The Showcase is part of the global GREAT Britain Campaign / British Council ‘Shakespeare Lives’ project celebrating Shakespeare’s work upon the occasion of the 400th anniversary of his death.
The Showcase will feature performances by students from Maru-a-Pula School, Naledi Senior Secondary School, St Joseph’s College, Kagiso Senior Secondary School, Moeding College, Ledumang Senior Secondary School, the University of Botswana, AFDA, the Ministry of Youth, Sport and Culture, and The Company@Maitisong. Government school students will be performing scenes from their set text of ‘Twelfth Night’; the other performers will be presenting selected moments from Shakespeare’s work in dynamic and innovative new interpretations of his plays and poetry. All the MaP, government school and UB students involved had the opportunity to work with one or more of the UK and South Africa theatre practitioners who recently visited Botswana as part of the project : Gregory Thompson (UK, Artist in Residence and Creative Entrepreneur at University College London), Natalie Ibu (UK, Artistic Director of The Tiata Fahodzi Theatre Company), Ben Spiller (UK, Artistic Director of the 1623 Theatre Company), ShakeXperience Practitioners from South Africa, Nobulali Dangazele and Greg Homann, and Fiona Drummond (UK, actor and Shakespeare’s Globe Education Practitioner).
