the royal shakespeare company in the uk has produced two major shakespeare festivals in the twenty-first century. the first was the complete works (rsc festival) in 2006–2007, which staged productions of all of shakespeare's plays and poems. the second is the world shakespeare festival in 2012, which is part of the london 2012 cultural olympiad, and features nearly 70 productions involving thousands of performers from across the world. more than half of these productions are part of the globe to globe festival. each of the productions in this festival has been reviewed by shakespeare academics, theatre practitioners, and bloggers in a project called year of shakespeare.