Shakespeare 400 Funeral Procession, Gdansk
/Shakespeare 400 Funeral Procession
Presented in Polish and Non-Verbal Actions
April 23, 2016
Gdansk, Poland - parade through the city and on stage at the Gdansk Shakespeare Theatre
The event was a unique artistic performance on the streets of Gdańsk, where 400 mourners walked in a “funeral procession” through central Gdańsk (Poland) to the Gdansk Shakespeare Theatre. The final stage of the event took place inside the Theatre.
Company:
Studium Wokalno - Aktorskiego im.
D. Baduszkowej i Teatru Muzycznego (from Gdynia in Poland)
Cast:
Shakespeare’s Ghost: Grzegorz Gzyl
Shakespeare’s family:
Agnieszka Kwiecień
Joanna Rybka
Weronika Nawieśniak
Maria Skobyłko
Kacper Siedlecki
Beata Kępa
Michał Słomka
Alicja Kułak
Gravedigger: Krystian Wyrzykowski
As well as hundreds of volunteers dressed up as mourners
Idea for performance: Professor Jerzy Limon from Gdansk Shakespeare Theatre
Director: Krzysztof Dziwny Gojtowski
Assistant Director: Patrycja Murawska
Gdansk Shakespeare Theatre Coordinator: Dorota Sentkowska
Voluteer Coordinator: Sonia Romanowska
PR: Katarzyna Zych
Costumes: Maria Magdalena Wawrzyńczyk
Costumes: Monika Górska
Flags: Marcin Makałowski
Makeup: Ola Kowalow
Music Arrangements – Stage: Michał Liberak
Percussions – Parade: Zespół Taraban
MagnusFilm Makeup Assistance: Izabela Karwacka
Admin: Ania Niedzwiecka
Stage Design Support: Michał Jarzębowski
Stage Design Support: Adam Gojtowski
For More Information:
http://esfn.eu/news/shakespeare-400-in-gdansk
http://www.shakespearelives.org/events/celebrating-400th-anniversary-william-shakespeares-death
Selected Articles:
http://artdaily.com/news/86773/Weeping-Poles-mark-Shakespeare-s-400th-deathday
Funding and Sponsorship:
Gdansk Shakespeare Theatr
Photos by David Linkowski
