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Wed 16 Jul, 2025

Meet with Impact

Elevate Your Next Meeting or Company Event at One of the Region’s Most Inspiring Venues: Exclusive Packages Available This Summer and Autumn.

Mon 14 Jul, 2025

Summer HAF is here!

Our HAF Programme is back: Fun, Food & Creativity for Young People in Knowsley!

Tue 8 Jul, 2025

AIDS Memorial Quilts Arrive in Knowsley: Honouring Loss, Love, and Resistance

This July, Knowsley bears witness to an extraordinary and deeply moving piece of living history. For the first time, a selection of the UK AIDS Memorial Quilt will be exhibited in the borough, marking a powerful moment of remembrance, resistance, and reflection.

Tue 10 Jun, 2025

We Are PoWEr Podcast

More Than a Stage: Theatre, Healing & Community at Shakespeare North

Wed 4 Jun, 2025

Why I Volunteer At Shakespeare North

Written by Mark Lee, winner of our Volunteer Award, as part of our Volunteers’ Week 2025 celebrations

Thu 29 May, 2025

Shakespeare North Playhouse seeks Naming Rights Partner

Shakespeare North Playhouse - the award-winning theatre which opened in July 2022 in Prescot, Merseyside, is looking to secure a corporate naming rights partner to support the theatre’s ambitions over the next decade. When secured, it is thought that this will be the first deal of its kind for a...

Fri 23 May, 2025

Shakespeare and Oracy

Our Head of Engagement, Evonne Bixter, reflects on a first encounter with Romeo and Juliet that sparked a lifelong belief in the power of creative, dialogic learning.

Mon 19 May, 2025

Act Your Age Exhibition

What do a kidnapped schoolboy, a Victorian child star, and a modern tween with big dreams have in common? Act Your Age, a captivating new play from Imaginarium Theatre Company, accompanied by an engaging exhibition, takes audiences on a time-travelling journey through the dazzling – and often demand...

Mon 19 May, 2025

Family-friendly fun this May Half Term at Shakespeare North!

Looking for half term fun? ✨

Fri 2 May, 2025

Queer Adaptations: Reclaiming Stories, Reimagining Shakespeare

Queer Adaptations is a bold season celebrating LGBTQ+ voices through imaginative retellings of familiar stories. It all began with a conversation.

Fri 25 Apr, 2025

Humans of Shakespeare North: Mama Sood’s

“They say there’s no better cook than a Mum, and it’s true!” Neetu (Mama Sood) and Paalan are a mother and son powerhouse, combining a unique blend of traditional dishes and contemporary flavours to share Indian culture with the world.

Tue 1 Apr, 2025

Shakespeare North Playhouse is part of the HAF Programme this April Half-Term!

We’re thrilled to once again be part of One Knowsley’s Holiday Activities and Food (HAF) programme this April half-term! As part of this national initiative, we’ll be hosting a series of fun, creative, and enriching sessions for children and young people aged 11-16 who are eligible for benefits-rela...

Meet with Impact

Summer HAF is here!

AIDS Memorial Quilts Arrive in Knowsley: Honouring Loss, Love, and Resistance

We Are PoWEr Podcast

Why I Volunteer At Shakespeare North

Shakespeare North Playhouse seeks Naming Rights Partner

Shakespeare and Oracy

Act Your Age Exhibition

Family-friendly fun this May Half Term at Shakespeare North!

Become A Supporter?

Queer Adaptations: Reclaiming Stories, Reimagining Shakespeare

Humans of Shakespeare North: Mama Sood’s

Shakespeare North Playhouse is part of the HAF Programme this April Half-Term!