Learning on ScreenOthello Retold
- Synopsis
- Television documentary about MOBO (Music of Black Origin) winner and hip hop artist Akala and his mission to explore the parallels between hip hop and Shakespeare. Together with 50 young Manchester-based MCs, musicians, dancers and visual artists Akala takes on the challenge to attempt to script and perform a hip hop version of Shakespeare’s Othello at the Lowry Theatre in Manchester in just two weeks. Narrated by Kojo.
- Series
- Blast TV
- Language
- English
- Country
- Great Britain
- Medium
- Television
- Technical information
- Colour / Sound
- Subjects
- Drama
- Keywords
- Shakespeare, William (1564-1616); teenagers; Amateur theatre; Hip Hop; Hip Hop Shakespeare Company
Credits
- Director
- Karen Chambers
- Producer
- Karen Chambers
- Contributor
- Akala; Ben Crystal; Ian McKellen; Kojo; Ras Kwame; Will Kerley
Production Company
- Name
BBC
- Notes
- The British Broadcasting Corporation (BBC)
Archive
- Name
BoB
- bob@learningonscreen.ac.uk
- Web
- https://learningonscreen.ac.uk/ondemand External site opens in new window
- Phone
- 020 3743 2345
- Address
- Learning on Screen - the British Universities and Colleges Film and Video Council
330 Holborn Gate
1st Floor, Suite 120
London
WC1V 7QH - Notes
- Formerly a service from BUFVC, British Universities Film & Video Council
- Name
Learning on Screen Off-Air Recording Back-up Service
- services@bufvc.ac.uk
- Web
- http://bufvc.ac.uk/tvandradio/offair External site opens in new window
- Phone
- 020 7393 1514
- Fax
- 020 7393 1555
- Address
- For Learning on Screen Members only
77 Wells Street
London
W1T 3QJ
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