Bringing people together with a unique programme of performance inspired by Shakespeare 🎭
Theatre Building of the Year 2023
@TheStage
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🌟 September is brimming with exciting performances! From Romeo and Juliet headlining the Cockpit, to the wonderful Studio Solo season, there's something for everyone. 💘
Click the link below to discover more and secure your tickets today! 👇✨🎭
Today’s the day, the big reveal! Our opening season is ready & it’s spectacular!
This summer we’re opening the doors to our iconic new building in the heart of Prescot & we’ve got a real stunner of a programme, inspired by Shakespeare & relevant to all of us.
#OurShakespeareNorth
It’s coming… Shakespeare North Playhouse opens its doors this summer, and we can’t wait!
Our opening season will be revealed on Thursday 24 March.
So... Watch this space!
Even politicians need a riot in the woods from time to time…
Shout out to
@AndyBurnhamGM
for visiting us to see A Midsummer Night’s Dream last night 🙌🍃 hope you liked it!
We are thrilled to announce that we have been offered Arts Council England National Portfolio Organisation funding for the next 3 years. A huge thank you to
@ace_national
and
@DCMS
for this investment...
#NPO
#NPOday
#LetsCreate
Collecting our Theatre Building of the Year award at
#TheStageAwards
2023 🥳
Laura Collier, Melanie Lewis, Claire Will and Paula Williams at
@TheStage
Awards
And just like that... We're open! First through the door was three year old Stevie Arabella 🤩
We're so excited to welcome you to our Shakespeare North Playhouse.
This is it. The doors are open. This place is yours, so turn up and own it.
We can't wait to see you soon...
Wordsmith and legend
@MichaelRosenYes
is here at Shakespeare North to kick off the Serious Nonsense Festival! We sat down in the Sir Ken Dodd Performance Garden and had a chat about quotes before his show this afternoon 🎭
@cultureKnowsley
And just like that, our Cockpit Stage is IN-THE-ROUND! 🤩✨
For the past four weeks our Cockpit Theatre has been closed to the public whilst our incredible tech team reconfigured the stage into its new formation 🪄
Pretty cool, no?!
It's a beautiful day in sunny Prescot and the theatre is BUZZING with activity. Follow along to see what we've got happening, come and join in, and share your favourite moments of the weekend with us! ☀️😁
#ShakespeareNorthOpenUp
We're so excited to announce this one!
A Midsummer Night's Dream will be featuring the voice of BAFTA nominated actor
@davemorrissey64
as Oberon, and Mercury nominated singer-songwriter
@nadineshah
making her theatre debut in the role of Titania! 🎭✨
We're saddened to hear of the passing of Sir Bill Kenwright CBE. Bill was a supporter and significant donor and instrumental in our creation. It's a huge loss for the UK theatre industry.
The thoughts of everyone at Shakespeare North Playhouse are with Bill’s family and friends
📣 ANNOUNCEMENT 📣
We have some very exciting news…
This October, a copy of Shakespeare’s First Folio will be on display in our Exhibition Gallery, as part of our first ever exhibition - Shakespeare’s First Folio: 400 Years On 📖
And just like that… The dream is over! 😢😢😢
It’s been a wild ride, and we couldn’t have asked for a better production to introduce the magic of Shakespeare to our Cockpit Theatre - full of laughs, tears and a whole lot of chaos 🌪
#OnThisDay
400 years ago, Shakespeare's First Folio was published! 🪶
We're proud to have a First Folio on display until Saturday, on loan from
@britishlibrary
& supported by
@KnowsleyCouncil
You can also see the true story of its creation with The Book of Will!
#Folio400
We're sad to see A Christmas Carol leave, but how joyous it has been as our first Xmas production 💓
Thank you to every person who made this show so special. Stars, the lot of you! 🌟
And thank YOU for joining us, we hope you enjoyed it (don't forget to change your wafers!)
