The Shakespeare Found in Translation season will celebrate the rich artistic connections that the works of William Shakespeare have fostered around the world. A series of public lectures in April and May will examine the work of translators and intercultural theatre practitioners tackling the Shakespeare canon and follow the process of translating the language of Shakespeare into different tongues. The series begins on 18 April with a lecture entitled Shakespeare Found in Translation by acclaimed Danish author and translator Niels Brunse.
The annual Sam Wanamaker Festival takes place on 1 April, and will see students from each of the UK’s accredited drama schools gather for a weekend of workshops, before presenting scenes by Shakespeare and his contemporaries on the Globe stage. The Festival is supported by the Leverhulme Trust and is presented in association with the Conference of Drama Schools.
Globe Education’s flagship schools programme, Playing Shakespeare with Deutsche Bank, returns with a specially-commissioned production of A Midsummer Night’s Dream. More than 14,000 students from London schools will receive free tickets to a performance at the Globe between 27 February and 8 March, with many also taking part in bespoke workshops in school before their visit. In addition, the performances on 2 and 3 March are free to members of the public thanks to the generous support of Deutsche Bank.
On Thursday 15 March, 500 students from Southwark schools will make the Globe stage their own as they present an ensemble performance of Romeo and Juliet as the culmination of the Our Theatre project. Our Theatre has been Globe Education’s flagship community project since 1997, and is supported by PwC.
For further details about events in the Shakespeare Found in Translation season, please visit the Globe Education website at www.shakespearesglobe.com/education
