Te Awamutu College is hosting the Waikato Regional Shakespeare Globe Centre NZ University of Otago Sheilah Winn (SGCNZ UOSW) Shakespeare Festival on Friday, April 5.
It will be the second time the college has hosted the festival as it rebuilds from the disruption of Covid-19, and sent the festival into digital mode in 2020-22.
Eight schools in the region have taken up the challenge of preparing five and 15-minute scenes from Shakespeare’s plays: Cambridge High School, Sacred Heart Girls’ College, Hamilton Girls’ High School, Hamilton Boys’ High School, Waihi College, St Paul’s Collegiate (Hamilton), Hillcrest High School and Te Awamutu College
This year was the 33rd festival season, commencing with 32 regional events, followed by the national festival held over King’s Birthday weekend in Wellington.
From there, selected students would participate in the National Schools’ Shakespeare Production in the August school holiday leading to potential selection for the Young Shakespeare Company, which travels to London every April to study and perform at the Globe Theatre.
