Professional theatre company, Essential Theatre, has been touring Shakespeare to wineries across Australia for close to a decade and has seen what a wondrous mix wine, food and Shakespeare is.

Essential Theatre knows the value of combining quality entertainment with great food and wine and how this results in a distinctive experience.

We invite you to treat your guests to something new and surprise them with an exclusive and premiere performance.

Shakespeare is timeless and classic. Essential Theatre offers you a unique and personal selection of his works to be woven through your event. This is not a full scale production but a paired down, carefully constructed, tailor made event especially for your business.

Be it a product launch, an annual general meeting or an industry dinner this theatre company will help enrich your event.  A three-course meal could be suddenly transformed into a night of midsummer mischief and laughter as the cast performs amongst your guests.

This is a versatile piece of theatre, which can be carefully constructed to fit your needs.

We would value the opportunity to discuss this further with you – to discover how we can best compliment your business.

“I would like to thank you for such a great performance last Friday night at The Observatory.  I haven’t enjoyed a corporate function so much nor have I enjoyed Shakespeare so much. Outstanding.”
David Thorne, Sydney

Private Professional Development

Essential Theatre offers practical communication techniques focusing on voice, breath and posture to assist professionals in their presentation skills. Participants will leave these workshops with a greater understanding of the need for vocal power within their professional and personal life.

Master the Bard

Shakespeare appreciation lunchtime sessions.  Explore major themes and universal ideas whilst gaining a greater understanding of the language.

William and Wine - after work

A different play, a different theme, a different wine each week.  This is entertainment with a difference.  Engaging scenes will be performed, followed by interactive discussions about some of Shakespeare's most interesting themes, accompanied by a variety of great Australian wine.

On a summer's evening settle your guests onto picnic rugs with gourmet hampers as they are spoiled with an intimate and private performance of one of Shakespeare's classics.
As the sun begins to set the play comes to a close and your guests are left with a memorable evening.