Shakespeare gets a makeover in O Woe Is Me

Key points

• A new comedy called O Woe Is Me will be staged at the Zamia Theatre on Tamborine Mountain from October 16 to 31, 2026. The production reworks scenes from Macbeth, Othello, Romeo and Juliet and Hamlet, mixing original Shakespearean text with contemporary dialogue, physical theatre and Australian pop-culture references.
• It explores why the women in Shakespeare's tragedies so often end in madness, violence or death.
• Audiences do not need prior knowledge of Shakespeare to enjoy the show.