Celebrating Shakespeare Weekend April 25 – 28
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Macbeth presented by This is My Theatre
April 26 - 7:30 pm - 9:00 pm
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
April 27 - 2:30 pm - 3:30 pm
Internationally acclaimed Shakespearean actor and scholar, Michael Pennington, talks about Shakespeare, both from his point of view and William’s.
Shakespeare Night Revels
April 27 - 7:30 pm - 11:00 pm
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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