Migrant Shakespeare

Think you know your Shakespeare? Think again!

Presented by: Seyyar Company | part of the C ARTS digital global fringe

From: Türkiye/UK

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 Shakespeare's 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.

‘Migrant Shakespeare and Seyyar Theatre are a gift... Even hindered by an English that I’m sure they struggle for, their Shakespeare is pretty damn good’ (British Theatre Guide)

‘A fascinating look at how those whose first language is other than English treat the words and meaning of the Bard’ (LouReviews.blog)

‘Highly dramatic... These people grasp the undercurrents so well...  It made me think’ (FringeReview.co.uk)

Monologues by | William Shakespeare
Adapted and Directed by | Naz Yeni

The Players
Hamlet (Hamlet) | Tuana Arayici
Jacques (As You Like It) | Zülfü Kaplan
Edmund (King Lear) | Gözde Ișik
Lady Macbeth (Macbeth) | Gülİstan Sarbas
Launcelot Gobbo (Merchant of Venice) | Semba Tekİn
King Lear (King Lear) | Tuncay Akpinar
Caliban (The Tempest) | Seda Çelİk K
atherine (The Taming of the Shrew) | Eser Rüzgar
Shylock (Merchant of Venice) | Denİz Oku
Prospero (The Tempest) | Özlem Taș

Dramaturgy | Stephanie Tillotson
Music | Jan ÇIitak
Singing | Hüseyİn Erdoǧan
Video Editor | Asli Tokman

Trailer: https://vimeo.com/591336545

Part of the C ARTS digital global fringe season at Dunedin Fringe Festival 2025, brought to you be the Edinburgh Fringe's C ARTS – for more of our year-round curated digital programme of theare, dance, music and performance see www.CtheArts.com.

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