What's on in Prescot
What's on in Prescot
Tuesday 24 June 2025
Scratch - Spoken Word Night
Scratch - Spoken Word Night
Shakespeare North Playhouse, Prescot
Shakespeare North Playhouse's quarterly spoken word night is an inclusive, welcoming community space for both performers and audience alike. For Scratch we are looking for seasoned performers that are looking for opportunities to showcase t...Scratch
Scratch
Shakespeare North Playhouse, Prescot
With networking and live jazz, Scratch is Shakespeare North Playhouse's quarterly platform for creatives to share, experiment, and connect. This is your chance to present work in progress or showcase completed pieces to a supportive audienc...Baby Bards
Baby Bards
Shakespeare North Playhouse, Prescot
Shakespeare North Playhouse's Learning & Engagement Team offer a Baby Bards early years story and language session for pre school children aged 18 months to 4 years old. Introducing story, letters and phonics through readings and fun activi...Drawing Course
Drawing Course
Shakespeare North Playhouse, Prescot
Learn and master techniques for capturing facial features, expressions, perspectives, and the interplay of light and tone. Unleash your creativity and elevate your drawing skills in our engaging, popular drawing course! Designed for all le...Wednesday 25 June 2025
The Highwayman
The Highwayman
Shakespeare North Playhouse, Prescot
The Highwayman is waiting, and there is no escape. It's 1769 and everyone is flocking north, every ale house is packed with the great and the bad. It's the place to be; a region drunk on making money, social climbing, gambling and gin, but ...Afternoon Opera - Solos & Soliloquies
Afternoon Opera - Solos & Soliloquies
Shakespeare North Playhouse, Prescot
A delightful selection of songs based around Shakespeare's most famous highlights! Step into a world where music meets the magic of Shakespeare at Afternoon Opera: Solos & Soliloquies. This spellbinding 60-minute recital will feature some o...Two Steps Back
Two Steps Back
Shakespeare North Playhouse, Prescot
From the writer and performer of 'No Coward Soul', this new play by Emily Parr explores the struggle to adjust to student life when homesickness hits hard. She was not of an ice-breaking, team-playing, shot-drinking disposition. Hiding in h...Shakespeare North Playhouse - A Guided Tour
Shakespeare North Playhouse - A Guided Tour
Shakespeare North Playhouse, Prescot
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...
Thursday 26 June 2025
The Highwayman
The Highwayman
Shakespeare North Playhouse, Prescot
The Highwayman is waiting, and there is no escape. It's 1769 and everyone is flocking north, every ale house is packed with the great and the bad. It's the place to be; a region drunk on making money, social climbing, gambling and gin, but ...Shakespeare North Playhouse - A Guided Tour
Shakespeare North Playhouse - A Guided Tour
Shakespeare North Playhouse, Prescot
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...Teacher's Forum
Teacher's Forum
Shakespeare North Playhouse, Prescot
An opportunity for teachers to shape the education offer at Shakespeare North Playhouse, hear how schools are already engaging with the theatre and plan exciting opportunities for the future. Join Head of Engagement, Evonne Bixter at these ...Friday 27 June 2025
The Highwayman
The Highwayman
Shakespeare North Playhouse, Prescot
The Highwayman is waiting, and there is no escape. It's 1769 and everyone is flocking north, every ale house is packed with the great and the bad. It's the place to be; a region drunk on making money, social climbing, gambling and gin, but ...OddSocks - A Midsummer Night's Dream
OddSocks - A Midsummer Night's Dream
Shakespeare North Playhouse, Prescot
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 ...Same
Same
Shakespeare North Playhouse, Prescot
Same is a play by Aimee Samare about the battles others can't see. We all need help sometimes, but what is the cost of being too afraid to ask? Is it possible, no matter what we look like on the surface or how different our backgrounds, cul...Shakespeare and Love Tour
Shakespeare and Love Tour
Shakespeare North Playhouse, Prescot
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 Playhouse - A Guided Tour
Shakespeare North Playhouse - A Guided Tour
Shakespeare North Playhouse, Prescot
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...Saturday 28 June 2025
The Highwayman
The Highwayman
Shakespeare North Playhouse, Prescot
The Highwayman is waiting, and there is no escape. It's 1769 and everyone is flocking north, every ale house is packed with the great and the bad. It's the place to be; a region drunk on making money, social climbing, gambling and gin, but ...OddSocks - A Midsummer Night's Dream
OddSocks - A Midsummer Night's Dream
Shakespeare North Playhouse, Prescot
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 ...Same
Same
Shakespeare North Playhouse, Prescot
Same is a play by Aimee Samare about the battles others can't see. We all need help sometimes, but what is the cost of being too afraid to ask? Is it possible, no matter what we look like on the surface or how different our backgrounds, cul...Shakespeare and Love Tour
Shakespeare and Love Tour
Shakespeare North Playhouse, Prescot
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 Playhouse - A Guided Tour
Shakespeare North Playhouse - A Guided Tour
Shakespeare North Playhouse, Prescot
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...Shakespeare North: Life Drawing
Shakespeare North: Life Drawing
Shakespeare North Playhouse, Prescot
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...
