What's on in Prescot
What's on in Prescot
Thursday 13 August 2026
Mama Sood's Supper Club
Mama Sood's Supper Club
Shakespeare North Playhouse, Prescot
Mama Sood's Supper Club returnsNeetu Sood ? Mama ? has been cooking for fifty years. She came to Liverpool from Delhi in 1992 and has been feeding people here ever since. After the sell-out earlier this year, she?s back at Shakespeare North...Friday 14 August 2026
The (Almost) Complete History of Britain
The (Almost) Complete History of Britain
Shakespeare North Playhouse, Prescot
Mud, blood and stiff upper-lips! Join the critically-acclaimed Pantaloons Theatre Company on a breathless race through the centuries in this delightfully inventive show that tells the entire story of Britain in under 2 hours. Have you ever ...Paint & Sip
Paint & Sip
Shakespeare North Playhouse, Prescot
Whether you're a seasoned artist or have never picked up a paintbrush before, our Paint & Sip night offers the perfect opportunity to relax, get creative, and enjoy a unique experience in our relaxing Bar & Kitchen. Led by Hannah from The A...Saturday 15 August 2026
The (Almost) Complete History of Britain
The (Almost) Complete History of Britain
Shakespeare North Playhouse, Prescot
Mud, blood and stiff upper-lips! Join the critically-acclaimed Pantaloons Theatre Company on a breathless race through the centuries in this delightfully inventive show that tells the entire story of Britain in under 2 hours. Have you ever ...Wednesday 19 August 2026
Pipes & Poo
Pipes & Poo
Shakespeare North Playhouse, Prescot
Have you ever wondered what happens to a poo after you flush it down the loo? We have!Join us for a delightfully disgusting interactive game-show exploring the extraordinary world of water, pipes, and poo. Can you help Bubbles win the golde...Friday 21 August 2026
Find Your Beat With Holly Mallett - Workshops
Find Your Beat With Holly Mallett - Workshops
Shakespeare North Playhouse, Prescot
?You don?t need a drum kit to be a drummer - you just need to feel the beat!?Join Holly Mallett (Moxy in CBBC?s Andy & the Band) for a rhythm workshop like no other. Learn how to use your body as an instrument, discover the excitement of ma...To Build or Not to Build
To Build or Not to Build
Shakespeare North Playhouse, Prescot
Brick-based, family fun!Join the Bards of Bricks to build your own stories from lego. Using your imagination, inspiration from Shakespeare and working together with others- you?ll create brave new worlds, design interesting characters and t...Saturday 22 August 2026
Glamazon Prime
Glamazon Prime
Shakespeare North Playhouse, Prescot
Your new favourite musical is out for delivery?Have you ever found yourself watching your favourite movie, wishing it had more women and more songs? Well, you?re in luck. This all-fem dream-team are bringing you just what you ordered. Selec...Learn to Improvise with Glamazon Prime - Workshops
Learn to Improvise with Glamazon Prime - Workshops
Shakespeare North Playhouse, Prescot
Your new favourite fully improvised musical is out for delivery?Glamazon Workshop 1. Have you ever heard of improvised theatre? Did you know it?s about using your imagination to make up stories on the spot!? There?s no such thing as forgett...Potty Plants with Edward Lear and FOSS his Curious Cat
Potty Plants with Edward Lear and FOSS his Curious Cat
Shakespeare North Playhouse, Prescot
Did you know that some of the world?s most famous nonsense poems were written in Prescot at Knowsley Hall?Step into the absurd world of Edward Lear, the master of nonsense verse and author of?The Owl and the Pussycat. His faithful, grumpy, ...The Rogue Shakespeare Experience
The Rogue Shakespeare Experience
Shakespeare North Playhouse, Prescot
EVER WANTED TO KNOW ? HOW TO BE A POET?Based loosely on his new podcast, where Smith writes sonnets on the spot for his guests, this brand new audience-interactive live show, starring OFFIE Award-winning poet-playwright, Ryan J-W Smith (aka...Thursday 27 August 2026
A Midsummer Night's Dream
A Midsummer Night's Dream
Shakespeare North Playhouse, Prescot
