World Shakespeare Festival Director's Blog

Deborah Shaw

Deborah Shaw is Director of the World Shakespeare Festival, which the RSC is producing as part of the official culture programme for the London Olympics in 2012. This blog describes her journey to bring together thousands of artists from around the world to take part in a celebration of Shakespeare as the world's playwright.

48 hours in Moscow

July 12, 2012
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World Shakespeare Festival Coordinator Niamh O'Flaherty visits Moscow to find out about A Midsummer Night's Dream (As You Like It). She guest-blogs about her experiences.

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In the red zone

December 12, 2011

An invitation to lunch at the British Embassy, and the green zone - home to rich politicians, diplomats and swanky hotels.

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Baghdad

November 28, 2011

Last time I flew into the city it was late at night. Cradled in a deep leather seat on the now-suspended-and-I-hope-not-defunct Al Naser Airlines (piloted, charmingly, by the owner of the airline, who popped in to the cabin, almost bursting with pride, to say hello and shake hands with his passenger-guests).

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Getting started

November 15, 2011

The messages start to come through from Comms: Deborah, you are going to start your blog, aren't you? It doesn't have to be Proust or even David Mitchell. 200 words. Keep it current, light, informative.

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