Celebrating Shakespeare Weekend April 25 – 28
List of Events
Macbeth presented by This is My Theatre
After their successful tour in 2017, to much audience acclaim, This is My Theatre return in 2019 with their telling of Shakespeare's haunting tragedy.
Sweet William: Michael Pennington on Interpreting Shakespeare
Internationally acclaimed Shakespearean actor and scholar, Michael Pennington, talks about Shakespeare, both from his point of view and William’s.
Shakespeare Night Revels
A night of celebration and merrymaking remembering the great Bard's birthday. A lively lovely ceilidh of Elizabethan country and courtly dances with the great Kate's Kitchen Band, rustic ploughman's vittles, soliloquies and entertainment.
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