World’s Stage - a multilingual celebration of Birmingham, Brummies and their Shakespeare
Research for the World's Stage films. Part of the ‘Everything to Everybody’ Project
An announcement from our partners and friends at ‘Everything to Everybody’:
· World’s Stage, seven short films, a multilingual celebration of Birmingham, Brummies and their Shakespeare have been created by 27:31 and Creative Multilingualism.
· Featuring a company of 140 Brummies, the films feature the majority of the 93 languages in the historic Shakespeare Collection at the Library of Birmingham.
· World’s Stage premieres across social media as part of the ‘Everything to Everybody’ project watch via Twitter @E2EShakespeare; Facebook @e2eshakespeare; Instagram @e2eshakespeare and You Tube from 3 February 2021.
World’s Stage, a multilingual celebration of Birmingham, Brummies and their Shakespeare, premieres as part of the ‘Everything to Everybody’ Project in a special online screening on 3 February 2021. The seven short films making up World’s Stage will subsequently be released, daily, across twitter, facebook, Instagram and You Tube following the online premiere.
Created by 27:31 and Creative Multilingualism as part of the ‘Everything to Everybody’ Project and featuring a company of 140 multilingual Brummies, World’s Stage features the majority of the 93 languages that are reflected in the Shakespeare Collection at the Birmingham Shakespeare Memorial Library.
Daniel Tyler-McTighe, a freelance theatre-maker, educator and director of 27:31, collaborated with BAFTA-winning film-makers John Roddy (Audio Basement) and Ollie Walton (Fix8Films Ltd) and production manager Laura Killeen (General Manager, The Playhouse) to create the films.
Daniel Tyler- McTighe, World’s Stage Director said: “Having worked for many years with Shakespeare, languages and Brummies, ‘Everything to Everybody’ presented me with the fantastic opportunity to bring all those things together. We assembled a brilliant local team and reached as many people from the city as possible. Of course, the pandemic presented huge obstacles – including pausing in shooting for seven months – but the energy and enthusiasm of everyone involved made sure that we completed what we set out to do: proving that Shakespeare is everybody’s.”
Professor Ewan Fernie, ‘Everything to Everybody’ Project Director added: ‘It has been a joy to see the makers of World’s Stage bring Shakespeare back to life with people and communities across Birmingham in the great variety of tongues represented not just in Birmingham’s historic Shakespeare collection but also in the homes and on the streets of this brilliant multicultural city. That they managed it in defiance of a global pandemic tells you all you need to know about them and all you need to know about Brummies!’
The ‘Everything to Everybody’ Project is an ambitious celebration of one of the UK’s most important cultural assets: the Birmingham Shakespeare Memorial Library – the first great Shakespeare library in the world, and the only great Shakespeare collection which belongs to all the people of a city.
A collaboration between the University of Birmingham and Birmingham City Council, with funding contributed by National Lottery Heritage Fund and History West Midlands ‘Everything to Everybody’ will give this uniquely democratic Shakespeare heritage back to people and communities across Birmingham.
World’s Stage is co-funded by the ‘Everything to Everybody’ Project and Creative Multilingualism/Multilingual Performance Project (AHRC, University of Oxford, University of Cambridge, Reading University, Birmingham City University, Pittsburgh University and School of Oriental and Asian Studies, London).
Find out more about the ‘Everything to Everybody’ Project here: everythingtoeverybody.bham.ac.uk/ and watch the films for yourself here: Follow on Twitter @E2EShakespeare; Facebook @e2eshakespeare; Instagram @e2eshakespeare and You Tube.
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For further information please contact Helen Annetts, PR on behalf of the ‘Everything to Everybody’ Project via HelenLAnnetts@hotmail.co.uk or 07779 026720
Notes to Editors
Everything to Everybody Project
Founded in 1864, Birmingham’s Shakespeare Memorial Library was the first great Shakespeare Library in the world. Expressly established for all the citizens of the town, it helped win nineteenth-century Birmingham a reputation as a trailblazing modern city. The ‘Everything to Everybody’ Project - an ambitious collaboration between the University of Birmingham and Birmingham City Council - will recover this precious heritage for today.
Working in conjunction with anchor institutions and grassroots organisations across Birmingham, it will give the city’s uniquely democratic Shakespeare heritage back to the people. Supported by the National Lottery Heritage Fund and History West Midlands, this ambitious collaboration between the University of Birmingham and Birmingham City Council comprises a three-year, action-packed programme of community-facing activities which will climax in conjunction with the 2022 Commonwealth Games.
