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 Bar and Kitchen Café Everywhere Learning Centre The Cockpit The Exhibition Centre The Sir Ken Dodd Performance Garden The Studio Month July 26 August 26 September 26 October 26 November 26 December 26 March 27 May 27 Type Comedy Community Drama Family Film Free Music Shakespeare Talks Workshop Community Family Film Free Guided Tours Shakespeare Talks Workshop Clear filters Access Comedy Community Drama Family Film Free Music Shakespeare Talks Workshop Community Family Film Free Guided Tours Shakespeare Talks Workshop Clear filters 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 Flat Pack Music Tosca Tosca Puccini’s Tosca comes to the Sir Ken Dodd Performance Garden: 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 Love’s Labour’s Lost 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 Much Ado About Nothing 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 Have you ever wondered what happens to a poo after you flush it down the loo? We have! 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 Fri 28 August An Audience with Ellis Howard and Chloe English An Audience with Ellis Howard and Chloe English Liverpool best friends Ellis Howard and Chloe English discuss their remarkable journey from working-class Liverpool to the forefront of British television. Find out more Fri 11 September – Sat 3 October Shakespeare North Playhouse Macbeth Macbeth A dagger. A crown. The original text. Find out more Fri 18 September Oxton Playwrights CIC The Story of Edith Smith by Pauline Fleming The Story of Edith Smith by Pauline Fleming The Story of Edith Smith brings to life the remarkable journey of Oxton-born Edith Smith, Britain’s first female police constable with full powers of arrest. Find out more Fri 2 October Pierrot Productions Alex Stringer: Happy Hour Alex Stringer: Happy Hour Come and spend a happy hour. The debut fringe hour from Chortle Hotshot 2025, Alex Stringer. Find out more Wed 7 – Sat 10 October The Picture of Dorian Gray The Picture of Dorian Gray This bold new adaptation of the classic novel celebrates Oscar Wilde’s dazzling wit and dark imagination. Find out more Load more
