British spoken word poet Kayo Chingonyi met novelist Julya Rabinowich in London to chat about the heritage of Shakespeare that is visible beneath 21st Century London, and their personal experiences of reading and watching Shakespeare.
This is the next in our series of 8 short films exploring ideas of place and space in Shakespeare. We've paired UK writers with counterparts in 8 locations across Europe (and beyond), to walk the streets which Shakespeare evokes in the settings of his plays. This film explore giving them an opportunity to explore the fictional and the real, the way architecture can shape the mind, and to exchange ideas about what Shakespeare means to us all today.