Arts
Getting to know the Bard
View(s):The British Council and the GREAT Britain campaign recently announced Shakespeare Lives, a global programme celebrating Shakespeare’s work and influence which will run from January to December 2016.
Shakespeare Lives is possible due to the unprecedented number of partnerships and collaborations between the British Council, the GREAT Britain campaign partners and organisations including the BBC, the BFI (British Film Institute), the National Theatre, the Royal Shakespeare Company, the Shakespeare 400 consortium, the Shakespeare Birthplace Trust and Shakespeare’s Globe.
Hghlights include:
A mass participation digital campaign, Play Your Part, launched on Twelfth Night in January 2016.
The British Council and BBC Arts are collaborating with key cultural partners to showcase the best of modern British Shakespeare for international audiences: This includes an online Shakespeare Day Live on April 23 and a ‘Shakespeare Lives’ online festival; A schools pack created in collaboration with the Royal Shakespeare Company and available in translation;
New interactive materials for English language learners of all ages, including a Massive Open Online Course (MOOC) with the Shakespeare Birthplace Trust, exploring the relevance of Shakespeare on the FutureLearn platform;
A global touring programme in association with the BFI, the largest ever organized by the British Council, of twenty great interpretations of Shakespeare’s works for the cinema from the BFI National Archive;
National Theatre Live Shakespeare films will also be made available globally.
For more information see http://www.britishcouncil.org/shakespearelives and follow #ShakespeareLives