Tuesday 1 July 2025
Baby Bards
Baby Bards
Shakespeare North Playhouse, Prescot
Shakespeare North Playhouse's Learning & Engagement Team offer a Baby Bards early years story and language session for pre school children aged 18 months to 4 years old. Introducing story, letters and phonics through readings and fun activi...Shakespeare North Playhouse - A Guided Tour
Shakespeare North Playhouse - A Guided Tour
Shakespeare North Playhouse, Prescot
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...One Man Poe: The Tell-Tale Heart and The Pit and the Pendulum
One Man Poe: The Tell-Tale Heart and The Pit and the Pendulum
Shakespeare North Playhouse, Prescot
To commemorate the 175th anniversary year of his death, immerse yourselves in two of Edgar Allan Poe?s macabre classics:In The Tell-Tale Heart, we meet a madman, trying his hardest to convince us of his sanity, whilst explaining the meticul...Wednesday 2 July 2025
Shakespeare North Playhouse - A Guided Tour
Shakespeare North Playhouse - A Guided Tour
Shakespeare North Playhouse, Prescot
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...One Man Poe: The Tell-Tale Heart and The Pit and the Pendulum
One Man Poe: The Tell-Tale Heart and The Pit and the Pendulum
Shakespeare North Playhouse, Prescot
To commemorate the 175th anniversary year of his death, immerse yourselves in two of Edgar Allan Poe?s macabre classics:In The Tell-Tale Heart, we meet a madman, trying his hardest to convince us of his sanity, whilst explaining the meticul...Thursday 3 July 2025
Women Aren't Funny
Women Aren't Funny
Shakespeare North Playhouse, Prescot
"All women joke about is periods and bras!" Well, at Shakespeare North, they love a "Period BRAma!" Get ready for a glorious night of standup comedy that's here to prove one undeniable truth: women are in fact hilarious. Featuring a stellar...Shakespeare North Playhouse - A Guided Tour
Shakespeare North Playhouse - A Guided Tour
Shakespeare North Playhouse, Prescot
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...An Audience with Louis Emerick
An Audience with Louis Emerick
Shakespeare North Playhouse, Prescot
Join us in our Cockpit Theatre for an evening of conversation with Louis Emerick!Hailing from Toxteth, Louis Emerick is a much-loved British actor, best known for his portrayal of Mick Johnson in the soap opera Brookside, and recurring role...
Friday 4 July 2025
The Kate Bush Song Book
The Kate Bush Song Book
Shakespeare North Playhouse, Prescot
The Kate Bush Song Book is an acoustic offshoot of tribute band Cloudbusting, a chance to indulge in Kate Bush's piano-based compositions and to re-imagine some of her larger scale works with stripped back, more intimate arrangements. Cl...Shakespeare North Playhouse - A Guided Tour
Shakespeare North Playhouse - A Guided Tour
Shakespeare North Playhouse, Prescot
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...The Green Knight (BUT IT'S GAY)
The Green Knight (BUT IT'S GAY)
Shakespeare North Playhouse, Prescot
A fantastically funny retelling of the medieval classic The Green Knight with the sub-text made text! (Spoiler art: it?s gay.) Sir Gawain?s been peer-pressured into chopping off the Green Knight?s head. And now he has to let the miraculousl...The Kate Bush Songbook
The Kate Bush Songbook
Shakespeare North Playhouse, Prescot
Featuring stunning arrangements of some lesser-known tracks as well as many of the hits ? including Wuthering Heights, Babooshka, Hounds of Love and Cloudbusting ? join us for a magical evening of appreciation for Kate Bush? incredible work...Saturday 5 July 2025
Shakespeare North Playhouse - A Guided Tour
Shakespeare North Playhouse - A Guided Tour
Shakespeare North Playhouse, Prescot
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...An Audience with Julie Hesmondhalgh
An Audience with Julie Hesmondhalgh
Shakespeare North Playhouse, Prescot
Join us in our Cockpit Theatre for an evening of conversation with Julie Hesmondhalgh!Julie was born and brought up in Accrington, Lancashire and studied at LAMDA. She was a member of Arts Threshold Theatre in London in the 90s and is co-fo...The Green Knight (BUT IT'S GAY)
The Green Knight (BUT IT'S GAY)
Shakespeare North Playhouse, Prescot
A fantastically funny retelling of the medieval classic The Green Knight with the sub-text made text! (Spoiler art: it?s gay.) Sir Gawain?s been peer-pressured into chopping off the Green Knight?s head. And now he has to let the miraculousl...Sunday 6 July 2025
Q&A-Sides with Stuart Murdoch (Belle and Sebastian)
Q&A-Sides with Stuart Murdoch (Belle and Sebastian)
Shakespeare North Playhouse, Prescot
An Acoustic and in-conversation with Chris Hawkins. Shakespeare North Playhouse is thrilled to present an evening with Stuart Murdoch, frontman of one of Scotland?s most iconic bands, Belle and Sebastian. In conversation with Chris Hawkins ...
