Sonnet Sunday

As a free opening event to the Globe to Globe festival, all 154 of Shakespeare's sonnets will be being recited at a free family event at The Globe on 22nd April 2012.

Highlights include the Aboriginal theatre company, Yirra Yaakin who will fly in from Western Australia especially for the event. They will perform a selection of sonnets in Noongar, one of the indigenous languages of Australia. Owain Arthur currently starring in One Man Two Guvnors on the West End will recite in Welsh, Czech actors will perform their sonnets using puppetry in the Czech tradition, and for the first time ever sonnets will be heard in Somali and Cree. Other languages represented include Romanian, Swedish, Flemish, Hungarian, Gaelic, Farsi, Icelandic, Bulgarian, Arabic and Latvian.

Alongside the sonnet marathon, there will be an international food market in the Underglobe, below the theatre, the stunning violin and accordion due, Bow and Bellows, Bharatanatyam dancers from Northern India and the beautiful a’cappella world choir, the Wing-It Singers performing an eclectic mix of songs, many from Eastern Europe and Georgia. Visitors will also be able to explore the permanent Globe Exhibition experiencing the London that Shakespeare would have lived in.

Doors will open at 10am with last admittance at 4.30pm