New app to make reading Shakespeare fun

LONDON: A new app that allows students to lip-sync favourite lines from Shakespeare and mix beatbox rhythms with the Bard’s text can make it easier for them to study and experience the famous playwright’s work.

The app, called Re: Shakespeare, is aimed at young people aged 11 to 18 to let them study and experience William Shakespeare’s play ‘Much Ado About Nothing’.

The app, an initiative by UK’s Royal Shakespeare Company, allows students to lip-sync favourite lines, mix beatbox rhythms with the text and take a Hip-Hop Shakespeare quiz.

The app also features actor Tamsin Greig, voice coach Nia Lynn and director Iqbal Khan, offering tips and advice for understanding and performing Shakespeare. The app includes links to, and quotes from, 19 other Shakespeare plays. “The app sets Shakespeare alongside contemporary artists doing the most extraordinary things with language,” said RSC’s director of education Jacqui O’Hanlon.