"Andrew"
devised by Hiroaki Kurata (@lipkurata)
with the support of Drew Ernhout (instagram.com/drewernhout)
What You Will
2020.08.08
ShakespeareEnsemble.com
Collage c/o
@moor_patrice (instagram.com/patrice.moor)
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"Malvolio"
devised by Colin Hurley
with the support of Matthew Bentley (instagram.com/drewernhout)
What You Will
2020.08.08
ShakespeareEnsemble.com
Collage c/o
@moor_patrice (instagram.com/patrice.moor)
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Tickets now available!
Performances at 12pm, 4pm, and 7pm BST on 08.08.2020
All tickets are Free For All, or Donate What You Decide
eventbrite.com/e/what-you-wi…
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What You Will
"A virtual site-specific adventure across the globe
Every visitor may choose which character to visit with, and visit with all characters, as many times as they wish.
A step towards a virtual theatrical promenade..."
Run-time 45mins
#ShakespeareSunday
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The What You Will project came out of weeks of meetings and discussions on how an ensemble might collaborate at distance, irrespective of lockdown.
It looks to ask, What is Theatre when audience and performers can’t breathe the same air, or listen to a shared space...?
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What might a theatrical experience in the digital world look and feel like?
What else can the Digital Arts offer?
And how might Shakespeare sit in this viral, distant, connected world?
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Through the fatigue and the struggles of these months, we've also been asking,
How does an international ensemble work & play together without tremendous financial or climate strain?
Should we try to create while the world is raging?
And also, How can we not?
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What You Will is a response to 2020,
an open offer of congregation and interaction,
an hour’s thoughtful entertainment for these difficult times, as we all find ourselves together, alone -- so much shared, from so far away.
2020.08.08
theShakespeareEnsemble.com
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The 3 showings - 12pm, 4pm 7pm (BST) on 2020.08.08 are Free For All, or Donate What You Decide.
All proceeds will go to support the freelance creatives who made it happen.
Come one, come all!
theShakespeareEnsemble.com
#lockdowncreations #interactivetheatre #allaroundtheworld
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Nourished to talk #Shakespeare, #WhatYouWill, theatre, congregation - & bed-time stories - w/ @writtenbysalma & @LionHeartfelt on @BBCRadioLondon tonight - thank you both for such a delicious time, for doing so much to create space for people, & poetry at the heart of your show.
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For those who missed this, you can hear me (a) half-fail at a #Shakespeare test, (b) speak to theshakespeareensemble.com's #WhatYouWill project & the beauty of theatre, & (c) read a Sonnet, w/ the fabulous @writtenbysalma & @LionHeartfelt, from 56mins-1hr.28 bbc.co.uk/sounds/play/p08l9h…
12:57 PM · Aug 5, 2020
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Out the other side of the tech / dress rehearsal for #WhatYouWill from theShakespeareEnsemble.com - my heart beating fast & my head spinning; so very proud & so very humbled to see what everyone has created come together... & so very excited to share it with you all this Saturday...
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What You Will
A Virtual, Site-specific Promenade around the Globe
2020.08.08
12pm, 4pm, 7pm BST
All Performances Free For All or Donate What You Will
everythingimmersive.com/even…
#EverythingImmersive
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Show Day!
Feel so very lucky to be able to say these words, after all this time.
So very grateful to the Shakespeare Ensemble for all their hard work, all the pushing through when the energy was out, all the joy full creativity they've poured into #WhatYouWill
Immensely proud.
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Here we go! Show time...
#WhatYouWill
shakespeareensemble.com
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Blown away by the audience feedback from our first performance...
“Performance will have this as a model for their productions for centuries to come.”
Viewer from Toronto
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The 'sets' were so riveting, and the 'story' was so enticing and the characters were bewitching and beguiling!
Viewer from London
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“Although it took some time to get used to the entirely new attempt, I was captivated by the characters. Traditionally, a theatregoer is passive, but here they are expected to be active. This is revolutionary in the history of theatre and the digital arts.”
