Direct from the Edinburgh Fringe, Straylight Australia presents twenty of Shakespeare's wickedest women, from twelve plays, in just sixty minutes!

Thrilling scenes full of danger and passion are introduced with witty charm by the Bard himself.

Director: Roz Riley

Writer: Kath Perry

Cast: Kath Perry, Alexander Jonas, Cat Martin

While it's true that Shakespeare did write some lovely, kind, gentle mother characters, this play isn't about them. It's about dangerous women like Tamora, Lady Macbeth, Gertrude, Queen Margret and Dioniza - mothers whose rampant protectiveness, lusty appetites and vaunting ambition set them against powerful enemies and drove them to treachery, adultery, war, murder and madness.

Shakespeare's Mothers: Mad, Bad and Dangerous to Know is set in our risk-averse present, where Shakespeare is accused by the media of inciting female violence through his inappropriate maternal role models. Summoning his uneasy, warring mothers about him, he defends himself with wit and charm while they re-live their most thrilling, passionate and dangerous experiences.

"It's very exciting to have all these marvellous women on stage in one show and to hear the great lines Shakespeare wrote for them," says Greg de Polnay, who directed the Edinburgh Fringe production.

Director of the Adelaide show, Roz Riley, add, "By putting the focus on the mothers, we suddenly see how cleverly Shakespeare used fiercely protective and ambitious women to drive some of his strongest plots."

Shakespeare's Mothers was written and compiled by Straylight Australia's Actor/Manager, Kath Perry, who is again joined in the all-Australian cast by Cat Martin and Alexander Jonas.

The show comes direct to Adelaide from a successful world premiere at the Edinburgh Fringe. Here's a taste of what critics had to say:

Acted with power and precision (Scotsman)

Highly professional cast (Fringe Guru)

Entertaining... fun and family friendly (Three Weeks)

Lively, humorous and... energetic (Edinburgh Spotlight)

For more information, visit www.shakespearemothers.blogspot.com