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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…

Famous faces of stage and screen record all 154 of Shakespeare’s sonnets to raise money for dementia charity.

Blackpool Social Club0 CommentsLiterature & Spoken Word, Sports & Wellbeingdementia, poet, poetry, shakespeare

[vc_row][vc_column][vc_column_text] When local actor Thomas Michaelson’s father was diagnosed with Lewy Body Dementia he found, first-hand, how difficult caring for someone with dementia can be, especially without support in the home. [/vc_column_text][/vc_column][/vc_row][vc_row][vc_column][vc_column_text] Now he’s raising money for Dementia UK, a charity who provide Admiral nurses to help those caring for their loved ones, by bringing together a host of actors and performers to record audio versions of all 154 of Shakespeare’s famous sonnets. [/vc_column_text][/vc_column][/vc_row][vc_row][vc_column][vc_column_text] As the population grows, more and more people are sadly having to deal with a loved one developing some form of dementia, whether it’s an elderly…

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…