Shakespeare Schools Festival
The Playhouse, Whitley Bay is delighted to mark Shakespeare's 450th birthday by throwing him the biggest party he has ever seen with the largest Shakespeare Schools Festival to date.
The Shakespeare Schools Festival is the UK's largest youth drama festival and enables over 1,000 primary, secondary, and special schools to stage abridged Shakespeare productions in their local professional theatre. Each night four schools will perform four different Shakespeare plays. Come and party with Shakespeare and celebrate the achievements of your local schools.
Please note by the request of the production, filming, photography and the use of mobile phones is not permitted during this show.