From the plays of William Shakespeare
Directed by Tinuke Craig
Curated by members of RSC Next Generation Act Company and Youth Advisory Board
"Now all the youth of England are on fire"
For this special event, we put power into the hands of young people as we appoint members of our Next Generation Act Company and our Youth Advisory Board as RSC Artistic Directors. Our RSC acting company will perform extracts from Shakespeare’s plays selected by our young people which showcase the voices, priorities and experiences which resonate for them today.
Young Bloods - the programme
The following extracts from Shakespeare's plays are performed in Young Bloods:
- As You Like It, Act 2, Scene 7 (All the world’s a stage)
- Othello, Act 1, Scene 2 (O thou foul thief, where hast thou stow'd my daughter?)
- The Merchant of Venice, Act 3, Scene 1 (If you prick us, do we not bleed
- Romeo and Juliet, Act 1, Scene 1 (Rebellious subjects, enemies to peace)
- Romeo and Juliet, Act 2, Scene 1 (The Balcony Scene)
- Hamlet, Act 1, Scene 2 (O that this too too solid flesh would melt)
- Hamlet, Act 2, Scene 2 (What a piece of work is a man)
- A Midsummer Night’s Dream, Act 2, Scene 1 (These are the forgeries of jealousy)
- Macbeth, Act 2, Scene 1 (Is this a dagger which I see before me)
- Twelfth Night, Act 1, Scene 4 (For they shall yet belie thy happy years, / That say thou art a man)
- Romeo and Juliet, Act 1, Scene 3 (Can you like of Paris Love?)
- Hamlet, Act 1, Scene 3 (To thine own self be true)
CREDITS
For RSC Next Generation Act Company:
Abdul, Callum, Daisy-Mae, Dorcas, Halima, Harli, Holly, Jacob, Jerminah, Kaleb, Lee, Oliver, Olivia, Oscar, Paige, Sahana & Scout
For Youth Advisory Board members:
Abbey, Alana, Albinita, Alex, Alice, Aliya, Amelia, Ashton, Edie, Ella, Ella, Emma, Freya, Harry, Izzy, James, Joshua, Kacie, Lewis, Saanvi, Sayana, Siham, William & Rumaisa
Director - Tinuke Craig
Young People’s Performance Developer - Robin Belfield
Production Manager - David Tanqueray
Company Manager - Pip Horobin
Stage Managers - Jen Davey, Kirsty MacDiarmid, Kate Schofield
Producer - Zoë Donegan
Lighting - Caroline Burrell, Claire Gerrens, Lauren Watson
Sound - Jeremy Dunn, Chris Vernon, Sarah Berryman, Jake Smith
PRODUCTION ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS
Stage - Craig Almond, Lex Kelly, Kurt Moores, Dan Avery, Simon Firth
Screen Director & Vision Mixer - Andrew Brooks
Camera Supervisor - Andrew Brooks
Camera Operator - Sam Oates
Content Producer - Mark Kendrick
Live Stream Producer - Gemma Short
Production Video - Oli Quintrell, Jon Ryan
Education Associate Practitioners - Oliver Lynes, Tarek Merchant, Leigh Quinn, Eloise Secker, Hannah Young
BSL Interpreter - Clare Edwards
Captioning - So Speedy Ltd.
Cameras and streaming technology supplied by Blackmagic Design.