Shakespeare - Shows & Events
Shakespeare
Shows & Events
Shakespeare North Playhouse - A Guided Tour
Sunday 15 June - Thursday 31 July 2025
Want to know more about why Shakespeare North Playhouse was built? Why in Prescot? Why it won 'Theatre Building of the Year 2023' at The Stage Awards? Look no further! On this Guided Tour through Shakespeare North Playhouse, you will be led...
ShakeItUp - The Improvised Shakespeare Show
Tuesday 17 June 2025
ShakeItUp Theatre launched The Improvised Shakespeare Show in 2018. Since then they have performed well over 100 totally improvised Shakespeare plays to audiences across the UK, from the Minack Theatre in Cornwall, to London's The Other Pal...
Unseemly Women - Macbeth
Wednesday 18 - Sunday 29 June 2025
Manchester-based feminist theatre collective Unseemly Women go red and bring you the power of Shakespeare's Macbeth, adapted by Hannah Ellis Ryan for HER Productions. Something wicked this way comes... Scotland is at war with Norway. Whil...
A Midsummer Night's Dream
Friday 27 - Saturday 28 June 2025
See Shakespeare's most magical comedy live in our Sir Ken Dodd Performance Garden!Oddsocks are taking to the road again this summer with another high-energy, feel-good, family theatre show ? A Midsummer Night?s Dream!Four lovers run off to ...
OddSocks - A Midsummer Night's Dream
Friday 27 - Saturday 28 June 2025
Oddsocks are taking to the road again this summer with another high-energy, feel-good, family theatre show - Shakespeare's most magical comedy, A Midsummer Night's Dream! Four lovers run off to the Athenian forest where mysterious woodland ...
Shakespeare and Love Tour
Friday 27 June - Wednesday 30 July 2025
An enchanting behind-the-scenes Theatre Tour exploring love as seen by The Bard, with insights into his romantic tales and the timeless allure of the Shakepeare North Playhouse's Cockpit Theatre. Step into a world of romance on the Shakespe...
Shakespeare North: Life Drawing
Saturday 28 June - Saturday 29 November 2025
Join us for bi-weekly life drawing sessions in spaces across the venue. Each session will have a nude model to draw from in a variety of poses. The sessions are suitable for beginners as well as more experienced artists. Materials and suppo...
The Whirligig of Time
Sunday 13 July 2025
From the team that brought you the five-star Shakespeare's Fool, Tortive return with another spectacular one-man hit show. To hell with anger management! Malvolio was done notorious wrong; so much so that he swore to be revenged on the 'who...
As You Like It
Wednesday 16 July 2025
A delightful tale, full of comedy and music!Rosalind, the daughter of a displaced Duke, is banished from the court by her Father?s brother. Along with her cousin Celia, she escapes to the Forest of Arden and disguises herself as a man. She ...
Romeo and Juliet
Thursday 24 - Saturday 26 July 2025
Following last summer?s sold-out ?Macbeth?, this hard-hitting Romeo & Juliet adaptation from multi award winning ?A Place For Us Theatre? delivers a story which resonates across the ages. Set in the striking Performance Garden at Shakespear...
Saving Shakespeare
Tuesday 12 - Wednesday 13 August 2025
A fun and engaging introduction to Shakespeare!Shakespeare arrives at Queen Elizabeth?s court to put on his latest play, only to realise that the actors haven?t been booked, the script has been left behind and the only people able to help a...
Electric Dreams
Wednesday 27 - Saturday 30 August 2025
The award-winning 80's Midsummer Night's Musical from A Place for Us Theatre returns and is bigger and bolder than ever! Electric Dreams - true to Shakespeare's original text - abridged and suitable for all the family, explodes with a 'tota...
Twelfth Night
Friday 29 August 2025
The brilliantly bold Not Too Tame return with an electrifying production of Twelfth Night, starring Les Dennis as Malvolio. The company that brought you 'A Midsummer Night's Dream' return with their unique brand of high octane theatre in a ...
Backyard Cinema - Romeo + Juliet
Thursday 4 - Sunday 7 September 2025
With over a decade of sold out shows, Backyard Cinema's critically acclaimed Romeo+Juliet continues to push the boundaries of what it means to watch a movie. A celebration of Baz Luhrmann's acclaimed 1996 cult classic, screened under the ...
National Production Company - Macbeth
Wednesday 24 September 2025
Set in the murky Dark Ages where love, politics and witchcraft collide, National Production Company presents a full-scale production of the classic tale as portrayed by William Shakespeare with sorcery, ghostly apparitions and spectacular ...
Eddie Izzard - Hamlet
Wednesday 1 - Thursday 2 October 2025
Direct from her critically acclaimed, triple-extended New York, Chicago and London solo performances of Shakespeare's Hamlet, which was nominated for New York's Drama League Distinguished Performance Award and Outer Critic's Circle Outstand...
Shit-faced Shakespeare - Hamlet
Wednesday 1 October 2025
Sh!t-faced Shakespeare have toured the world, broken America, established themselves on London's West End, won numerous awards, and survived a zero-star review in The Times. In 2025, they will be celebrating 15 years on the wagon with one o...
National Production Company - Hamlet
Wednesday 1 October 2025
Prepare to be spellbound by this timeless masterpiece, brought to life in a thrilling and unforgettable production by National Production Company Ltd. A full-scale production set in the shadowy medieval court of Denmark, where love, power, ...
Bristol Old Vic - Hamlet
Wednesday 1 October 2025
Filmed in 4k, in front of a live audience at Bristol Old Vic, and with a new sound mix exclusively for cinema, director John Haidar's spellbinding adaptation of Shakespeare's seminal tragedy stars rising star Billy Howle (The Serpent, On C...
The HandleBards - The Tempest
Friday 3 - Saturday 25 October 2025
This production of The Tempest is the first collaboration between Shakespeare North Playhouse and internationally renowned theatre company ran by cycling actors, The HandleBards, who carry all the necessary set, props & costume on the b...
Macbeth
Wednesday 4 - Saturday 28 March 2026
Shakespeare's iconic tragedy is brought to life in a powerful new production. In a country ravaged by war and rebellion, a fragile peace has finally broken out across an exhausted amd wounded land. Macbeth, returning from battle, meets thr...
Theatre Club: Macbeth
Saturday 28 March 2026
Theatre Club is a chance to chat about Octagon productions in a relaxed and informal discussion group. In our March 2026 meeting, we'll be discussing Macbeth. If you would like any further information please contact participation@octagonbol...
