Southern View: October 30, 2018

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Tuesday October 30 2018
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SOUTHERN VIEW
Love of Shakespeare gets Ruby to UK
Globe Theatre
beckons for
Cashmere actor
• By Georgia O’Connor-Harding
THE WORK of William
Shakespeare hasn’t always been
a passion for Cashmere’s Ruby
Anderson.
But wanting to jump at any
opportunity to perform, she
was drawn into the playwright’s
theatrical work when she
took part in the national
SGCNZ University of Otago
Sheilah Winn Shakespeare
festival last year.
Now Ruby, 17, has been
selected alongside Christchurch
Rudolf Steiner School student
Quinn Kueppers to travel to
London to take part in an
intensive theatre programme
based around the Shakespeare’s
work.
The St Margaret’s College
student said since taking part
in the festival, she had fostered
“such a love” for Shakespeare.
In fact when she took part
in it again this year, she was
compelled to direct and perform
a piece from Shakespeare’s
comedy As You Like It alongside
fellow student Emily Stewart.
The work was recognised with
a range of awards in both the
ON STAGE: Quinn Kueppers (second from left) and St Margaret’s College student Ruby
Anderson (third from left) performing William Shakespeare’s The Taming of the Shrew at the
SGCNZ National Shakespeare Schools Production.
PHOTO: LARA MACGREGOR
regional and national sections of
the festival. “I think Shakespeare
for young people is dubbed
as non-relevant for people or
maybe not accessible to a young
generation but I think that
stigma is just so wrong,” she said.
She said the way his work has
lasted so long throughout history
is unlike any other author and
it is a testament to his work and
longevity.
Ruby and Quinn will join
24 students from around the
country in the Shakespeare
Globe Centre New Zealand
Young Shakespeare Company.
The students will travel to
London in July.
Quinn said just seeing London
will be amazing, but he is
SCHOOLS
looking forward to working with
the directors and performing at
the Globe Theatre the most.
They were selected from 48
students who took part in the
SGCNZ National Shakespeare
Schools Production at Dunedin
earlier this month.
The 48 students were whittled
down from 5000 who took part
in a series of national SGCNZ
University of Otago Sheilah
Winn Shakespeare festivals.
Ruby said she already has
a good bond with the other
students travelling to London
and is excited to work with them
again. “I am absolutely humbled
I have been selected for such an
opportunity,” she said.
Established in 1991, the
programme has seen 520
students travel to Shakespeare’s
Globe in London. The theatre
is a reconstruction of the Globe
Theatre which was built in 1599
by Shakespeare’s company Lord
Chamberlain’s Men. The twoweek
theatrical programme will
see the students take part in 12
rehearsals with Globe director
Tim Walker before they perform
for the public.
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