Shakespeare's Birthday
On Monday 23rd April 2007, we will host a party to celebrate Shakespeare birthday (and incidentally the day of his death as well). We are about halfway through the Shakespeare - Made in Canada festival http://www.shakespearemadeincanada.ca/ which is centered on the Canadian Adaptations of Shakespeare website http://www.canadianshakespeares.ca/ and the exhibition at the Macdonald Stewart Art Centre. The festival has been a great success and the exhibition has attracted almost twice the visitors to the Art Centre. In fact, we have extended the hours of opening to accommodate the extra guests.
In association with the birthday celebrations, we will be launching the literacy game 'Speare. This is a unique interactive video-game based on the language of Shakespeare in his play Romeo and Juliet. Through an innovative interactive folio and a learning commons, the game presents a new way to read and understand Shakespeare. At the same time, the language skills of players is vastly improved. In association with the launch we are also launching a new website ApolloGames.ca which we hope will attract people to the literacy game.
Check out the websites.
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