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Shakespeare's Globe
announces 1st casting for The Complete Walk films
THE Shakespeare's Globe is
delighted to announce initial casting and locations for The Complete Walk, a
series of 37 short films to be screened along London's South Bank, Liverpool
and in international locations, throughout the weekend of 23 April to 24
April 2016, the 400th Anniversary of Shakespeare's death.
The cast includes:- Simon Russell Beale,
Zawe Ashton, Peter Capaldi, Dominic West, James Norton, Olivia Williams,
Jonathan Pryce, Phoebe Pryce, Hayley Atwell, Meera Syal, Jamie Parker, Danny
Sapani, Mel Giedroyc, Aidan Gillen, Joshua McGuire, Paul Chahidi, Pauline
McLynn, Joseph Marcell, Kenneth Cranham, Tom Burke and many more.
At the heart of each 10 minute film will be brand new material, shot on
location in a setting with particular historical and narrative resonance.
Confirmed filming locations include:- Hampton Court Palace for Henry VIII,
The Tower of London for Richard III, Westminster Abbey for Henry IV, The
Houses of Parliament for Richard II, Areopagus Hill in Athens for Timon of
Athens, the Forest of Ardennes in Belgium for As You Like It, Tomba di
Giulietta in Verona for Romeo and Juliet and Kronborg Castle in Denmark for
Hamlet.
As well as being screened along a 2½ mile stretch of the Thames between
Westminster and Tower Bridge, The Complete Walk will also be exported to
other cities around the country and the world. Confirmed hosts for the
series of films thus far include Liverpool and Santa Barbara.
Each film, 1 for each of Shakespeare's plays will be shown in venues
throughout Liverpool City Centre. A full list of venues, opening times and
the locations of each play will be released in March 2016.
If you are venue and are interested in hosting a film pleases end an
email, no later than 5pm, on Friday, 26 February 2016.
Assistant Mayor and Cabinet Member for
culture, tourism and events, Councillor Wendy Simon, said:- "It's a
huge coup for Liverpool to be the only City in the UK outside of London to
host The Complete Walk. It's wonderful to be able to work with venues across
the City Centre to mark the Bard's anniversary, and I'm sure with the
impressive cast list, thousands of people will take the opportunity to see
as many, if not all, of the 37 short films as possible."
Small, fleet of foot film crews have been flying around the world to capture
performances against the original settings from Shakespeare's global
imagination. More casting and filming locations will be announced in the
coming weeks. Cast details to date are so far:-
► Simon Russell Beale as Timon, filmed in Athens.
► Peter Capaldi as Titus Andronicus, filmed in Rome.
► Hayley Atwell as Innogen in Cymbeline, filmed in Milford Haven.
► James Norton as Richard II, filmed in Westminster Hall.
► Zawe Ashton, Joseph Marcell and Kenneth Cranham in scenes from King Lear
on the Cliffs of Dover.
► Jessie Buckley and Luke Thompson as Romeo and Juliet in the Tomba di
Giulietta in Verona.
► Dominic West as Coriolanus in Rome.
► Lindsay Duncan in All's Well That Ends Well, filmed in Roussillon.
► Olivia Williams and Susannah Fielding as Olivia and Viola in Twelfth
Night.
► Jonathan Pryce and Phoebe Pryce as Shylock and Jessica, filmed in Venice's
historic Jewish Ghetto.
► Aidan Gillen and Joshua McGuire in Measure for Measure, filmed in
Liechtenstein Castle in Vienna.
► Mel Giedroyc and Paul Chahidi in The Merry Wives of Windsor.
► Jamie Parker as Henry V at Azincourt in France.
► Meera Syal as Lucetta in The Two Gentlemen of Verona.
► Danny Sapani as Henry VIII with Pauline McLynn and David Calder, filmed at
Hampton Court.
► David and Tom Burke as father and son in Henry VI Part 3, filmed at Towton
Battlefield.
Russell Kane show
'Right Man Wrong Age' is heading to Liverpool, St Georges Hall
ARE you 16 years old, yet feel 21?