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 ...The Classic Double Band Present Sting and The Police
The Classic Double Band Present Sting and The Police
Shakespeare North Playhouse, Prescot
The Classic Double take on the world?s most endearing artists in an authentic show highlighting the songwriting and musical abilities of the very best. The Police, driven by Sting, were one of the biggest names in the 1980s with many hits a...Friday 28 August 2026
An Audience with Ellis Howard and Chloe English
An Audience with Ellis Howard and Chloe English
Shakespeare North Playhouse, Prescot
Liverpool best friends Ellis Howard and Chloe English discuss their remarkable journey from working-class Liverpool to the forefront of British television. Ellis Howard and Chloe English represent one of Liverpool's most inspiring creative ...The Narrative
The Narrative
Shakespeare North Playhouse, Prescot
THREE SONGWRITERS. ONE STAGE. NO SCRIPT. Bringing together three songwriters of different styles, all performers will share the stage together, as well as sharing their music and the stories behind each song. The Narrative?s Signature Event...Friday 4 September 2026
Wine Tasting Evening
Wine Tasting Evening
Shakespeare North Playhouse, Prescot
"Good company, good wine, good welcome, can make good people." - Henry VIII, Act I, Scene IVIndulge in the perfect pairing: Wine Tasting at Shakespeare North Playhouse!Raise your glass and immerse yourself in a world of flavours, as we samp...Thursday 10 September 2026
Mama Sood's Supper Club
Mama Sood's Supper Club
Shakespeare North Playhouse, Prescot
Mama Sood's Supper Club returnsNeetu Sood ? Mama ? has been cooking for fifty years. She came to Liverpool from Delhi in 1992 and has been feeding people here ever since. After the sell-out earlier this year, she?s back at Shakespeare North...Friday 11 September 2026
Macbeth
Macbeth
Shakespeare North Playhouse, Prescot
What would you destroy to get what you want? A dagger. A crown. The original text. One musician. Ten storytellers. Fifty candles. Ninety breathless minutes. Step into the shadows. Let the scorpions in your mind strike. Watch a world turn in...Saturday 12 September 2026
Macbeth
Macbeth
Shakespeare North Playhouse, Prescot
What would you destroy to get what you want? A dagger. A crown. The original text. One musician. Ten storytellers. Fifty candles. Ninety breathless minutes. Step into the shadows. Let the scorpions in your mind strike. Watch a world turn in...Monday 14 September 2026
Macbeth
Macbeth
Shakespeare North Playhouse, Prescot
What would you destroy to get what you want? A dagger. A crown. The original text. One musician. Ten storytellers. Fifty candles. Ninety breathless minutes. Step into the shadows. Let the scorpions in your mind strike. Watch a world turn in...Tuesday 15 September 2026
Macbeth
Macbeth
Shakespeare North Playhouse, Prescot
What would you destroy to get what you want? A dagger. A crown. The original text. One musician. Ten storytellers. Fifty candles. Ninety breathless minutes. Step into the shadows. Let the scorpions in your mind strike. Watch a world turn in...Wednesday 16 September 2026
Macbeth
Macbeth
Shakespeare North Playhouse, Prescot
What would you destroy to get what you want? A dagger. A crown. The original text. One musician. Ten storytellers. Fifty candles. Ninety breathless minutes. Step into the shadows. Let the scorpions in your mind strike. Watch a world turn in...Thursday 17 September 2026
Macbeth
Macbeth
Shakespeare North Playhouse, Prescot
What would you destroy to get what you want? A dagger. A crown. The original text. One musician. Ten storytellers. Fifty candles. Ninety breathless minutes. Step into the shadows. Let the scorpions in your mind strike. Watch a world turn in...Friday 18 September 2026
Macbeth
Macbeth
Shakespeare North Playhouse, Prescot
What would you destroy to get what you want? A dagger. A crown. The original text. One musician. Ten storytellers. Fifty candles. Ninety breathless minutes. Step into the shadows. Let the scorpions in your mind strike. Watch a world turn in...The Story of Edith Smith by Pauline Fleming
