Migrant Shakespeare
Seyyar Company (UK/Türkiye/transnational)
Think you know your Shakespeare? Think again! This is Shakespeare as
you’ve never seen him before – ‘trippingly on the tongue’… Migrant
actors take on the Bard, reinterpreting his words in alien environments
you will never have imagined before. They give his iconic characters a
new life, migrating them into the roles assigned to outsiders by
society. Hamlet is a meat-packer, King Lear a construction worker,
Caliban a hotel cleaner, Lady Macbeth a housewife looking after
children, and Shylock washes the dishes in a restaurant. This is no one
Bard: Shakespeare belongs both to no-one and to everyone.
’Migrant
Shakespeare and Seyyar Theatre are a gift… Even hindered by an English
that I’m sure they struggle for, their Shakespeare is pretty damn good’
(British Theatre Guide)
‘A fascinating look at how those whose
first language is other than English treat the words and meaning of the
Bard’ (LouReviews.blog)
‘Highly dramatic… These people
grasp the undercurrents so well… It made me think’ (FringeReview.co.uk)
Monologues
by | William Shakespeare
Adapted and Directed by | Naz Yeni
The
Players
Hamlet (Hamlet) | Tuana Arayici
Jacques (As
You Like It) | Zülfü Kaplan
Edmund (King Lear) | Gözde Ișik
Lady
Macbeth (Macbeth) | Gülİstan Sarbas
Launcelot Gobbo (The
Merchant of Venice) | Semba Tekİn
King Lear (King Lear) | Tuncay
Akpinar
Caliban (The Tempest) | Seda Çelİk
Katherine
(The Taming of the Shrew) | Eser Rüzgar
Shylock (Merchant of
Venice) | Denİz Oku
Prospero (The Tempest) | Özlem Taș
Dramaturgy
by | Stephanie Tillotson
Music by | Jan ÇIitak
Singing by |
Hüseyİn Erdoǧan
Video Editor by | Asli Tokman
Poster
Design by | Can Aksoy
Image by | Berrin Bugay Lawler
Production
Assistance by | Bora Bicaki
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This is a digital on-demand performance available to view online at any time throughout the Edinburgh Festival Fringe 2025 | After the Fringe, the performance will be continue to be available at www.CtheArts.com
Author after William Shakespeare
Language Performed in English
Dates Available now
Format Digital on-demand
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Theatre
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£8.00 -
2 August 2022 -
30 minutes -
C ARTS | C venues | C digital -
portal – on demand -
8+ (guidance) -
Contains some distressing themes and distressing audio-visual content
