All The World’s A Stage

Performed by young actors from different parts of the world, studying in the UK

The way we made this film was such a wonderful reflection of its theme around inclusivity and multiculturalism. We set up a pop-up studio at a university with a large population of students for whom English was their second language and invited those students to come along and recite this passage. These young people were genuinely passionate about this speech. They knew it. They knew it in English, and in their first language. They wanted to be part of this project. And I think that comes across in the film. Even 400 years on, Shakespeare still has something to say to the young people of today.
— Jack Jewers, Director

Shakespeare is for everyone. So when a group of young actors from different parts of the world came together to recite the same passage, it seemed like a great idea. There’s just one catch: no one’s told them they’re meant to be doing it in their own language…

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