The first of Shakespeare's works to take to our Cockpit Stage. And it's throwing you a few curve balls.. expect the unexpected 🔥
A Midsummer Night's Dream with
@NotTooTame
runs with us until 22 Oct, and heads to the North East with
@northernstage
29 Oct–12 Nov
See you there😉
Monday's are usually pretty quiet but not this one!
The Comedy of Errors crew have landed in Prescot and hit the Cockpit stage (which is looking a bit different than usual...)
Only four days to go until preview
#1
- who's excited? 🤩
Prescot ➡️🚅 London
This morning we’re heading to
@TheatreRoyalDL
for
#TheStageAwards
2023 🥂 😱🌟🎭
It's an honour to be shortlisted for Theatre Building of the Year, keep your fingers crossed for us 🤞
It’s the big day! 👀💥
That is, the day rehearsals for A Midsummer Night’s Dream begin 😍
The cast and creatives have had a tour of the building and are now ready for their first read-through 👓
We can tell you already, you’re in for a treat with this lot… 😉
Final bows in the Cockpit for the Comedy of Errors (more or less) 🍦
Every person who's worked on this show has brought so much joyous chaos to the theatre 💛
Join us in wishing the team the best of luck as they dance their way over to
@thesjt
for even more fun! 🦞
WE TURN ONE THIS MONTH!!!
It's July and that means it's officially our birthday month 🥳
We opened our doors on 15 Jul 2022, and what a year it's been!
We're looking back over the last year, what are some of your favourite moments here? 👇
Can you feel that? Something magical is making its way through Prescot…
Come and join in on the fun at our free opening events this weekend. ✨💫
You can find more information about our opening weekend on our website
📢 EXCITING ANNOUNCEMENT! 📢
On Sat 4 Feb, our Cockpit Theatre will be taken over by not one, but two, Northern legends 🌟
Join us as beloved children's author and screenwriter Frank Cottrell-Boyce is interviewed by actor and comedy legend himself, Steve Coogan.
We're buzzing to announce our full cast for A Christmas Carol! 😍🎄
Zoe West, Jessica Dives, Abigail Middleton and Eddy Westbury will bring the magic of Christmas to life on our Cockpit Stage from 25 Nov - 7 Jan ✨
Can we get a cheer for our first birthday!?
The Midsummer Mechancials have joined us from
@The_Globe
to party on the Cockpit Stage 🥳
(This *cough cough* Olivier Award nominated production is here until Tues, don't miss them!)
@Team_Splendid
British Sign Language and Shakespeare?
A Midsummer Night's Dream seamlessly integrates BSL throughout its performance
Read what
@WilliamGrint97
and Matthew Dunster have to say about the inclusion of this language at the heart of this production 👉
It's all kicking off 💥
Rehearsals for A Midsummer Night's Dream have begun here at Shakespeare North and the energy is next level 🔥
@NotTooTame
@northernstage
This week we're holding auditions for our upcoming production of A Midsummer Night's Dream, produced by the wonderful
@nottootame
⚡
After an overwhelming response to our call-out, we’ll be seeing over 200 people across 3 days of auditions in Newcastle, Warrington and London 🤩
Coming to Shakespeare North Playhouse in 2024...
Hamlet: an underwater experience in the Cockpit 🌊 💀🐠
Join us for Hamlet like you've never seen it. Performers and audience members will be submerged for the entire three hour, immersive performance*
*snorkels not provided
Seeing stars! 🤩💫
What a response to A Christmas Carol so far, we couldn't be happier to be bringing the festive cheer to Prescot with this one of a kind production 🎄
It'll be with us 'til Jan 7, don't miss it!
