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Students enjoy an immersive experience of Shakespeare's Macbeth
A Level English Literature and History students recently travelled to Stratford-upon-Avon to attend one of the RSC's audio-described performances of Shakespeare's tragedy, Macbeth.
The play was being performed at The Royal Shakespeare Theatre located on the banks of the River Avon.
On arrival students were treated to a sensory touch tour; a pre-show experience allowing them to engage with the production’s costumes, set and various props. They were able to feel textures and intricate details and sense the size and shapes of elements of the set, which helped them gain a deeper understanding of the visual aspects, complementing the audio descriptions later during the performance. Especially memorable were the rubber severed hands and dead birds.
Pictured below a student is being shown one of the costumes from a rail and is feeling the delicate fabric:
Pictured below a group of students are holding and discussing one of the props from the play with a tour guide:
After a quick picnic lunch, everyone took their seats in anticipation of a play which would include death, intrigue, power, paranoia and witches – plus some interesting cross-gender and dystopian twists!
Pictured below are the students taking their seats in the theatre's red velvet chairs. Students are wearing their audio description headsets:
It was a thrilling experience with all of the elements coming together to make the production fully immersive for our keen Literature and History students, which really helped bring the unique art of Shakespeare to life.
Pictured on stage alone is the lead character Macbeth played by Reuben Joseph:
Following the matinée students took a sunlit stroll along the riverside, meeting swans, crossing a small bridge and discovering monkey puzzle and medlar fruit trees.
Students are pictured standing by the River Avon, there are swans sitting on the riverbank behind them and the Royal Shakespeare Theatre can be seen on the opposite side of the river:
Pictured below, a group of students cross the River Avon via a small footbridge:
A group of students are shown below exploring the sharp triangular leaves of the Monkey Puzzle Tree:
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