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Anərkē Shakespeare
Anərkē Shakespeare creates innovative, fast-paced productions by an actor-led ensemble, without a director, inspired by the working conditions in which Shakespeare conceived his plays. Combining scholarship and creative practice, they offer a democratic response that effects diversity in casting, re-instates authority to actors, text and audience, and creates a living theatre that is “myriad-minded” and not restricted to the 19th century introduction of the singular vision of director-designer.
Transforming the way theatre is created and shared.
Past productions
Richard II
Rose Theatre, Kingston-upon-Thames
no director
Richard II
University of Würzburg, Germany
no director
Global Shakespeare Research
Considerably more convincing, striking and provocative than many artfully calibrated or outrageously daring instances of (German) directorial theatre.
Professor Zeno Ackermann, University of Würzburg
Richard II
Rose Playhouse, Bankside
no director
The best Shakespeare performance that I have seen for years!!
audience response
Macbeth
Holy Trinity Church, Stratford upon Avon
St Leonard's Church, Shoreditch
no director
Shakespeare's Rape of Lucrece
University of Amsterdam
June 2024
Bois de Vincennes
Paris, June 2024
Théâtre du Soleil
Paris, June 2024
Shakespeare Association of America
Portland, Oregon, April 2024
University of Erlangen
University of Würzburg
Germany, November 2023
St. Paul's Church
Covent Garden, October 2023
Stratford-upon-Avon and Safeline
May 2023
Shakespeare's Coming Home Festival
Stratford-upon-Avon, March 2022
The Verona Fringe Festival
July 2021
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