Shakespeare Night was a series of public workshops between 2013 and 2016, when people came together each month to take part in a range of activities based on one of Shakespeare's plays.
The workshops took place at Derby Theatre and QUAD in 2015 and 2016, after an initial programme at QUAD in 2013 and 2014. The final session was at Derby Theatre in November 2016.
Thank you to everyone who took part in the workshops. Your support and creativity are truly appreciated. We will be announcing our new public participation programme shortly.
Past workshops
Othello
Thursday 24 November 2016 at Derby Theatre
"O beware, my lord, of jealousy"
: Iago
Activities included creating tableaux
: Photo album coming soon
: Online playscript
: Radio production coming soon
The Tempest
Thursday 27 October 2016 at Derby Theatre
"The isle is full of noises"
: Caliban
Activities included drumming and chanting
: Photo album coming soon
: Online playscript
: Radio production coming soon
King Lear
Thursday 29 September 2016 at Derby Theatre
"Let me not be mad"
: Lear
Activities included discussing Lear/Cordelia
: Photo album coming soon
: Online playscript
: Radio production
Troilus and Cressida
Thursday 18 August 2016 at QUAD
"I love you now; but not, 'til now, so much"
: Cressida
Activities included VJing (DJing with video clips)
: Workshop video
: Online playscript
: Radio production
The Merry Wives of Windsor
Friday 29 July 2016 at Derby Theatre
"We have some salt of our youth in us"
: Shallow
Activities included playing deception games
: Photo album coming soon
: Online playscript
: Radio production
A Midsummer Night's Dream
Friday 24 June 2016 at Derby Theatre
"The course of true love never did run smooth"
: Lysander
Activities included acting and yoga
: Photo album
: Online playscript
: Radio production
Hamlet
Friday 13 May 2016 at Derby Theatre
"There's rosemary, that's for remembrance"
: Ophelia
Activities included exploring mindfulness
: Photo album
: Online playscript
: Radio production
All's Well That Ends Well
Friday 15 April 2016 at Derby Theatre
"Love all, trust a few, do wrong to none"
: Countess of Roussillon
Activities included speaking nonsense
: Photo album
: Online playscript
: Radio production
Coriolanus
Friday 18 March 2016 at Derby Theatre
"Look upon the wounds his body bears"
: Menenius Agrippa
Activities included making wounds
: Photo album
: Online playscript
: Radio production
Much Ado About Nothing
Friday 26 February 2016 at Derby Theatre
"Thou and I are too wise to woo peaceably"
: Benedick
Activities included speed-dating in disguise
: Photo album
: Online playscript
: Radio production
Measure for Measure
Friday 29 January 2016 at Derby Theatre
"The tempter or the tempted, who sins most?"
: Angelo
Activities included turning imagery into actions
: Photo album
: Online playscript
: Radio production
The Winter's Tale
Friday 18 December 2015 at Derby Theatre
"A sad tale's best for winter"
: Mamillius
Activities included taking part in festive games
: Photo album
: Online playscript
: Radio production
The Taming of the Shrew
Friday 20 November 2015 at Derby Theatre
"There's small choice in rotten apples"
: Hortensio
Activities included directing and acting scenes
: Photo album
: Online playscript
: Radio production
Richard III
Friday 23 October 2015 at Derby Theatre
"Dogs bark at me as I halt by them"
: Richard III
Activities included adopting animal movements
: Photo album
: Online playscript
: Radio production
The Comedy of Errors
Friday 21 August 2015 at Derby Theatre
"We came into the world like brother and brother"
: Dromio of Ephesus
Activities included exploring insults and chat-up lines
: Photo album
: Online playscript
: Radio production
Julius Caesar
Friday 21 August 2015 at QUAD
"All pity choked with custom of fell deeds"
: Mark Antony
Activities included taking street photography
: Photo album
: Online playscript
: Radio production
The Merchant of Venice
Friday 17 July 2015 at Derby Theatre
"Let him look to this bond!"
: Shylock
Activities included sharing riddles and debating religion
: Photo album
: Online playscript
: Radio production
Romeo and Juliet
Fridays 19 and 26 June 2015 at Derby Theatre
"A pair of star-crossed lovers take their life"
: Chorus
Activities included discussing tragedy
: Photo album
: Online playscript
: Radio production
Henry V
Friday 22 May 2015 at Derby Theatre
"Once more unto the breach!"
: Henry
Activities included playing persuasion games
: Photo album
: Online playscript
: Radio production
Macbeth
Friday 24 April 2015 at Derby Theatre
"Blood will have blood"
: Macbeth
Activities included making and using stage blood
: Photo album
: Online playscript
: Radio production
Titus Andronicus
Friday 20 March 2015 at Derby Theatre
"Must my sons be slaughtered in the streets?"
: Tamora
Activities included debating the severity of crimes in the play
: Photo album
: Online playscript
: Radio production
As You Like It
Friday 20 February 2015 at Derby Theatre
"Under the greenwood tree, who loves to lie with me?"
: Amiens
Activities included making love tokens to hang on a tree
: Photo album
: Online playscript
: Radio production
Twelfth Night
Friday 23 January 2015 at Derby Theatre
"He's wearing yellow stockings!"
: Maria
Activities included creating new identities by dressing up
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