Shakespeare Ambassadors are young people from our Associate Schools who have chosen to take on a position of responsibility and advocate for Shakespeare and the Arts.
Abington Vale Primary School, Northampton
Abington Vale Primary School have joined the Shakespeare Ambassadors scheme this year. Their first encounter with working with the RSC was to assist front of house for the visit of the First Encounters: Romeo and Juliet tour. The young people thoroughly enjoyed the experience and being able to take part.
Ahead of the visit the Ambassadors had many ideas about how to host the show. They put together a presentation which was displayed in the entrance hall for visitors to see as they came into the performance, explaining what the performance was about.
The Ambassadors worked alongside the RSC team welcoming the company to the school and showing them to their allocated rooms around the school.
They welcomed schools and members of local community to the performances, showing them their seats, assisting to count the number of audience members and recording audience reactions by interviewing them at the end of the performance.
The new Ambassadors from Abington Vale and schools in the Northampton Primary Academy Trust are now looking forward to a training day with RSC Learning Practitioners later this term. We can't wait to see what projects will be next!
Shakespeare Ambassadors 2022-23
Young people from our Associate Schools have been involved in projects across the country this year, celebrating Shakespeare, playwrighting and performing.
Ms Shakespeare in Birmingham
Shakespeare Ambassadors at Selly Park Girls School created a video called Ms Shakespeare, written, filmed and directed by Year 9 Shakespeare Ambassadors using a school iPad.
The film combined analysis from students, interviews with teachers and short scenes. It asks why Shakespeare, a man living through a period of submissive wives and obedient daughters, is recognised for creating some of the most strong-willed and viscous female characters of all time, exploring the characters of Ophelia, Queen Margaret, Portia and Juliet.
Scriptwriting and live performance in Kent
In response to our 37 Plays playwriting project, students at The Towers School, Ashford embarked on a programme of workshops aiming to create a performance from the imaginations and voices of the young people in their local community.
Performing Arts Students planned a programme to get pupils creating new characters and original ideas, giving many their first experience of scriptwriting and live performance.
If you’re aged between nine and 18 years and want to develop your own arts projects, we hope these examples have given you some ideas. Let us know how you get on at shakespeareambassadors@rsc.org.uk
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Shakespeare Ambassadors are students from our Associate schools aged seven to 18 years. In each school the Ambassadors plan and run a huge variety of projects inspired by Shakespeare and advocating the arts.
