Help me achieve a six year dream of performing on the Globe stage in London next year with the 2019 SGCNZ Young Shakespeare Company.
Nelson / Tasman
I feel incredibly blessed to have been selected as part of the 2019 SGCNZ Young Shakespeare Company. This means that, in July next year, myself and twenty-three others get to travel to London and perform together on the Globe stage. I am so excited and grateful, but I can't get there on my own.
All of this started in January, in a bedroom in Wellington with a tub of chocolate ice cream and one of my closest friends, Lydia. That evening, the two of us came up with the concept of a scene for the SGCNZUOSW Shakespeare Festival that would portray Ophelia's madness as gentle, playful and heartbreaking rather than frightening as madness is so often played. This scene took us and nine others to the National Festival where I was selected for NSSP for my role as student director. Without Lydia, the three girls who composed the songs, and the help and commitment of my amazing cast, I would never have got this far.
The SGCNZ National Shakespeare School's Production took place in Dunedin over the course of a week. Forty-eight of this year's best young actors, directors, composer and costumier spent every day working, learning and playing together to produce three condensed Shakespeare plays at the end of the week. Between workshops, talks and rehearsals, I learned more about Shakespeare in one week than I have in my whole life.
Half of the students in NSSP were then selected as the Young Shakespeare Company. This gives us the opportunity to partake in workshops and rehearsals, attend talks, tours and shows, and of course a triumphant performance on the Globe stage.
It's a huge honour to have been selected but, just as it took a mountain of work to get this far, getting to London is no easy feat. The total cost (covering everything from flights to paying our tutors to getting around London) is around $9000. I currently have saved about half but will need all the help I can get to raise the rest. Every dollar gets me closer to my dream of performing on the Globe stage. Whatever you can contribute would mean the world to me, or simply share in case someone you know would donate.
Thank you!!
The money I raise here will all go directly towards the cost of flights, accomodation, transport in London, the costs of paying directors, tutors, speakers and putting on a show.
Thank you so much Vicky!!!! That’s so generous, I really appreciate it xxx
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