{"id":5400,"date":"2025-10-23T15:35:58","date_gmt":"2025-10-23T11:35:58","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/mcmmediahub.aus.edu\/?p=5400"},"modified":"2025-11-10T13:04:24","modified_gmt":"2025-11-10T09:04:24","slug":"campus-production-offers-heavy-metal-take-on-shakespeares-scottish-play","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/mcmmediahub.aus.edu\/index.php\/2025\/10\/23\/campus-production-offers-heavy-metal-take-on-shakespeares-scottish-play\/","title":{"rendered":"Campus production offers heavy metal take on Shakespeare&#8217;s &#8216;Scottish play&#8217;"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p>By Shaden Al Darawshe&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>UNIVERSITY CITY, SHARJAH \u2013 The American University of Sharjah\u2019s College of Arts and Sciences Performing Arts Program next week is presenting <em>Heavy Metal Macbeth<\/em>, a modern reimagining of William Shakespeare\u2019s classic tragedy.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Replete with the energy and intensity of heavy metal music, this version of Shakespeare\u2019s play will be held at the Performing Arts Rotunda in the Arts Building at AUS from Monday, Oct. 28 to Friday Nov. 1. Each performance starts at 7 p.m.&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The production is directed by Interim Program Coordinator Prof. Anthony Tassa, and involves many AUS students in acting, stage design, lighting, and sound.&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Organizers are promising a bold and immersive experience which will allow audiences to experience Shakespeare\u2019s dark \u201cScottish play\u201d in a new and unforgettable way. The play is not recommended for audience goers under 12.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Tickets can be booked at this link: <a href=\"https:\/\/forms.aus.edu\/252671575210959\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">https:\/\/forms.aus.edu\/252671575210959<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>By Shaden Al Darawshe&nbsp; UNIVERSITY CITY, SHARJAH \u2013 The American University of Sharjah\u2019s College of Arts and Sciences Performing Arts Program next week is presenting Heavy Metal Macbeth, a modern reimagining of William Shakespeare\u2019s classic tragedy. Replete with the energy and intensity of heavy metal music, this version of Shakespeare\u2019s play will be held at [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":5401,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[7,28,79],"tags":[32,46],"class_list":{"0":"post-5400","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-campus-news","8":"category-features","9":"category-news","10":"tag-campus","11":"tag-culture"},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/mcmmediahub.aus.edu\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/5400","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/mcmmediahub.aus.edu\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/mcmmediahub.aus.edu\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/mcmmediahub.aus.edu\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/mcmmediahub.aus.edu\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=5400"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/mcmmediahub.aus.edu\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/5400\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/mcmmediahub.aus.edu\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/5401"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/mcmmediahub.aus.edu\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=5400"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/mcmmediahub.aus.edu\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=5400"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/mcmmediahub.aus.edu\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=5400"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}