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royal shakespeare company

20 May

Theatre Review: Julius Caesar

David Simper0 CommentsTheatre, Dance & PerformanceBlackpool, Blackpool Grand Theatre, julius caesar, royal shakespeare company, shakespeare

For those thinking that Blackpool is a cultural desert, which this website disproves, we do have the Royal Shakespeare Company (RSC) performing Julius Caesar at the Grand Theatre and very good they were too when I attended last night. Attendance was a little low, but enough for a lively house. Come on Blackpool people, this is high art on your doorstep. This is a play that one feels they know without seeing it, but for me at least that was not the case. I had imagined that things would be pretty much done with after Caesar's assassination (beware the Ides…

08 Dec

Royal Shakespeare Company’s Henry VI (part 2) features Blackpool talent

David Simper0 CommentsLocal News, Theatre, Dance & Performanceactors, Blackpool, community theatre, henry VI (part 2), royal shakespeare company, shakespeare, shakespeare nation, The grand theatre blackpool, Theatre

[vc_row][vc_column][vc_column_text] Doing its bit to spread the enjoyment and appreciation of Shakespeare's plays round the country, the Stratford-upon-Avon based Royal Shakespeare Company (RSC) is in a long term partnership with our cherished Grand Theatre. Together they're putting Blackpool theatre talent centre stage through the Shakespeare Nation adult participation initiative. The initiative involves twelve other theatres, including the Theatre Royal, London and the Royal Concert Hall, Nottingham, around the country. The Esmée Fairbairn Foundation supports this initiative, which aims to create a nation of Shakespeare and theatre-lovers, particularly among those who often have little or no experience of Shakespeare, with the…