Witches, blood and a ghost by candlelight ... perfect ingredients for a Halloween evening!  Macbeth , Shakespeare's gothic masterpiece, will be matched by the subterranean splendour of Poole's Cavern between Wednesday 31 October and Saturday 3 November.

Lance the dog-loving tramp, Pompey Bum the seedy pimp, Audrey the lonely goat-herd and many more acts of quality and class will all appear in Stand-Up Shakespeare next Saturday in Church Broughton, Derbyshire.

Laugh at the slapstick of Bottom and Titania, thrill at the plotting of Macbeth and his wife, and shiver at Hecat the witch goddess as she guides you through a Shakespeare show in Matlock on Sunday.

This year's Glastonbury Festival will feature three Shakespeare productions from 1623 theatre company, which performs the playwright's works in non-traditional theatre spaces.