Our final award of the evening is the Visit Knowsley Award and that is presented to Shakespeare North Playhouse, the amazing new theatre in Prescot that opened its doors last summer
@ShakespeareNP
can we have a moment for these stunning photos by
@AndrewPBrooks
😍
The Cockpit Theatre in all its candlelit glory with Frons Scenae and Calico Ceiling 🕯️
Team Shakespeare North had an amazing time at Liverpool Pride today 🏳️🌈🏳️⚧️
We are proud to march and show our support for LGBTQ+ rights and will continue to build spaces that are safe, accepting and welcoming 🌈
@PrideInLpool
#LiverpoolPride
Seasons Greetings from Shakespeare North Playhouse! ❄️
Take a look back at 2022 with us, this wouldn't have been possible without you... Bring on next year! 💫
🎄 A CHRISTMAS CA(STING CALLOUT)ROL 🎄
Fancy being in SNP's first EVER Christmas show?
We're looking for exceptional actor-musicians with physical comedy and multi-role experience. Casting in both London & Prescot.
Details here 👉
We don't like to boast, but these are just a few of the responses we've had from audience members who've been to see A Midsummer Night's Dream this weekend... 🤩
Needless to say, you won't want to miss it!
Ends 22nd October.
@NotTooTame
@northernstage
✨CAST ANNOUCEMENT ✨
Brace yourselves, the cast of Twelfth Night is about to make a killer entrance onto our mind-blowing Cockpit stage!
Get yourself ready for riffs, ruff, and riotous partying. This will be a night out like nothing you've ever seen or heard before! 🎸
Are we dreaming? Or are the cast of A Midsummer Night's Dream out of rehearsals and onto the Cockpit stage?! 🤯🔥
Who's coming to experience the magic and mayhem this weekend? ✋
🔥 Queen of the Fairies,
@nadineshah
, will be live tomorrow at 9:40am on
@BBC6Music
to chat about her acting debut in A Midsummer Night's Dream with
@laurenlaverne
🔥
We'll be tuning in - will you? 📻
📣 Hands up, who wants to book tickets? 🙋
We can now confirm our on-sale dates 👏
⭐️ Priority booking live from Thursday 28 April, 2pm
⭐️ General booking live from Wednesday 4 May, 2pm
Visit our website for more info on how you can be one of the first to grab your seat!
A very exciting treat from us to you this Halloween 🎃
We're super excited to share that our Spring 2023 production will be...
🎭 William Shakespeare's THE COMEDY OF ERRORS 🎭
A co-production with
@thesjt
🎉 On-sale soon, keep your 👀 peeled!
Pumpkin carved by Ste Eckersley👻
Are you ready for some festive magic? ✨🎄
The trailer for The Wind in the Willows is getting us even more excited for another whirlwind adventure in the Cockpit Theatre this Christmas time! 🐀🐸🦡
24 Nov - 13 Jan
The excitement continues...
Shakespeare North cordially invite you to Midsummer Mechanicals, the hilarious new follow-up to the play-within-a-play from A Midsummer Night’s Dream ✨🍃
ONE. WEEK. 😱
That’s how close we are to being able to welcome you into our wonderful new venue.
Join us on Fri 15 Jul for a glorious ceremony outside Shakespeare North Playhouse, including a special outdoor performance created by
@slung_low
and a team of local heroes ⚡️
It's our second birthday today! 🎉🎂
That means we've officially been open for 730 days 😲
Looking back over the past year, here's a collection of images of (just some!) of the amazing things we've achieved this past year...
How many can you name? 👀
What. A. View. 😍
Paul Moss captured this incredible photo last week during
@HandleBards
' Much Ado About Nothing in our Cockpit Theatre ✨
The HandleBards are cycling back to Prescot next month for our first birthday celebrations and we can't wait!
Can we have a moment for how gorgeous the Cockpit Theatre looks rn 🤩
We've got two breathtaking spectacles in the building for you to see... The Book of Will and Shakespeare's First Folio are both here until Sat 11 Nov 🫶
📸 Meg Terzza
Tonight is the final performance of Twelfth Night! 😢
Thank you to our fabulous audiences who joined us for this sensational show, and thank you to the wonderful team who brought it to life ♥
It was absolutely magnificent 🎶🤘
📷 by Patch Dolan
@NotTooTame
We haven't quite processed what happened this week!
