Apr 22, 2016 - BBC Radio 3 â Piano Music inspired by Shakespeare â Live Broadcast. The Other Place. Free. 11am. Shak
IS A REMARKABLE
Join us in Stratford-upon-Avon for a range of free activities for the whole family. Explore our newly reopened Swan Theatre wing or drop into our rehearsal studio complex, THE OTHER PLACE. Take a guided theatre tour that explains the rehearsal process, sample our new Cafe Bar, or watch BBC Radio 3 broadcasting live from the foyer. From 11am on SATURDAY 23 APRIL you can join in the festivities by watching or joining the parade. Walk in Shakespeare’s footsteps from his Birthplace on Henley Street to his grave at Holy Trinity Church, following the self-guided tour from theatre-makers Stan’s Cafe. Pop into Shakespeare’s Birthplace, Hall’s Croft or Harvard House for a free slice of Birthday Cake. Families with children under 5 can enjoy free entry to Hall's Croft gardens for the KNIGHTS AND NYMPHS TODDLER PARTY from 12 noon to 4pm. Bring a picnic or enjoy the barbecue for a fun day out with music, dancing, storytelling, face painting and lots of fairy fun! Visit SHAKESPEARE’S SCHOOLROOM & GUILDHALL, open for the first time to the public, to see where the great man spent his school years and first experienced theatre. Tickets are £8 and are available on the door. Enjoy the free fireworks at the end of the day as we celebrate the town’s most famous son.
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MAKE THIS THE YEAR TO CELEBRATE SHAKESPEARE
S H A K E S P E A R E ’ S C E L E B R AT I O N S W E E K E N D E V E N T S FRIDAY 22 APRIL 4.15 - 6.30pm
BBC Radio 3 - In Tune - Live Broadcast
The Other Place
Free
7.30pm
Shakespeare Odes - SOLD OUT
Holy Trinity Church
£10-£30
9.45 - 11pm
BBC Radio 3 - The Verb - Live Broadcast
The Other Place
Free
SATURDAY 23 APRIL All day
BBC Radio 3 Broadcasting all day
The Other Place foyer
Free
All day
Well Said! Favourite Shakespeare Quotes exhibition
PACCAR Room
Free
All day
Shakespeare Steps - Self Guided Tour
Throughout Town
Free
9.30 - 10.30am
Guided Theatre Tour: From Page to Stage
The Other Place
£8.50
9.45 - 11am
BBC Radio 3 - Record Review - Live Broadcast
The Other Place
Free
11am - 12 noon
Guided Theatre Tour From Page to Stage
The Other Place
£8.50
11am
Birthday Celebration Parade
Throughout Town
Free
11.30am - 4.15pm
Drop-in Craft
Colonnade
Free
11.45am - 12.45pm
Stage Fighting
Swan Gardens Marquee
Free
12 - 12.45pm
Blood, Guts and Gore
Upper Circle Bar, RST
Free
12 - 1.30pm
Meet the Artists - Well Said! Favourite Shakespeare Quotes Exhibition
PACCAR Room
Free
12.30 - 2pm
BBC Radio 3 - Saturday Classics - Live Broadcast
The Other Place
Free
1 - 1.45pm
Active Storytelling - Hamlet
Upper Circle Bar, RST
Free
1 - 1.45pm
Voice Workshop
Swan Gardens Marquee
Free
1.30 - 4.30pm
Sonnets on the Ferry
River Avon
50p each way
2 - 2.40pm
Mimbre: Wondrous Strange - outdoor performance
Bancroft Gardens
Free
2 - 2.30pm
Dance Workshop
Swan Gardens Marquee
Free
2 - 2.45pm
Singing Workshop
Upper Circle Bar, RST
Free
2 - 3pm
BBC Radio 3 – Lute Songs with Ruby Hughes – Live Broadcast
The Other Place
Free
2.30 - 3.30pm
Meet the Artists - Well Said! Favourite Shakespeare Quotes Exhibition
PACCAR Room
Free
2.30 - 3.30pm
Guided Theatre Tour: From Page to Stage
The Other Place
£8.50
2.45 - 3.45pm
Stage Fighting Workshop
Swan Gardens Marquee
Free
2.45 - 4pm
BBC Radio 3 – Sound of Cinema with the BBC Concert Orchestra – Live Broadcast
King Edward School
Free
3 - 3.45pm
Active Storytelling - A Midsummer Night’s Dream
Upper Circle Bar, RST
Free
4 - 4.40pm
Mimbre: Wondrous Strange - outdoor performance
Bancroft Gardens
Free
4.15 - 5.15pm
Guided Theatre Tour: From Page to Stage
The Other Place
£8.50
8.30pm
Shakespeare Live! From the RSC - Live Broadcast
BBC2 + Cinema
8 - 10pm
BBC Radio 3 - Hear and Now - Live Broadcast
King Edward School
10.30pm (approx)
Fireworks outside the Royal Shakespeare Theatre
Bancroft Gardens
Free
10.30pm - 12 midnight
Line of light from RST to Shakespeare's grave
Avonbank Gardens
Free
All day
BBC Radio 3 - Broadcasting all day
The Other Place
Free
10.45am - 12 noon
BBC Radio 3 – Piano Music inspired by Shakespeare – Live Broadcast
The Other Place
Free
11am
Shakespeare Birthday Service
Holy Trinity Church
Free
5.15 - 6.45pm
BBC Radio 3 - Words and Music - Live Broadcast
The Other Place
Free
SHAKESPEARE CELEBRATIONS
Free
SUNDAY 24 APRIL
www.rsc.org.uk/celebrations
Photo: Lucy Barriball
2016
IT IS 400 YEARS SINCE THE DEATH OF WILLIAM SHAKESPEARE, OUR HOUSE PLAYWRIGHT. WE ARE PROUD TO CELEBRATE HIS LASTING LEGACY IN THE TOWN IN WHICH HE WAS BORN AND WHERE HE IS BURIED.
