Sturua’s Julius Caesar to Perform at Gdansk Shakespeare Festival

A play staged by Georgian maestro Robert Strurua is to be performed at the prestigious Shakespeare Festival in Gdansk, the Baltic coastal city of Poland.

On August 9, for the second time, Shakespeare’s play Julius Caesar staged by Robert Sturua will be presented alongside plays from Poland, Denmark, Hungary, Portugal, Romania and England at the 19th edition of the Gdansk Shakespeare Festival.

“This is one more Shakespeare staged by Robert Sturua who is considered to be one of the most original interpreters of Shakespeare’s plays. The story of Caesar’s rise to power and the plot against him was moved into modern times. Robert Sturua added a political appeal to this performance,” Art critic Lela Ochiauri said.

The play was premiered on the stage of the Shota Rustaveli State Drama Theatre on June 1st, 2015.

The Shakespeare Festival is the largest, cyclical, international theatre event, organized each year in the first week of August in Gdaсsk, Sopot and Gdynia. It is an international event combining performances and presentations with artistic events, workshops, and meetings with theatre creators.

This year the festival is taking place from July 31 to August 9 and presents the most interesting Shakespearean theatrical productions from Poland and abroad.

The festival is organized by the Gdaсsk Shakespeare Theatre and Theatrum Gedanense Foundation.