothes. An attempt to
‘express’ himself honestly, honestly… and Kate sees red. The
honeymoon proceeds miserably, Kate furious and humiliated and Petruchio
determined to get revenge for a litany of cruel things she said to him
on their wedding day. Their battle for power - both hilarious and at
times disturbing - results in a deeper understanding of each other and
themselves and finally true love reigns.
MUCH
ADO ABOUT NOTHING A romantic comedy set in a regional newsroom
between warring co-anchors Beatrice and Benedick. Much Ado About
Nothing, where Beatrice presents a popular early evening regional news
show called "Points West", a throwback to a more innocent era.
But when the show declines in ratings Ben, a quiz show presenter is
recalled and set up with her as co-anchor.
They
loathe each other but the audience loves them, so will they ever admit
to each other what others seem to know...that they're made for each
other. Jilted on their first date three years earlier, Beatrice is
horrified when Benedick is invited back into the fold to replace her
current co-anchor. Benedick’s pompous posturing does nothing to lesson
her feelings of loathing. Running parallel to this tempestuous
partnership is the whirlwind romance between dishy sports presenter
Claude and intellectually challenged weather girl Hero.
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