Shakespeare - Shows & Events
Shakespeare
Shows & Events
Something Rotten
Sunday 19 July 2026
IN A WORLD WITHOUT MUSICALS, TWO BROTHERS DARED TO DREAM A DREAM... Comedy, TV and musical theatre icon Jason Manford makes his highly anticipated return to the stage in fetching pantaloons, alongside star of stage and screen Richard Fleesh...
As You Like It
Friday 24 July 2026
Pedalling from venue to venue with all of their set, props and costumes on the back of their bikes, the HandleBards are a four-strong troupe of actors who are spending the summer bringing environmentally sustainable Shakespeare to venues ac...
Love's Labour's Lost (more or less)
Thursday 6 - Saturday 8 August 2026
A brand-new comedy theatre show from Stephen Joseph Theatre, the team behind the UK Theatre Award-nominated The Comedy of Errors (more or less). A stag do in Ibiza. A hen do in Menorca, What could go wrong?... Everything! The stags have mad...
Boaty Theatre Company - Much Ado About Nothing
Friday 7 - Saturday 8 August 2026
It's Much Ado About Nothing with something urgent to say-and no intention of asking permission. Featuring a cast of emerging LGBTQ+ and Northern talent, this timely production from Ellesmere Port's Boaty Theatre Company reclaims space, voi...
A Midsummer Night's Dream
Thursday 27 August 2026
Love, laughter, and a little bit of lunacy - enter a world where fairies meddle, lovers quarrel, and magic runs wild! This summer, join us for a breathtaking open-air performance of William Shakespeare's beloved comedy, A Midsummer Night's ...
Othello
Tuesday 29 September - Saturday 10 October 2026
Director Anthony Almeida's new production looks afresh at Shakespeare's iconic tragedy - as much about love as it is about hate. A secret marriage. The brink of war. Fact and fiction. It's not just black and white. Fear, passion and paranoi...
King Lear
Friday 2 October - Sunday 15 November 2026
David Threlfall returns to the Theatre after 27 years to play Lear 'You see how full of changes his age is' Shakespeare's most elemental tragedy charts a kingdom where power corrupts, families become enemies and prosperity devolves into war...
Waiting for Hamlet
Saturday 3 October 2026
Book Now MURDER. MISCHIEF. AND A BATTLE OF FOOLS. What happens before ?To be or not to be??? Waiting For Hamlet is a dazzling Shakespearean comedy by David Visick, performed by Nicholas Collett & Ti...
English National Ballet - Romeo & Juliet
Wednesday 21 - Sunday 25 October 2026
One of the greatest love stories ever told. Irresistible attraction, all-consuming passion, tragic consequences: Shakespeare's heartbreaking tale is reimagined in a ballet that is "as vital, as alive and as stirring as can be" (The Telegrap...
Selected Works: Table Top Shakespeare
Thursday 26 - Saturday 28 November 2026
A salt and pepper pot for the king and queen. A ruler for the prince. A spoon for the servant. A water bottle for the messenger. Two performers create condensed versions of some of Shakespeare?s most iconic plays, creating lovingly made min...
Romeo and Juliet
Thursday 4 - Saturday 27 February 2027
Don't miss this moving and unforgettable production of William Shakespeare's iconic tragedy, revealing the beauty of young love and the devastating cost of endless conflict. Two families at war. Two lovers caught in the crossfire. One story...
National Production Company - Macbeth
Monday 26 - Tuesday 27 April 2027
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 ...