The Story of Edith Smith by Pauline Fleming
Shakespeare North Playhouse, Prescot
Edith Smith, born in Oxton, was Britain?s first female police constable given the powers of arrest. Serving in Grantham during WWI, she redefined women?s roles in policing and community care. She is laid to rest in Runcorn....Saturday 19 September 2026
Macbeth
Macbeth
Shakespeare North Playhouse, Prescot
What would you destroy to get what you want? A dagger. A crown. The original text. One musician. Ten storytellers. Fifty candles. Ninety breathless minutes. Step into the shadows. Let the scorpions in your mind strike. Watch a world turn in...Tuesday 22 September 2026
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...Wednesday 23 September 2026
Macbeth
Macbeth
Shakespeare North Playhouse, Prescot
What would you destroy to get what you want? A dagger. A crown. The original text. One musician. Ten storytellers. Fifty candles. Ninety breathless minutes. Step into the shadows. Let the scorpions in your mind strike. Watch a world turn in...Youth Night @ Macbeth
Youth Night @ Macbeth
Shakespeare North Playhouse, Prescot
A FREE drama workshop & theatre show for ages 13-17 years!You?re?invited for a night in at Shakespeare North. Working with creatives?from our team of experts,?you?ll?get a free drama workshop?exploring Macbeth?before seeing the show in our ...Thursday 24 September 2026
Macbeth
Macbeth
Shakespeare North Playhouse, Prescot
What would you destroy to get what you want? A dagger. A crown. The original text. One musician. Ten storytellers. Fifty candles. Ninety breathless minutes. Step into the shadows. Let the scorpions in your mind strike. Watch a world turn in...Friday 25 September 2026
Macbeth
Macbeth
Shakespeare North Playhouse, Prescot
What would you destroy to get what you want? A dagger. A crown. The original text. One musician. Ten storytellers. Fifty candles. Ninety breathless minutes. Step into the shadows. Let the scorpions in your mind strike. Watch a world turn in...Saturday 26 September 2026
Macbeth
Macbeth
Shakespeare North Playhouse, Prescot
What would you destroy to get what you want? A dagger. A crown. The original text. One musician. Ten storytellers. Fifty candles. Ninety breathless minutes. Step into the shadows. Let the scorpions in your mind strike. Watch a world turn in...Wednesday 30 September 2026
Macbeth
Macbeth
Shakespeare North Playhouse, Prescot
What would you destroy to get what you want? A dagger. A crown. The original text. One musician. Ten storytellers. Fifty candles. Ninety breathless minutes. Step into the shadows. Let the scorpions in your mind strike. Watch a world turn in...Thursday 1 October 2026
Macbeth
Macbeth
Shakespeare North Playhouse, Prescot
What would you destroy to get what you want? A dagger. A crown. The original text. One musician. Ten storytellers. Fifty candles. Ninety breathless minutes. Step into the shadows. Let the scorpions in your mind strike. Watch a world turn in...Friday 2 October 2026
Macbeth
Macbeth
Shakespeare North Playhouse, Prescot
What would you destroy to get what you want? A dagger. A crown. The original text. One musician. Ten storytellers. Fifty candles. Ninety breathless minutes. Step into the shadows. Let the scorpions in your mind strike. Watch a world turn in...Alex Stringer: Happy Hour
Alex Stringer: Happy Hour
Shakespeare North Playhouse, Prescot
Come and spend a happy hour. The debut fringe hour from Chortle Hotshot 2025, Alex Stringer. Alex got sober in 2017 when she was 23. This is a show about what it?s like once you get sober, discovering who you really are without substances, ...Saturday 3 October 2026
Macbeth
Macbeth
Shakespeare North Playhouse, Prescot
What would you destroy to get what you want? A dagger. A crown. The original text. One musician. Ten storytellers. Fifty candles. Ninety breathless minutes. Step into the shadows. Let the scorpions in your mind strike. Watch a world turn in...Wednesday 7 October 2026
The Picture of Dorian Gray
The Picture of Dorian Gray
Shakespeare North Playhouse, Prescot
