10:00am to 3:30pm
Suitable for all ages
Free
During the Elizabethan period, fencing was a means of settling personal disagreements - particularly about personal honour and reputation - rather than something used on the battlefield. A skill requirement of the upper-class nobility, gentlemen were trained in the art of fencing from childhood.
Fencing featured in many of Shakespeare’s plays (e.g. Hamlet and Romeo & Juliet) as it was relatively safe to show on stage, but was very visually impressive.
Grab a blanket, a glass of mead, a picnic lunch or Tudor nibbles to go, and find your own patch of grass from which to enjoy the fencing performances by Prima Spada. Why not join in one of the Learn to Fence sessions.
- 11.30am - Main Display
- 12noon - Learn to Fence session
- 1.30pm - Learn to Fence session
Requirements: Children under 16 are to be accompanied by an adult.
Location: Meet at the Amphitheatre Lawn.
Bookings
No bookings required for entry on the day, however please indicate your interest in attending by booking a free ticket via Eventbrite. Your ticket isn't required on the day, we need the booking to indicate demand for the activity. Additional entry on the day is permitted if there is lawn space available.
For more information email us at BotGardensSHA@brisbane.qld.gov.au.
Venue
Brisbane Botanic Gardens Mt Coot-tha, 152 Mt Coot-tha Road, Toowong
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