Globe to Globe Festival 2012

	Shakespeare’s Globe, London 21 April - 6 June 2012   Oyun Atölyesi presents Antony and Cleopatra From Istanbul, Turkey Performed in Turkish   Saturday 26 May 2.30pm Sunday 27 May 1.30pm & 6.30pm

 Globe to Globe - For the first time, 37 international companies present all 37 of Shakespeare’s plays in 37 different languages in a kaleidoscopic, six week festival at Shakespeare’s Globe Theatre, London, starting on Shakespeare’s birthday.  An opening weekend of celebrations also includes an adaptation of Venus and Adonis by the Isango Ensemble from South Africa, a public open day at the Globe to celebrate Shakespeare and the worlds’ languages, and Ngākau Toa’s Troilus and Cressida beginning the festival with a haka.  Globe to Globe is part of the World Shakespeare Festival and the Cultural Olympiad 2012.

Oyun Atölyesi was founded in 1999. Its first show, a production of Steven Berkoff’s Kvetch, was performed in the same year. Since then, the company has produced at least one show each year, and since 2002 each production has received its premiere in the company’s own theatre in Kadiköy, on the Asian side of Istanbul.

This new production of Antony and Cleopatra will be directed by Kemal Aydogan and the lead roles will be played by Haluk Bilginer and Zerrin Tekindor. The role of Enobarbus will be played by Kevork Malikyan who is currently appearing as the Ambassador in Yes, Prime Minister in the West End.

Haluk Bilginer is one of Turkey’s most prestigious actors, he is well known to UK audiences having spent two years playing Mehmet in Eastenders. As founder and Artistic Director of Oyun Atölyesi he has played the lead roles in Anthony Horovitz’s Mind Games, Moliere’s The Miser and Shakespeare’s Timon of Athens.
 

 
  Haluk Bilginer

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BOOKING INFORMATION

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PRICES

Yard (standing) £5

Lower/Middle/Upper Galleries (seated) £10, £15, £25, £35

Seating plans vary for each performance; for details please ask Box Office staff or consult online seating plans at the time of booking.

Please note that there is no seat in the theatre from which the view is not obscured at some point.

SPECIAL OFFERS

YARD OLYMPIAN

See all 38 productions, with the best view in the house, for just £100 (saving up to £90).

This special ticket gives you access to all matinees during the festival, plus one evening performance of Troilus & Cressida, A Midsummer Night’s Dream, The Tempest, Henry IV Part 2, Coriolanus and The Merchant of Venice.

MULTIBUYS AND REWARDS PASSPORT

Book for more than one show at the same time to qualify for a multibuy discount. With a Rewards Passport you can also collect stamps to claim further bonuses. For more information please ask at Box Office or see the website.