Migrant Shakespeare

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.

Adapted and directed by Naz Yeni
Editing by Asli Tokman
Dramaturgy by Stephanie Tillotson

Hamlet (Hamlet) Tuana Arayici
Jacques (As You Like It) Zülfü Kaplan
Edmund (King Lear) Gözde Isik
Lady Macbeth (Macbeth) Gülisstan Sarbas
Launcelot Gobbo (Merchant of Venice) Semba Tekin
King Lear (King Lear) Tuncay Akpinar
Caliban (The Tempest) Seda Çelik
Katherine (Taming of the Shrew) Eser Rüzgar
Shylock (Merchant of Venice) Deniz Okçu
Prospero (The Tempest) Özlem Tas

Music by Jan ÇIitak
Sung by Huseyin Erdogan
Poster Design by Can Aksoy
Image by Berrin Bugay Lawler
Production Assistant Bora Bicacic

Part of the C ARTS programme, a home for international independent arts, showcasing creativity, celebrating diversity. See more at http://www.CtheArts.com

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