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The New World Theatre Project is a classically-based theatre project launching in the summer of 2010. Its first season will contribute to the Cupids 400 celebrations, a series of events marking the founding of the first English settlement in Canada in 1610. The New World Theatre Project will explore, present and celebrate the theatre and stories of John Guy’s England, particularly what the settlers may have seen, heard, or written in the London of 1610. Through ongoing dialogue and consultation with institutions such as Shakespeare’s Globe (UK) and Shakespeare’s Globe Centre of Canada, the project will provide unprecedented artistic opportunities for Newfoundland and Labrador theatre artists and provide the community with a new and unique cultural experience.

For its inaugural season, the New World Theatre Project will design and build a portable interpretation of an Elizabethan Stage. It will be called The Indeavour. This summer, The Indeavour will remain in Cupids; however, in years to come it will tour provincially, nationally and internationally. The company will produce two plays from the Shakespearian catalogue: A Midsummer Night’s Dream and Julius Caesar, and three original pieces: Colony of the Heart, The Tiring House and Feast of the Sword. These plays fulfill the company mandate to produce classical work and new work inspired by the investigation of this work.