www.rsc.org.uk/celebrations 01789 403493
FR EE FA M ILY FUN DROP IN ACTIVITIES
UPPER CIRCLE BAR ROYAL SHAKESPEARE THEATRE BLOOD, GUTS AND GORE FOR AGES 12 - 12.45pm 6+ Join former RSC Head of Wigs and Makeup, Brenda Leedham, as she shows you the tricks of creating bruises, cuts and scars. ACTIVE STORYTELLING – HAMLET 1 - 1.45pm Become an actor and tell the story of Shakespeare's Hamlet. Make music, dress up and join in.
FOR AGES
4+
FOR SINGING AGES 2 - 2.45pm 7+ Sing your heart out and learn some simple songs. No musical knowledge required.
ACTIVE STORYTELLING – A MIDSUMMER NIGHT’S DREAM 3 - 3.45pm Become an actor and tell the story of Shakespeare's Dream. Make music, dress up and join in with the fun.
FOR AGES
4+
FOR UNDER
10s
LIVE MUSIC SWAN THEATRE BAR MEET THE ARTISTS PACCAR Room, Second Floor, Royal Shakespeare Theatre 12 noon - 1.30pm & 2.30 - 3.30pm Meet some of the artists who created pieces for our free exhibition, Well Said! inspired by some of Shakespeare’s most famous words. SONNETS ON THE FERRY 1.30 - 4.30pm Take a short trip across the River Avon on the chain ferry while listening to Shakespeare’s words, spoken by RSC Actors. Cost 50p each way
SWAN THEATRE GARDENS MARQUEE
FOR AGES
10+ & ADULTS
2pm & 4pm Bancroft Gardens Acrobatic theatre company Mimbre present a specially-commissioned performance. Watch Shakespeare’s most iconic characters in unexpected encounters, celebrating the physical and visual imagery of some of the best known moments in his plays.
FOR VOICE AGES 1 – 1.45pm 10+ & ADULTS Warm up and bring Shakespeare's words to life with an RSC Voice Practitioner.
STAGE FIGHTING 2.45 – 3.45pm Learn how to pull a punch in this active workshop.
10+ &
ADULTS
10+ &
ADULTS
www.rsc.org.uk/celebrations
Wednesday 20 April, 12 noon, £9.50 THE WARS OF THE ROSES: RICHARD III, BBC TV, 1965 with Ian Holm, Janet Suzman, Peggy Ashcroft and David Warner adapted and directed by Peter Hall and John Barton
FRIDAY 22 APRIL 4.15 – 6.30pm IN TUNE Sean Rafferty presents a live showcase of the weekend’s musicians, actors, singers and performers.
Sunday 24 April, 2.30pm, £10.50 RSC LIVE FROM STRATFORD-UPON-AVON: THE TWO GENTLEMEN OF VERONA, 2014 with Mark Arends, Michael Marcus, Pearl Chanda, Sarah MacRae directed by Simon Godwin
Thursday 21 April, 3pm, £9.50 KING LEAR, 1971 with Paul Scofield directed by Peter Brook Friday 22 April, 12 Noon, £9.50 MACBETH, THAMES, 1979 with Ian McKellen and Judi Dench directed by Trevor Nunn
9.45 – 11pm THE VERB Ian McMillan’s unique late night cabaret, with guests, celebrates Shakespeare’s linguistic fireworks.
