Haka comes to Globe for Shakespeare season This festival offers the chance to see well-known plays in a new way, with the cultural influences and theatre conventions of countries you may never have visited. This is a once-in-a-lifetime opportunity to experience Shakespeare's work in a way that you're unlikely ever to have seen it before, and a chance for the communities of London to hear his stories in their mother tongue. Mr Bird said the project was proof of the "universal appeal of Shakespeare." He said of the bard: "His stories and characters are identifiable to all of us - from the lovers to the soldiers to the clowns. Shakespeare is the language that brings us all together, and through his plays we can celebrate the similarities and differences of us all. The haka is a traditional Maori war cry made famous by the New Zealand rugby team's performances before matches.