Viewer from Osaka
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"Brilliant individual performances. I wanted to visit with everyone. Coming back for the shows later today, and looking forward to the website version!"
Viewer from Wales
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"I felt like I was visiting a roller-coaster Shakespearean art gallery, choosing which paintings to hang on the wall every five minutes."
Viewer from London
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Show 2 of 3 coming up soon - tickets available here...
eventbrite.com/e/what-you-wi…
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Audience reviews from Show 2!
"It was exhilarating because it really demonstrated how to think afresh about theatre post-lockdown and how we can build back better!"
Viewer from England
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"Bravo! Haven't been this puzzled, intrigued, engaged in live performance in a long time. One more show tonight. My tip: follow Orsino."
Viewer from England
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"Really fascinating experience!! Just finished this afternoon’s performance! Definitely one of those ones that keep you thinking long after it’s over! Just like Feste’s songs which are still going round my head! Brilliant work everyone!"
Viewer from England
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"Wonderful! Innovative, active way of enjoying the theatre. Had 9 tabs open and zapping here, there, and felt more intimate to the characters than watching them on a stage performance.
Thank you for giving us a whole new experience.
Too excited, cannot sleep!"
Viewer from Japan
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"Exquisite capture through your art of Shakespeare’s intention and of life in Pandemic. The parallels are astonishing and beautifully articulated. Thank you so much."
Viewer from Wisconsin
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"This was unique and ambitious, a total reassessment of the role of audience in the age of digital theatre. An amazing technical achievement, a fascinating insight into the distinctive style of each performer, & a new understanding of my habits as a viewer."
Viewer from England
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One more show... #WhatYouWIll goes live for the final time at 7pm BST.
eventbrite.com/e/what-you-wi…
Tickets are Free For All - pop along for 45minutes & experience our swing into the digital arts with #Shakespeare
theShakespeareEnsemble.com
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Show 3 of 3 was a biscuit.
Website version coming 15th Aigust, where you can choose your own adventure as many times as you will...
Until then, we collapse, in a hapoy disheveled state, & we wish you all love, happy & healthy...
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Our #WhatYouWill Re-Live the Experience launches this Saturday August 15th
"This is revolutionary in the history of theatre and the digital arts..." Viewer from Osaka
More details soon... meanwhile, you're welcome to wander around our Digital Exhibition:
theshakespeareensemble.com/w…
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"Taking Promenade Theatre Online: 'What You Will' is the next iteration of digital theatre..."
@gemmaallred reviews #WhatYouWill for @rethinkingshax
#WhatYouWill: Re-Live the Experience
August 15th, 2020
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"The Shakespeare Ensemble took promenade theatre online with #WhatYouWill.
The production invoked a strong emotional response that I have tried to capture here..."
by @gemmaallred @rethinkingshax
medium.com/action-is-eloquen…
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Lovely piece on @reneerules567 who explores "Olivia - Grief' in the #WhatYouWill project:
liherald.com/stories/malvern…
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Finishing up the bells & whistles for our #WhatYouWill website - Re-Live the Experience (in your own way) from today at 4pm BST...
A #FreeForAll, #Shakespeare-based, virtual site-specific promenade - coming to your screens c/o theShakespeareEnsemble.com
#immersive #interactive
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The #WhatYouWill website is now live!
Choose Your Own Adventure Through Illyria!
Add your journey-experience through #WhatYouWill in our Visitor’s Book!
Visit our Digital Exhibition!
Head to theShakespeareEnsemble.com for all!
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Do take a wander through our Digital Exhibition to see
*Portraits of the Players in Isolation by @willohare
*the artwork by @moor_patrice
*interviews with the artists involved
*our first meeting's Minutes
*the Visitors’ Book signed by our audiences
And more!
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Just added to the WyW Digital Exhibition:
*more Player portraits by @willohare
*'A Defence/An Indictment of Sir Toby Belch' by Player @DanBeauKnows: Dan explores tackling Sir Toby Belch with the personal engine of #addiction; Trigger Warning in place...
theshakespeareensemble.com/w…
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