SATURDAY 23 APRIL 9.45 – 11am RECORD REVIEW Actor Sam West and scholar Kate Kennedy join Andrew McGregor to guide us through Shakespearean archive recordings including Gielgud, Olivier and more. 12.30 – 2pm SATURDAY CLASSICS Composer Richard Sisson, the BBC Singers and musical friends attempt to play music from every Shakespeare play in 75 minutes!
2 – 3pm EARLY MUSIC SHOW Singer Ruby Hughes and lute player Jon Nordberg perform original work from the 16th century. 2.45 – 4pm SOUND OF CINEMA The Levi Fox Hall, King Edward School The BBC Concert Orchestra join presenter Matthew Sweet live for an action packed hour of music from Shakespeare on film.
SUNDAY 24 APRIL
SHAKE SPE A RE LIVE ! FRO M THE RSC
FOR AGES
FOR AGES
HIGHLIGHTS
For more information or to book tickets please call the Picturehouse Box Office on 0871 902 5741 or visit www.picturehouses.com/cinema/Stratford_Upon_Avon
ERIC RICHMOND
DANCE WORKSHOP 2 – 2.30pm Learn the Bergomask Dance from our current production of A Midsummer Night’s Dream.
JOIN BBC RADIO 3 ACROSS THE WEEKEND AS THEY BROADCAST MUSIC AND PERFORMANCE INSPIRED BY SHAKESPEARE, LIVE FROM THEIR POP-UP STUDIO AND ON STAGE AT THE OTHER PLACE STUDIO THEATRE.
Saturday 23 April, 2.30pm, £10.50 RSC LIVE FROM STRATFORD-UPON-AVON: RICHARD II, 2013 with David Tennant, Michael Pennington, Jane Lapotaire and Oliver Ford Davies directed by Gregory Doran
Tuesday 19 April, 6pm, £10.50 AS YOU LIKE IT, BBC TV, 1963 with Vanessa Redgrave and Patrick Allen
WONDROUS STRANGE PERFORMANCE
THEATRE SKILLS WORKSHOPS STAGE FIGHTING 11.45am -12.45pm Learn how to pull a punch in this active workshop.
DROP IN CRAFTS COLONNADE 11.30am - 4.15pm
CURATED BY JOHN WYVER, RSC DIRECTOR OF SCREEN PRODUCTIONS IN ASSOCIATION WITH STRATFORD-UPON-AVON PICTUREHOUSE Screen versions of some of the RSC’s most admired productions, adapted for television and cinema playing at the Stratford-upon-Avon Picturehouse
SIMON ANNAND
FAMILY WORKSHOPS
KEITH PATTISON
FREE TICKETS WILL BE AVAILABLE FROM THE VENUE 15 MINUTES BEFORE EACH EVENT, ON A FIRST COME, FIRST SERVED BASIS.
WELCOME IMAGES
RSC SHA KE SPE A RE O N SCRE E N
THIS SPECIAL EVENT IN THE ROYAL SHAKESPEARE THEATRE IS HOSTED BY DAVID TENNANT AND WILL BE BROADCAST ON BBC TWO AND TO CINEMAS WORLDWIDE AT 8.30PM, SATURDAY 23 APRIL. The RSC Acting Companies are generously supported by THE GATSBY CHARITABLE FOUNDATION and THE KOVNER FOUNDATION
#RSCLive
Live from Stratford-upon-Avon is generously supported by the SIDNEY E. FRANK FOUNDATION
10.45 – 12noon INSPIRED BY SHAKESPEARE Pianist Ashley Wass performs some of the most beautiful music inspired by Shakespeare - including Beethoven and Prokofiev.
5.15 – 6.45pm WORDS AND MUSIC Actors and musicians join in a grand finale celebrating Shakespeare’s artistic legacy in poems, songs, readings and music.
FOR FREE TICKETS AND THE FULL WEEKEND SCHEDULE PLEASE VISIT
www.rsc.org.uk/radio3
FREE FIREWORKS DISPLAY
BANCROFT GARDENS, OUTSIDE THE ROYAL SHAKESPEARE THEATRE. DISPLAY STARTS AT APPROXIMATELY 10.30PM, AFTER SHAKESPEARE LIVE! FROM THE RSC We end the day of celebrations with a free fireworks display from the top of the Royal Shakespeare Theatre. Working with Emergency Exit Arts, one of the country’s leading pyrotechnic organisations, we present a stunning display which includes an astonishing depiction of Shakespeare’s face, lit up in flames. After the fireworks, follow the line of light from the theatre to Shakespeare’s grave at Holy Trinity Church.