Are you 40, but tragically faking 25? Or maybe you're full on 80 years, with
the heart of 3 oxen and the sex drive of a bonobo chimp. Don't worry: this
is normal. No one is ever the 'right' age; it's is the beauty
and the curse of being a real person. Russell
Kane
is back on tour in spring 2016 with his highly anticipated brand new show
'Right Man, Wrong Age'. With dates across the UK, including 6
nights at London's Leicester Square Theatre in April, Russell will be
unleashing yet another blisteringly funny, stand up performance about
growing up, growing down, and why farts will always be funny Multi award
winning comedian, presenter, actor, author and scriptwriter Russell Kane is
best known as the host of three series of BBC3's Live At The Electric,
regular appearances on BBC1's Live At The Apollo, BBC3's Unzipped, ITV2's
Celebrity Juice and I'm A Celebrity Get Me Out of Here! Now! Russell
was nominated 4 times for prestigious Edinburgh Comedy Awards before winning
Best Show in 2010. He then went onto make history as the 1st comedian to win
both the Edinburgh Award and Melbourne Comedy Festival's Barry Award in 1
year. His award winning show Smokescreens and Castles was recorded in front
of his home crowd in Westcliff on Sea at the Palace Theatre and released by
Universal Pictures in 2011. Russell's brand new DVD, a special 1 off
show 'Russell Kane 'Live', recorded in London's West End, will
be available from Monday, 30 November 2016, through Universal Pictures
(UK)If you want to see the show at Liverpool's St Georges Hall, on Sunday,
15 May 2016, call:- 0151 225 6909 or go to:-
StGeorgesLiverpool.Co.UK to book your tickets. For more
information about the show and other venues, go to:-
OffTheKerb.Co.UK.
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New cruise terminal
building plans to be drawn up
A detailed study into the
construction of a permanent Cruise Liner Building in Liverpool is to be
progressed. Liverpool City Council has identified the former Princes Jetty at Princes
Parade, close to the Landing Stage, as its preferred location and a
potentially suitable site.
And today the world famous Cunard Line; which describes the City as its
spiritual home; said the development could lead to the reintroduction of its
transatlantic crossings from Liverpool, which last took place regularly in
1968. It follows a doubling in the number of vessels visiting Liverpool
since it became a turnaround facility in 2012; up from 31 to 61. Passenger
numbers are up from 38,656 4 years ago to an expected 86,365 over 2016.
The Council is to appoint advisors to carry out an in depth study into the
design and cost of constructing a Terminal capable of handling 3,600
embarking and disembarking passengers with baggage; twice as many as the
existing facility. The site would include passport control, passenger
lounge, café, toilets, taxi rank, vehicle pick up point, coach layover area
and a car park.
Mayor of Liverpool, Joe Anderson, said:- "The temporary Cruise Liner building has been a tremendous success and served us well, but a
City of
Liverpool's standing and ambition needs a permanent building if we are to
continue the growth we've seen in recent years. It's always been my ambition
to develop an iconic Terminal which makes Liverpool a world class
destination for cruise liners. What we are doing now is drawing up detailed
plans which will give us a clear picture of the costs and then enable us to
make a decision as to whether to proceed. Clearly there will be a cost to
the construction of the facility, but this will be offset by the hugely
beneficial economic impact that passengers have when they spend money during
their stay. There is still lots of work to do before we can give any scheme
the green light, but the fact that we have identified a potential site which
we are seriously looking at shows the importance we attach to the cruise
market."
The Cruise Liner Terminal is estimated to have generated £7 million for the
City's visitor economy last year, up from £1.3 million when it was a port of
call destination.
In May 2015, the Cunard fleet arrived on
the River Mersey, creating an unprecedented Three Queens spectacle and once
in a lifetime event, that was seen by more than a million people lining both
sides of the waterfront.
Cunard Director Angus Struthers welcomed the news. He said:-
"Liverpool's ambitions to develop its cruise business have been clear for
some time. We're therefore delighted that today's announcement takes the
development of a new cruise Terminal into its next phase. Liverpool will
forever be Cunard's spiritual home, and, as the world witnessed with the
Three Queens spectacular in May 2015, the City's pride in this association, and
the level of interest in Cunard across the whole North West of England,
remains strong. Though Southampton will remain Cunard's homeport, we look
forward to working with Liverpool to see how we can develop a great
experience for our guests. In particular, we will be looking at how we might
be able to incorporate Liverpool into Queen Mary 2's iconic transatlantic
crossings."
Liverpool was named the UK's best port of
call for 2 years running in 2013 and 2014 and scooped Destination of the
Year by Seatrade Global in September 2015.
Later this year, Disney Cruise Line will be coming to Britain for the 1st
time and Liverpool is 1 of just 2 English destinations they will sail in to.
Assistant Mayor and Cabinet member for culture, Councillor Wendy Simon,
said:- "There is always a buzz around the City when a big Liner is in
port and we know there is an appetite from the cruise lines to come to
Liverpool. It is vital that we give passengers the best experience that we
can and a larger, permanent facility would enable us to do that."
A company is expected to be appointed to carry out the feasibility study in
March, with work completed in the summer and a final decision taken over the
project later in the year (2016).
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GROWTH OF
LIVERPOOL'S Cruise Liner Terminal YEAR VESSELS PASSENGERS |
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YEAR |
VESSELS |
PASSENGERS |
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2011 |
15 |
27,278 |
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2012 |
31 |
38,656 |
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2013 |
34 |
44,478 |
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2014 |
47 |
57,844 |
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2015 |
52 |
80,952 |
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2016 |
61 |
86,365 |
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