What’s On What’s On What’s On Access How to Book Newly on sale Cockpit Theatre The Studio Sir Ken Dodd Performance Garden Family Theatre Guided Tours Fri 12 June - Sat 4 July Nell Gwynn Find out more Performance Regular events Filter Events Location 1st Floor Foyer 2nd Floor Foyer Bar and Kitchen Café Everywhere Learning Centre The Cockpit The Exhibition Centre The Sir Ken Dodd Performance Garden The Studio Month May 26 June 26 July 26 August 26 September 26 October 26 November 26 December 26 March 27 May 27 Type Comedy Community Drama Family Food Music Shakespeare Community Family Food Guided Tours Shakespeare Talks Workshop Clear filters Access Comedy Community Drama Family Food Music Shakespeare Community Family Food Guided Tours Shakespeare Talks Workshop Clear filters Wed 15 July The Easy Rollers The Easy Rollers In 2026, The Easy Rollers celebrate their 10th anniversary, embarking on their most high-profile UK tour yet. Find out more Thu 16 – Sat 18 July A Place For Us Theatre Hamlet Hamlet Experience Hamlet like never before! A Place for us 70-minute outdoor version of Shakespeare’s masterpiece, brings intrigue, suspense and tragedy to Shakespeare North Ken Dodd Performance Garden this summer. Find out more Thu 16 July Get Blue: A Tribute to the Fab Four Get Blue: A Tribute to the Fab Four The Beatles Get Back comes to Shakespeare North on Thursday 16th July and promises to be a highlight in the calendar of live music events. Find out more Fri 17 July The Kate Bush Song Book The Kate Bush Song Book With material from across Kate Bush's repertoire, interspersed with personal reflections and insights to many of the songs from Mandy, Matt and Dave - don’t miss your chance to join The Kate Bush Song Book. Find out more Sat 18 July Oasiz Oasiz To celebrate the 30th anniversary of the record breaking Oasis shows at Knebworth, OASIZ are embarking on their third UK tour and this is your chance to see them in top form Find out more Tue 21 – Fri 24 July Pantaloons Theatre Company Twelfth Night Twelfth Night The critically-acclaimed Pantaloons Theatre Company present their own brand of Shakespearean mayhem. Find out more Wed 22 July The Fabularium Reynard The Fox Reynard The Fox Join The Fabularium as they tell the tale of Reynard the Fox, the woodland’s most infamous scoundrel who plays one too many tricks and finds himself answering to the King! Find out more Fri 24 July HandleBards As You Like It As You Like It 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 across the UK. Find out more Fri 31 July – Fri 13 November Shakespeare North Playhouse Wine Tasting Evening Wine Tasting Evening Indulge in the perfect pairing: Wine Tasting at Shakespeare North Playhouse! Find out more Sat 1 August Tosca Tosca Puccini’s Tosca comes to the Ken Dodd Theatre, Knowsley: a gripping tale of love, power and sacrifice, reimagined in a dystopian future where tyranny and defiance collide. Find out more Thu 6 – Sat 8 August Shake-Scene Shakespeare Summer of Love: Love’s Labour’s Lost Summer of Love: Love’s Labour’s Lost When a king meets a princess, keeps his kingdom but loses his heart – but he, and his friends are all courting some very witty, wily ladies… Will they all labour in vain for love? Find out more Fri 7 – Sat 8 August Shake-Scene Shakespeare Summer of Love: Much Ado About Nothing Summer of Love: Much Ado About Nothing Warring lovers, lovers at war, revenge and reconciliation – Much Ado brings a war of words (& a happy ending) this August. Find out more Fri 14 – Sat 15 August The Pantaloons The (Almost) Complete History of Britain The (Almost) Complete History of Britain Mud, blood and stiff upper-lips! Find out more Tue 18 – Wed 19 August One Tenth Human Pipes & Poo Pipes & Poo Join The Fabularium as they tell the tale of Reynard the Fox, the woodland’s most infamous scoundrel who plays one too many tricks and finds himself answering to the King! Find out more Thu 27 August Folksy Theatre A Midsummer Night’s Dream A Midsummer Night’s Dream Love, laughter, and a little bit of lunacy — enter a world where fairies meddle, lovers quarrel, and magic runs wild! Find out more Load more
