Hamlet in Kenya

Shakespeare’s Globe  was founded by the American actor and director Sam Wanamaker as a unique international resource dedicated to the exploration of Shakespeare’s work and the playhouse for which he wrote, through the connected means of performance and education. Together, the Globe Theatre, Globe Exhibition & Tour and Globe Education seek to further the experience and international understanding of Shakespeare in performance.

The Hamlet Globe to Globe tour opened at Shakespeare’s Globe on 23 April 2014, the 450th anniversary of Shakespeare’s birth and hopes to see Hamlet tour every single country on earth over 2 years. Globe to Globe Hamlet has been performed in over 70 countries across the world, with over 1/3 of the whole tour now complete.

In October 2014 UNESCO patronage was granted to Globe to Globe Hamlet, in recognition of the tour’s engagement with local communities and promotion of cultural education.

January 2015 has seen Hamlet travel to Africa. The first African performance of the tour was at Algeria’s National Theatre, with other January highlights including the incredible Bibliotheca Alexandrina in Egypt, the beautiful St Louis Cathedral in Carthage, Tunisia, and Ethiopia’s National Theatre in Addis Ababa. February 2015 will see Hamlet continue its journey around East Africa, with performances in Kenya, Uganda, Burundi and Tanzania.

The production of Hamlet by Shakespeare’s Globe will take place at the Oshwal Auditorium at 7pm on Monday 2nd February. Tickets are Ksh. 2,000 for adults and Ksh. 1,000 for children. Tickets can be purchased at the British Council or via MPesa by calling Martin Kaona of The Theatre Company at 0722554372.

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Shakespeare's Globe  was founded by the American actor and director Sam Wanamaker as a unique international resource dedicated to the exploration of Shakespeare's work and the playhouse for which he wrote, through the connected means of performance and education. Together, the Globe Theatre, Globe Exhibition & Tour and Globe...