posted by Steven
December 20, 2009
The Oregon Shakespeare Festival comes to McKay High School to help teach workshops. To read the article in full, please click here: Shakespeare festival comes to McKay High | statesmanjournal.com | Statesman Journal.
posted by Steven
December 20, 2009
Click here for the full story: Royal Shakespeare Company presents condensed Hamlet
posted by Steven
December 20, 2009
The Utah Shakespeare Festival will be holding its 2010 Camp Shakespeare in late July and early August of 2010. To find out more about this event, please click here: Wyoming Humanities Network › Camp Shakespeare.
posted by Claire
December 17, 2009
Actors Dan Poole and Giles Terera have been making a documentary about performing Shakespeare and have filmed interviews with various actors and directors who have worked with the Bard’s plays. The film focuses on teaching Shakespeare in schools and helping actors.
The Facebook page for ”Muse of Fire: A Documentary” features photos and video.
For more, read [...]
posted by Claire
December 17, 2009
Tenth grade students at the Codman Academy Charter Public School in Dorchester, Massachusetts, are currently practicing for the ESU National Shakespeare Competition. According to the school website, students work closely with The Huntington Theatre Company as part of their curriculum.
For more coverage, read The Boston Globe article.
posted by Caroline & Claire
December 16, 2009
A video of stage and film actor, Brian Cox, has appeared on YouTube recently. In it, he teaches a young toddler a soliloquy from Hamlet. I know what you’re thinking and yes, it is adorable — really, really, really adorable.
I, for one, am glad to see that Cox is [...]
posted by Claire
December 15, 2009
Fourteen young actors from Lambeth staged Macbeth at Shakespeare’s Globe on Friday, December 4. The production was the culminating project for students from Lambeth Academy and Lilian Baylis Technology School. Participants formed the Globe Lambeth Actors’ Youth Theatre Company.
For more, read the Youth Theatre News article.
posted by Claire
December 15, 2009
Will Shephard, a performing arts professor at California State University in Monterey Bay, and Terry Converse, a theatre professor at Washington State University, recently travelled to Sandpoint, Idaho, to discuss with city officials the possibility of a Shakespeare festival for the area.
Read the Bonner County Daily Bee article for the full [...]
posted by Claire
December 15, 2009
The Singleton Argus features a story on actor and student Andrew Johnston, who is one of three recipients of Bell Shakespeare’s Regional Performance Scholarship. Out of 148 auditioners in Australia, Johnston won with his monologue performance from Hamlet.
Read the full article here.
For more information on the winners of the scholarship, visit [...]
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