Shakespeare North Playhouse triple award winners at the
@LCRTourismAward
🎉
⭐️Tourism Young Person of the Year – James Duckworth⭐️
⭐️Unsung Hero Award – Meg Terzza ⭐️
⭐️New Tourism Business Award ⭐️
We’re here at the
#UKTAwards
2023 celebrating two nominations! 🥂 🎭
@dunster_matthew
&
@jimmy_fairhurst
with their Best Director nomination for A Midsummer Night’s Dream, and The Comedy of Errors (more or less) which is nominated for Best Play Revival 🤞
“There is nothing in the world so irresistibly contagious as laughter and good-humour.”
There's no shortage of either in the rehearsal room for A Christmas Carol! 🤩 🎄
Get ready for this fast, furious and fabulously festive production to hit our Cockpit Stage this month ✨
We're BUZZING this morning to be FINALISTS!
Shakespeare North is representing in not one, but FOUR categories:
⭐️ Entertainment Venue of the Year
⭐️ New Tourism Business of the Year
⭐️ Tourism Young Person of the Year - James Duckworth
⭐️ Unsung Hero - Meg Terzza
#LCRTA23
Our hearts are so full. Thank you to everyone who's come to visit this amazing theatre, the energy around the building today was like nothing else and we can't wait to do it all again (and more!) tomorrow! ✨
The organisers of the
@ShakespeareNP
opening celebrations achieved what they set out to do - an occasion BY and FOR the community. There was no sense of being overwhelmed by unfamiliar faces, bigwigs or VIPs - just friends. Gives me such hope for all that will take place there.
🔥 THE PLAYWRIGHT IS IN THE BUILDING 🔥
Lauren Gunderson, writer of The Book of Will, joined us in the Cockpit today to meet the company and see the show and the First Folio that inspired it 🤩
Have you heard? We’re having a party, and you’re invited! 🎉
In partnership with
@slung_low
we’re hosting a glorious ceremony on Fri 15 Jul, to mark the opening of our spectacular new venue 💕
We’re meeting outside Shakespeare North Playhouse at 6pm, see you there… 😉
Who knows what today is? Well, yes, it’s Sunday. Happy Sunday, by the way.
But it’s also 100 days since we opened our doors for the first time! 😱
A huge thank you to everyone who’s joined us on this journey so far. We can’t wait to keep bringing the magic of theatre to you
The rumours are true - the cast of A Christmas Carol are just as hilarious and charming off-stage as they are on! 🤩💕
Hear from the wonderful Eddy Westbury, Abigail Middleton and Zöe West about the show and what it's like performing in the round 💫
We were delighted to welcome one of our principle funders, DCMS, today for a preview tour of the site, including the chance to get up on stage with Chief Executive Melanie Lewis in the stunning Cockpit Theatre.
#TreadingTheBoards
#Prescot
#Shakespeare
#Knowsley
Woody the Guide Dog experienced the magic of the Cockpit and A Christmas Carol this weekend 🤩
Woody is nine years old and has made history as the first
#guidedog
to watch a performance in the Cockpit Theatre!
Thank you to Woody's owner for sharing this picture with us! 🐕
It's that time again... 🍾
We know we say this every time, but you're really in for a treat with this one.
Get ready for more evenings in the Cockpit with groundbreaking productions, exciting new writing in the Studio, 5 ⭐ plays and even A Night at the Movies! 🤩
"Give Hamlet a bit of space"
Mr Steve Coogan is back in the Cockpit Theatre tomorrow evening 🙌
Got any questions? Drop them below for a chance they'll get asked during the Q&A 👇
How exactly did we get
@LesDennis
flying through the Cockpit Theatre on a chandelier? All is revealed ⚡
This June,
@NotTooTame
return with an electrifying production of Twelfth Night! If you loved A Midsummer Night’s Dream, buckle up for another round…
🗓️ 7 - 30 June