Tuesday 8 July 2025
Itch - Spoken Word Night
Itch - Spoken Word Night
Shakespeare North Playhouse, Prescot
Itch is Shakespeare North Playhouse's monthly spoken word night. It is an inclusive, welcoming community space for both performers and audience alike. If you are a performer and are looking for a performance opportunity get in touch. You mi...Baby Bards
Baby Bards
Shakespeare North Playhouse, Prescot
Shakespeare North Playhouse's Learning & Engagement Team offer a Baby Bards early years story and language session for pre school children aged 18 months to 4 years old. Introducing story, letters and phonics through readings and fun activi...Dungeons & Dragons Night
Dungeons & Dragons Night
Shakespeare North Playhouse, Prescot
Shakespeare North Playhouse's Dungeons & Dragons Night is an opportunity to embark on a remarkable journey into the realms of fantasy, where epic adventures, memorable characters, and thrilling encounters await! Whether you're seeking a new...Shakespeare North Playhouse - A Guided Tour
Shakespeare North Playhouse - A Guided Tour
Shakespeare North Playhouse, Prescot
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...Wednesday 9 July 2025
Shakespeare North Playhouse - A Guided Tour
Shakespeare North Playhouse - A Guided Tour
Shakespeare North Playhouse, Prescot
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...Bicycle Face
Bicycle Face
Shakespeare North Playhouse, Prescot
A one-woman love story? about the bicycle. Part theatre show, part joyful rebellion, Bicycle Face is a funny, fierce and heart-filled solo performance about one woman?s journey to freedom?on two wheels. Created and performed by Dora Colquho...Voices & Lyrics: Celebrating the Musicals
Voices & Lyrics: Celebrating the Musicals
Shakespeare North Playhouse, Prescot
Celebrating the musicals!Voices and Lyrics debuted at the Octagon Theatre Bolton in 2014 as a cabaret showcasing b side musical theatre not often seen in the North West. Over the years V&L have played theatres, festivals and cabaret venues ...Thursday 10 July 2025
Shakespeare North Playhouse - A Guided Tour
Shakespeare North Playhouse - A Guided Tour
Shakespeare North Playhouse, Prescot
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...Bicycle Face
Bicycle Face
Shakespeare North Playhouse, Prescot
A one-woman love story? about the bicycle. Part theatre show, part joyful rebellion, Bicycle Face is a funny, fierce and heart-filled solo performance about one woman?s journey to freedom?on two wheels. Created and performed by Dora Colquho...Shakespeare and Oracy Conference
Shakespeare and Oracy Conference
Shakespeare North Playhouse, Prescot
Join us for an afternoon of oracy this summer!?With many schools looking at ways to build oracy skills into their lessons, we have been working with our partners to develop resources, workshops and a handy impact measurement framework to su...
Saturday 12 July 2025
Looking For Me Friend - The Music of Victoria Wood
Looking For Me Friend - The Music of Victoria Wood
Shakespeare North Playhouse, Prescot
A funny and touching tribute to this much loved and sorely missed national treasure. Written and performed by BBC1's All Together Now star, Paulus, ('King of Cabaret', The Stage) this brand-new show sees him in a fresh light as a lifelong...Tuesday 15 July 2025
Baby Bards
