Andrew Hastie (Canning, Liberal Party) Share this | Link to this | Hansard source

To quote the Bard:

O for a Muse of fire, that would ascend

The brightest heaven of invention,

A kingdom for a stage, princes to act

And monarchs to behold the swelling scene!

I'm very pleased to announce the fourth annual Canning Shakespeare Competition, to be held on 31 August at the Mandurah Performing Arts Centre. It's a competition open to students in grades 10 to 12 who live or study in Canning. Entrants perform a monologue from one of Shakespeare's works, and submissions are due to my office by Friday, 2 August, at 5 pm. Finalists get to perform on stage at MPAC before experts and a live audience.

We're very privileged this year to have three very eminent judges, three of the biggest names in Western Australian performing arts. We have Glenda Linscott, the head of acting of the Western Australian Academy of Performing Arts; Stuart Halusz, the actor and artistic director of THEATRE 180; and Rebecca Davis, actor and company director at Big Sky Entertainment. There are big prizes to be won: $1,000 for first prize and $750 for second, and third prize is $500. Visit andrewhastie.com.au/shakespeare2019 for more info.

I want young Australians to engage with one of the greatest playwrights in the history of the world. I want them to experience the power of Shakespeare's work. I want them to experience the ambition of Macbeth, the intoxicating love of Romeo and Juliet and the leadership of Henry V.