A Company of Fools is Ottawa’s longest running independent professional Shakespeare company: our mandate is to produce innovative, entertaining and accessible shows based on the works of William Shakespeare.

Finding the Fools

Hotline 613-863-PLAY (7529)
E-mail info@fools.ca

Special Events and Corporate shin-digs:  ELIZABETHAN FOOLS for all occasions

 

Shakespeare’s Interactive Circus
60 minute performance

Rap, improvisation, fine physical acting and other theatrical traditions all blend together in an exhilarating, irreverent romp through a number of Shakespeare’s plays. It begins when the star of the show is nowhere to be found and the remaining members of the troupe must improvise their way through the performance. The Fools recreate the atmosphere of the Globe Theatre and interact with the audience in a high energy, fast paced, entertaining performance of Shakespeare that has delighted audiences from across Canada for over 10 years.


Roving character animation

If you’ve got a crowd, you need a Fool. Liven up the atmosphere of your event with costumed Fools who will roam through the crowd, improvising silliness, reading Shakespeare’s sonnets and making merry with one and all.

Fool-A-Gram

Feel like a Fool when you try to express your true feelings? Don’t be a fool, let us be the Fools! Send your loved one a costumed Fool who will read one of Shakespeare’s sonnets on bended knee, leaving behind the sonnet and a warm fuzzy feeling that will last forever.

Fool For Love

When it comes to love, we are all Fools. Join us for a 30 minute delve into the world of Shakespeare and Love. Two of Shakespeare’s most famous love scenes – the balcony scene from Romeo and Juliet, and the wooing scene from The Taming of the Shrew, plus a handful of sonnets and some playful banter are woven together for a 30 minute, 2 actor piece that is sure to entertain.

Shows available for Festivals and Theatres:

Shakespeare’s Interactive Circus

Shakespeare’s Dead

Shakespeare’s Danish Play

A Midwinter’s Dream Tale