Hamlet, Globe to Globe Tour
/Globe to Globe Hamlet Tour
Presented in English
Touring
A two-year tour of Shakespeare’s most famous play to 197 countries in 202 venues across the world.
Cast:
John Dougall (Claudius & Polonius)
Phoebe Fildes (Ophelia/Gertrude/Horatio/Rosencrantz)
Naeem Hayat (Hamlet)
Tom Lawrence (Horatio/Rosencrantz; Laertes/Guildenstern)
Rawiri Paratene (Claudius & Polonius)
Amanda Wilkin (Ophelia/Gertrude/Horatio/Rosencrantz)
Ladi Emeruwa (Hamlet)
Miranda Foster (Gertrude)
Beruce Kha (Horatio/Rosencrantz; Laertes/Guildenstern)
Jennifer Leong (Ophelia/Horatio/Rosencrantz)
Matthew Romain (Horatio/Rosencrantz; Laertes/Guildenstern, Hamlet)
Keith Bartlett (Claudius/Polonius)
Creative Team:
Director: Dominic Dromgoole
Director: Bill Buckhurst
Designer: Jonathan Fensom
Composer / Music Director: Bill Barclay
Original Music: Laura Forrest-Hay
Tour Dates and Locations:
2nd January
Dublin, Ireland: Smock Alley Theatre
4th January
Beirut, Lebanon: Hotel Al Bustan, Emile Bustani Auditorium
6th January
Kuwait City, Kuwait: American United School Auditorium
9th January
Thuwal, Saudi Arabia
11th January
Manama, Bahrain: Cultural Hall
13th January
Doha, Qatar: Al Rayyan Theatre Auditorium
16th January
Obock, Yemen: Refugee Camp Makazi (Djibouti)
18th January
N’Djamena, Chad: Theatre Maoundoh-Culture
22nd January
Port Louis, Mauritius: Mahatma Gandhi Institute Auditorium
25th January
Antananarivo, Madagascar: Dome RTA
27th January
Moroni, Comoros: Alliance Francaise de Moroni
31st January
Mahe Island, Seychelles: University of Seychelles
3rd February
Calais, France
5th February
Paris, France
8th February
Sliema, Malta
11th February
Brussels, Belgium
27th February
Athens, Greece
4th March
Andorra
7th March
Monrovia, Liberia
9th March
Freetown, Sierra Leone
12th March
Conakry, Guinea
14th March
Rabat, Morocco
16th March
Luxembourg
18th March
Schaan, Liechtenstein
19th March
Geneva, Switzerland
1st April
Lahore, Pakistan
7th April
Teheran, Iran
12th April
San Marino
13th April
Vatican City
16th April
Trieste, Italy
17th April
Ljubljana, Slovenia
19th April
Carnuntum, Austria
21st April
Elsinore, Denmark
23rd-24th April
Shakespeare’s Globe, London, UK
On Twitter:
@WorldHamlet
For More Information:
http://globetoglobe.shakespearesglobe.com/
On Tumblr:
http://globetoglobehamlet.tumblr.com/
Selected Reviews:
http://www.ft.com/cms/s/0/55725112-06eb-11e6-9b51-0fb5e65703ce.html
Adopt an Actor Interviews:
Hamlet, played by Naeem Hyat
http://www.shakespearesglobe.com/discovery-space/adopt-an-actor/archive/hamlet-played-by-naeem-hayat
Ophelia/Gertrude/Horatio/Rosencrantz played by Pheobe Fildes
http://www.shakespearesglobe.com/discovery-space/adopt-an-actor/archive/ophelia-gertrude-horatio-rosencrantz-played-by-phoebe-fildes
Audience Reactions to final shows:
http://blog.shakespearesglobe.com/post/143484695488/globe-to-globe-hamlet-audience-reactions
Forthcoming publications:
Malcolm Cox and Penelope Woods, Guilty Creatures: Audiences for the G2G World Hamlet Tour (Forthcoming)
Malcolm Cox, Reenacting Hamlet in Southern Africa' in Shakespeare & Social Justice, ed. David Ruiter (Forthcoming, Cambridge University Press).
Audience Surveys:
Audience members in each of the 197 countries were asked to fill out surveys about their experience of the play. The different reactions across the Globe will be used as the basis for Dr. Malcolm Cocks’ upcoming book. You can see the survey and find out more about the research here:
http://globetoglobe.shakespearesglobe.com/hamlet/research
Intercultural Performance Symposium:
On April 22, 2016, two days before the tour’s final performance, a symposium on intercultural performance was held at the Globe with keynote lectures and panel discussions ranging from Hamlet in India to Romeo and Juliet in 21-st century China.
Funding and Sponsorship:
Funded by Shakespeare's Globe and private donation
