Book for this event per location – links below
Monday 28th April, 8:30pm – rise @ Bluebird Bakery, Acomb – Book Here
Tuesday 29th April, 10:00am – York St John University Creative Centre Auditorium – Book Here
Wednesday 30th April, 7:30pm – Micklegate Social – Book Here
Running time up to 90 minutes
An idea by Alexander Wright.
I’ve got an idea for a version of HAMLET. It’s a gathering, a conversation and a collective reading. We’ll have some tea and some biscuits (I’ll provide those), we’ll read some of Shakespeare’s play together, and we’ll have a good chat.
There’s more than that, of course. It’s deeper than that. It’s about us being somewhere together, here and now; it’s about us grappling with our existential place in the world; it’s about us seeing how words give rise to ideas and definitions about ourselves; it’s about feeling isolated when we’re in the middle of many people. It’s about us all doing something together, whilst bits of the world are tearing us apart.
And, like I’ve already said, it’s about having a cup of tea. It’s a new show, a new gathering, a new idea. And I’d like to invite you to come and be a part of it.
Alexander Wright is an internationally award winning writer and storyteller from a little village just north of York. As one half of Wright&Grainger his work has been performed across the UK, Australia, New Zealand, Bali, India and Off Broadway including sell out shows at Sydney Opera House, Soho Boulevard and The Festival of Colour. He is also the director and adapter of the immersive production of The Great Gatsby, the UK’s longest running immersive show, which ran variously in York, London, Dublin and New York alongside productions in Wales, Belgium and South Korea.
‘Wright is the best storyteller in town’ Stage Whispers for HELIOS
His previous work includes ORPHEUS, HELIOS, THE GODS THE GODS THE GODS, BEULAH, BABYLON and HALF MAN || HALF BULL.
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Book for this event per location – links below
Monday 28th April, 8:30pm – rise @ Bluebird Bakery, Acomb – Book Here
Tuesday 29th April, 10:00am – York St John University Creative Centre Auditorium – Book Here
Wednesday 30th April, 7:30pm – Micklegate Social – Book Here