This bold new adaptation of the classic novel celebrates Oscar Wilde's dazzling wit and dark imagination. Stylish and unsettlingly thrilling, The Picture of Dorian Gray plunges you into a world where charm is currency and the truth always e...Thursday 8 October 2026
The Picture of Dorian Gray
The Picture of Dorian Gray
Shakespeare North Playhouse, Prescot
This bold new adaptation of the classic novel celebrates Oscar Wilde's dazzling wit and dark imagination. Stylish and unsettlingly thrilling, The Picture of Dorian Gray plunges you into a world where charm is currency and the truth always e...Friday 9 October 2026
The Picture of Dorian Gray
The Picture of Dorian Gray
Shakespeare North Playhouse, Prescot
This bold new adaptation of the classic novel celebrates Oscar Wilde's dazzling wit and dark imagination. Stylish and unsettlingly thrilling, The Picture of Dorian Gray plunges you into a world where charm is currency and the truth always e...Screening: Walking For Wellbeing: Around Morecambe Bay with William Wordsworth
Screening: Walking For Wellbeing: Around Morecambe Bay with William Wordsworth
Shakespeare North Playhouse, Prescot
FREE screening. On the eve of World Mental Health Day, join us for a free film screening that showcases the physical and emotional benefits of walking in nature.?How bountiful is Nature! ? Quit your couch,? urged William Wordsworth in The E...Saturday 10 October 2026
The Picture of Dorian Gray
The Picture of Dorian Gray
Shakespeare North Playhouse, Prescot
This bold new adaptation of the classic novel celebrates Oscar Wilde's dazzling wit and dark imagination. Stylish and unsettlingly thrilling, The Picture of Dorian Gray plunges you into a world where charm is currency and the truth always e...Haunted Shadows: The Gothic Tales of Edith Nesbit
Haunted Shadows: The Gothic Tales of Edith Nesbit
Shakespeare North Playhouse, Prescot
?Sometimes our nighttime imaginings merely hint at the real horrors??An expert at chilling the spine and curdling the blood, Edith Nesbit relates three of her best Gothic tales while recalling her own childhood terrors. In The Shadow, a rep...Tuesday 13 October 2026
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...Thursday 15 October 2026
The Hammer & Helena
The Hammer & Helena
Shakespeare North Playhouse, Prescot
The Hammer and Helena is the true story of the most evil book ever written and its horrifying legacy. Helena Scheuberin finds herself the unwitting muse of a religious zealot ? the self-proclaimed Hammer of Witches. Her witch trial would ra...Friday 16 October 2026
An Audience with Ellis Howard and Chloe English
An Audience with Ellis Howard and Chloe English
Shakespeare North Playhouse, Prescot
Liverpool best friends Ellis Howard and Chloe English discuss their remarkable journey from working-class Liverpool to the forefront of British television. Ellis Howard and Chloe English represent one of Liverpool's most inspiring creative ...The Hammer & Helena
The Hammer & Helena
Shakespeare North Playhouse, Prescot
The Hammer and Helena is the true story of the most evil book ever written and its horrifying legacy. Helena Scheuberin finds herself the unwitting muse of a religious zealot ? the self-proclaimed Hammer of Witches. Her witch trial would ra...Saturday 17 October 2026
Off Grid
Off Grid
Shakespeare North Playhouse, Prescot
Imagine being dragged into a wild camping trip with your politically outspoken uncle out of social awkwardness. No technology allowed. Just beer, fishing?rods?and jerky.?A new comedy?show?by Sam Danson, looking at the painful reality of bei...Friday 23 October 2026
The Classic Double Band Present Pink Floyd and Radiohead
The Classic Double Band Present Pink Floyd and Radiohead
Shakespeare North Playhouse, Prescot
Two iconic bands. One immersive night of live music. Experience the timeless soundscapes of?Pink Floyd?and?Radiohead brought to life in one powerful double-header show at Shakespeare North Playhouse. Performed live by The Classic Double Ban...Monday 26 October 2026
John Lydon - I Could Be Wrong, I Could Be Right
