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Wed 24 April

University Centre St. Helens

BA Theatre and Performance – Showcase

BA Theatre and Performance – Showcase

Get ready for an electrifying evening in this BA Theatre and Performance Showcase! Dive into a world of storytelling, dance, acting, singing, mime and clowning

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Fri 26 April

Shakespeare North Playhouse

Shakespeare’s Craft: An Evening with Ben Crystal

Shakespeare’s Craft: An Evening with Ben Crystal

To begin our weekend of Shakespeare’s birthday celebrations, take an evening to time-travel with our very own Shakespearean Dr Who

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Sat 27 April

Parrabbola

Becoming Othello

Becoming Othello

A personal, poignant and powerful story of perseverance, tragedy, triumph—and ultimately unconditional love

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Wed 24 April

University Centre St. Helens

BA Theatre and Performance – Showcase

BA Theatre and Performance – Showcase

Get ready for an electrifying evening in this BA Theatre and Performance Showcase! Dive into a world of storytelling, dance, acting, singing, mime and clowning

Find out more

Fri 26 April

Shakespeare North Playhouse

Shakespeare’s Craft: An Evening with Ben Crystal

Shakespeare’s Craft: An Evening with Ben Crystal

To begin our weekend of Shakespeare’s birthday celebrations, take an evening to time-travel with our very own Shakespearean Dr Who

Find out more

Sat 27 April

Parrabbola

Becoming Othello

Becoming Othello

A personal, poignant and powerful story of perseverance, tragedy, triumph—and ultimately unconditional love

Find out more

Tue 30 April – Sat 4 May

Tilted Wig & Malvern Theatres

The School for Scandal

The School for Scandal

With Fresh Prince Of Bel-Air, RSC and Shakespeare's Globe star Joseph Marcel!

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Wed 15 – Fri 17 May

Daniel Kitson

Collaborator: A Work in Progress by Daniel Kitson

Collaborator: A Work in Progress by Daniel Kitson

Collaborator was conceived specifically to be performed in the round and is re-written a bit for each particular venue

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Fri 24 May

Roger McGough: Alive and Gigging

Roger McGough: Alive and Gigging

A performance poet like no other, Roger McGough is bringing his best pieces to the stage for new and old audiences alike!

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Tue 30 April – Sat 4 May

Tilted Wig & Malvern Theatres

The School for Scandal

The School for Scandal

With Fresh Prince Of Bel-Air, RSC and Shakespeare's Globe star Joseph Marcel!

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Wed 15 – Fri 17 May

Daniel Kitson

Collaborator: A Work in Progress by Daniel Kitson

Collaborator: A Work in Progress by Daniel Kitson

Collaborator was conceived specifically to be performed in the round and is re-written a bit for each particular venue

Find out more

Fri 24 May

Roger McGough: Alive and Gigging

Roger McGough: Alive and Gigging

A performance poet like no other, Roger McGough is bringing his best pieces to the stage for new and old audiences alike!

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Fri 7 – Sat 29 June

Not Too Tame

Twelfth Night

Twelfth Night

Headlining the Cockpit Stage this summer, the brilliantly bold Not Too Tame return with an electrifying production of Twelfth Night, starring Les Dennis as Malvolio

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Wed 10 – Sat 13 July

HER Productions, Girl Gang Manchester & Unseemly Women

The Taming of the “Shrew”

The Taming of the “Shrew”

After a riotous evening in the city’s most debaucherous Cabaret club, a drunken patron (Sly) falls victim to our gang of Unseemly Women

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Tue 16 – Sat 20 July

HandleBards

A Midsummer Night’s Dream

A Midsummer Night’s Dream

Join the HandleBards for a hilarious, high-octane production of Shakespeare’s A Midsummer Night’s Dream!

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Fri 7 – Sat 29 June

Not Too Tame

Twelfth Night

Twelfth Night

Headlining the Cockpit Stage this summer, the brilliantly bold Not Too Tame return with an electrifying production of Twelfth Night, starring Les Dennis as Malvolio

Find out more

Wed 10 – Sat 13 July

HER Productions, Girl Gang Manchester & Unseemly Women

The Taming of the “Shrew”

The Taming of the “Shrew”

After a riotous evening in the city’s most debaucherous Cabaret club, a drunken patron (Sly) falls victim to our gang of Unseemly Women

Find out more

Tue 16 – Sat 20 July

HandleBards

A Midsummer Night’s Dream

A Midsummer Night’s Dream

Join the HandleBards for a hilarious, high-octane production of Shakespeare’s A Midsummer Night’s Dream!

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Fri 22 November – Sun 5 January

Shakespeare North Playhouse

Alice in Wonderland

Alice in Wonderland

Follow the White Rabbit into the Cockpit Theatre next Christmas and be welcomed back to Wonderland! Everything is as Alice remembered... or is it?

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Fri 22 November – Sun 5 January

Shakespeare North Playhouse

Alice in Wonderland

Alice in Wonderland

Follow the White Rabbit into the Cockpit Theatre next Christmas and be welcomed back to Wonderland! Everything is as Alice remembered... or is it?

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