For further information visit: https://everythingtoeverybody.bham.ac.uk/
Follow on Twitter @E2EShakespeare; Facebook @e2eshakespeare; Instagram @e2eshakespeare
World’s Stage credits
Director/Producer Daniel Tyler-McTighe
Cinematographer Oliver Walton
Sound John Roddy (Audio Bassment)
Editing Fix 8 Films
Production Manager Laura Killeen
Production Assistant Sean Bould
Unit Stills Photographer Ben Gregory-Ring
Company of Multilingual Brummies
(across all films, in alphabetical order)
Amelia Adey, Victora Alcock Rodriguez, Rosie Aley, Ibrahim Ali, Sara Anifowose, Christina Appana, Aliyah Aserie, Maddison Ash, Esther B, James Baker, Jaiden Barrett, Michael Barry, Bramwell Bateman, Holly Bateman, Ethan Beattie, Rashida Begum, Promila Bittu-Safaya, Hollie-Louise Blakeman, Jude Bridges,Alfie Briscoe, Ollie Brooks, Andrew Brownlie, Ava Burkett, Henley Burkett, Ella Caldicott, Corey Campbell, Katie Jane Cannon, Jennifer Castillo, Reene Chauhan, Lacey Coley, Kacey Comarsh, Lily Cooper, João da Cotta, Bushra Daud, Jonie Davies, Merry Davies,Becky Deeks, Evie Dempsey, Abby Doubtfire, Sophia Duran Martinez, Dot Emm, Flavia Alessandra Estupinan Morales, Lacey Evans, Rob Flint, Emily Flynn, Jamie Gavin, Chelsey Gavin, Sarah Gillett, Hafsah Natasha Godsil, Maria Gutu, Adnaan Mohammed Hadi, Lillie Harford, Amin Hawadie, Amelie Hemming-Earp, Lewis Hine, Linda Hisgett, Taio Humpherston, Faiza Hussain, Iqra Ichon, Amirah Islam, Simran Jandu, Amy-Leigh Jarvis, Lewis Johnson, Tabitha Jones, Flotirda Kecani, Nadi Kemp-Sayfi , Jack Kesterton, Fatima Khabiri, Alisha Khan, Ifra Khawaja, James David Knapp, Matthew Knight, Despoina Kourla, Jan Lane, Amari Lewis, Kizzie Lewis, Marlien van Liempt, Ruta Liutkute, Atxarte Lopez de Munain Zúñiga, Jam'Sy Masengo, Jahkadi Matthews, Neve McCormick, Lacey McGuire, Lily McKinley, Markie Meade, Miaheen Mohammed, Natalia Morale, Jayden Morris, Shady Murphy, Leah Murray, Oliver Murray, Huma Mushtaq, Sipho Ndlovu, Carol Newman, Ninaada Niranjan, Irene Odoardi, Sewoong Park, Dilpesh Patel, Joe Patton, Neil Paul, Bradley Pendry, Harrison Phillips, Ashleigh Raju, Daniel John Ryan, Harley Ryley, Hope Ryley, Harleen Sahota, Ravneet Sehra, Alycia Sheridan-Angliss, Deniro Shirzadeh, Pacino Shirzadeh, Sahil Shirzadeh, Summer Shrimpton, Ruby Simms, Ethan Smith, Mirsad Solakovic, Gill Sparrow, Mason Stevens-Floyd, Freya Stokes, Cassie Suter, Audric Tchouani, Lexie Thomas, Hannah Thompson, Bethany Tse, Millie Wade, Lilly-Mai Wahab, Rylie Walker, Sophia Wall, Grace Ward, Toby-Jai Warren, Mercy Webb, Lyn White, Daisy Williams, Jane Winder, Leah-Jade Wisener, Makayla Yates, Karlee Yates, Najiba Yusuf, Muhammad Zeb, Steve Zhu.
With thanks to
Everything to Everybody
Library of Birmingham
Creative Multilingualism
The Old Rep Theatre, Birmingham
Hillstone Primary School
Rockwood Academy
Birmingham Ormiston Academy
Film Birmingham
Professor Katrin Kohl
Bhee Bellew
Candian Li
Mark Trevethan
Kirsty Tyler-McTighe
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