FORRESTFIELD’s Hillside Church amphitheatre will play host to the Roleystone Theatre Company’s production of All’s Well that ends Well on Saturday, November 9.

Kalamunda Senior High School alumnus Sarah Boyle will star as the widow in the Shakespearean comedy, which has been given a 1980s spin for this production.

Former Marloo Theatre performer Paul Treasure is set to direct, and said performing one of the Bard’s lesser-known plays was a challenge.

“After directing the last four Shakespeare in the Park productions, I was given the challenge by one of our frequent actors to tackle a Shakespeare play I wasn't familiar with,” he said.

“While we could have gone for something really obscure, we decided All’s Well That Ends Well is a play that most people have heard of, but few people have ever seen, so thought it was a great choice.

“While the title of the play is well-known, the play itself isn’t, so exploring a script few people know is an exciting challenge.”

He said the decision to change the play’s time setting stemmed from finding a way to deal with its more controversial elements, which could have been problematic to modern audiences had the play been set in today’s world.

“After some discussion, we decided the only way to make those problematic parts work really well was by setting it in the 1980s.

“We’ve really tried to embrace an 80s teen flick vibe, including a stereotypical ‘hot girl transformation’ in the third act.”

The play follows Helena, who is in love with the Duke of Rousillon, and marries him with help from the King.

However, the Duke thinks Helena is beneath him in status and refuses to accept her as his wife unless she fulfils two seemingly impossible conditions.

The production will play at the Hillside Church Amphitheatre in Forrestfield from 4pm on November 9.

Tickets are $27 for an adult, and can be purchased at tinyurl.com/hillside2024