In 2019, the Donmar staged Mike Lew’s play Teenage Dick, which relocated Shakespeare’s Richard III to an American high school and reimagined the villainous king as a disabled 17-year-old student. A new production of that play, directed by Blythe Stewart, will tour 10 schools in the boroughs of Camden and Westminster next summer. The last year has seen an “ideological assault on the place of the arts”, said Longhurst. “Politically, we have to step up to make a stand about what’s valuable. Access to theatre and fostering that connection to culture, ideas, community, empathy and imagination is vital.” Over the pandemic, many students have been left without access to the theatre. The tour of Teenage Dick, which he calls a “thrilling study of ableism in society”, will bring Shakespeare “in an accessible form to a new audience”.
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