Cunard takes Shakespeare to the high seas with the Royal Shakespeare Company
Cunard normally takes Shakespeare to the superior seas with the Royal Shakespeare Company
Cunard normally takes Shakespeare to the superior seas with the Royal Shakespeare Company
From the original 2018 RSC generation of Overlook Littlewood, a musical by Sam Kenyon
Photograph by Topher McGrillis © RSC
Southampton, England: Cunard will be bringing Shakespeare and new function to the large seas in 2022, as it joins forces in a initially-of-its-type partnership for the Royal Shakespeare Corporation (RSC) to provide environment class theatre to its transatlantic phase.
Readily available completely on board Queen Mary 2, guests will delight in tailored theatrical performances by the RSC, which makes captivating theatre by Shakespeare, his contemporaries and other literary legends earlier and existing. The performances will be readily available for all guests on board our flagship, including a unique mix of Shakespeare’s legendary enjoy scenes in a model-new piece termed Boundless as the Sea, established by Owen Horsley.
Friends will also have the opportunity to see critically acclaimed new work from the RSC with Miss Littlewood: a musical by Sam Kenyon discovering the existence of just one of theatre’s most playful and radical figures, creating its transatlantic debut.
For individuals fascinated in discovering what it normally takes to be an RSC actor, the on board cast will be primary a sequence of workshops that explore their craft. Attendees will also be equipped to entry ‘Shakespeare Tales’, intimate, casual functions exactly where the actors will execute their private favorite sonnets and speeches, and respond to thoughts from the viewers.
Vice President, Brand name and Products at Cunard, Lee Powell, claimed: “We are delighted to welcome the Royal Shakespeare Company on board our flagship, Queen Mary 2. To be capable to offer our company entry to special performances by world leaders in equally modern day theatre and Shakespeare’s very best operate, is an amazing possibility which I know our attendees will thoroughly immerse themselves in.”
Erica Whyman, RSC Acting Inventive Director, mentioned: “We are thrilled to be working with Cunard to convey our performances to the guests of Queen Mary 2 with each other with one of a kind opportunities to get shut to working theatre artists and find out more about our property playwright. The RSC ignites imaginations and expands horizons, and Shakespeare’s performs allow for us to visualize new and impressive worlds, so this partnership has a fantastic synergy. Boundless as the Sea, which is what Juliet calls her enjoy for Romeo, will be a coronary heart-warming taster of all the methods Shakespeare explores like and romance, and we are also pretty pleased to be presenting a model of the joyous, quirky and toe-tapping Overlook Littlewood. This is an interesting new enterprise for us, and we seem forward extremely considerably to conference new audiences on board.”
In addition, Queen Mary 2 will host a touring exhibition, ‘Digital Diorama: An Augmented Journey By way of Shakespeare’s Stratford’. Guests will use gadgets to practical experience scenes from his plays come to existence before their eyes. Some of the RSC’s most well known productions in recent a long time which include Hamlet, Henry V, The Merry Wives of Windsor and As You Like it will also be screened in Cunard’s on board cinema, Illuminations.
The 3-calendar year partnership will begin on 29 Might right up until 12 August 2022 and then once again from 15 September to 13 November 2022 and will present this bespoke programme completely to Cunard guests on Queen Mary 2 during these two periods. Company will working experience either Boundless as the Sea or Overlook Littlewood on each and every featured voyage. Dates for foreseeable future years to be announced at a later date.
For additional facts about our transatlantic crossings please go to https://www.cunard.com/en-gb/cruise-destinations/transatlantic-cruises
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About Cunard
Cunard is a luxurious British cruise line, renowned for creating unforgettable encounters all-around the entire world. Cunard has been a foremost operator of passenger ships on the North Atlantic, since 1840, celebrating an outstanding 181 decades of procedure. A pioneer in transatlantic journeys for generations, Cunard is environment class. The Cunard expertise is constructed on high-quality eating, hand-chosen amusement and excellent service. From five-star dining places and in-suite dining to inspiring visitor speakers, the library and movie screenings, every single depth has been meticulously crafted to make the practical experience unforgettable. There are presently three Cunard ships, Queen Mary 2, Queen Elizabeth and Queen Victoria with locations which includes Europe, the Caribbean, the Significantly East and Australia. In 2017, Cunard introduced strategies to include a fourth ship to its fleet. This expenditure is portion of the company’s ambitious programs for the long run of Cunard globally and will be the 1st time considering that 1998 that Cunard will have 4 ships in simultaneous service. Cunard is centered at Carnival Home in Southampton and has been owned because 1998 by Carnival Corporation & plc.
About the RSC
The Royal Shakespeare Company generates entire world course theatre, designed in Stratford-upon-Avon and shared all-around the entire world, accomplishing performs by Shakespeare and his contemporaries, as nicely as commissioning an exceptionally extensive array of first function from up to date writers.
The Royal Shakespeare Business is fully commited to creating planet course theatre for, with and by audiences and theatre makers of all ages. Their transformative Studying Programmes reaches over fifty percent a million youthful persons and adults each and every yr. As a Training and Understanding theatre, the RSC has qualified generations of the pretty finest theatre makers and continues to nurture the expertise of the future. The RSC is also a chief in inventive immersive technologies and electronic enhancement.
The RSC recognises the local climate emergency and work tricky to embed environmental sustainability into its operations, artistic function and enterprise practice, earning a commitment to regularly cut down its carbon footprint.
