A SEASON OF CLASSIC SHAKESPEARE PLAYS WILL TAKE PLACE AT ST GEORGE’S HALL, LIVERPOOL, TO MARK THE 400TH ANNIVERSARY OF THE BARD’S DEATH, WITH THE CONCERT ROOM PROVIDING A STUNNING BACKDROP.
Where There’s A Will is being presented by Chalice Media Limited and starts with Macbeth on the 24th to 28th April. It will be followed by The Tempest on the 3rd and 4th June; Romeo And Juliet on the 2nd and 3rd July; and Much Ado About Nothing on the 3rd to 5th August.
Following the success of their WWI commemorative outdoor adaptation of Peter Whelan’s The Accrington Pals last August, followed by a brief North West tour of Macbeth in September, the Chalice Media team are back to bring their inspired incarnation of this dark and tragic tale to audiences at St George’s Hall.
Macbeth will launch the Where There’s A Will programme with Chalice Media’s dark and disturbing, diesel-punk-inspired adaptation. Frantic, fuelled and wholly engaging, this is a contemporary take on one of Shakespeare’s most explosive tragedies.
During the Macbeth run, Chalice Media Limited will also stage another first for St George’s Hall – Walking The Bard: The Shakespeare Experience. These guided tours invite you to step inside the mind of the master playwright during this special 400th anniversary celebration and experience the darkest regions of genius in the catacombs of one of Liverpool’s most celebrated buildings.
Walking The Bard: The Shakespeare Experience tours will start on 23rd April as part of the city’s St George’s Day celebrations at St George’s Hall – and appropriately the same date on which Shakespeare was born and also died. The tours will be daily from 23rd April until 28th April at 5pm, 6pm, 7pm, 8pm and 9pm. Tickets are priced at £15.
Laura Harris, Director of Chalice Media Limited, commented: “We’re extremely excited to announce the Where There’s A Will season and Walking The Bard catacombs tours at St George’s Hall. It’s the perfect historic setting to celebrate the works of The Bard, coinciding on such a historic date to mark Shakespeare’s death. We’re having a lot of fun developing the season and we cannot wait to entertain audiences in the beautiful Concert Room.
“Our Macbeth has a number of adaptations and twists throughout. We’ve really tried to approach the text from a new and different angle, adding to the psychological depth of the play and really placing the emphasis on the idea of choices and consequences relating to the individual characters rather than simply chalking it up to the traditional mystical elements of the play – there’s no more ‘the witches made me do it’.”
Alan Smith, General Manager of St George’s Hall Liverpool, commented: “With Shakespeare having died on 23 April 1616 it is also the 400th anniversary of the Bard’s death. To be able to host a Shakespearean programme creates another magnificent opportunity to animate the concert room in a new and dynamic way, and such an ornate and stunning room deserves such quality programme.”
TICKET INFORMATION
WALKING THE BARD: THE SHAKESPEARE EXPERIENCE TOUR
£15 Per Person Per Tour
Tours will begin at 5pm, 6pm, 7pm, 8pm and 9pm.
WHERE THERE’S A WILL SHAKESPEARE SEASON
£14 Adults
£12 Season Ticket Price
£10 per person for school groups (including 2 free tickets in every 10)
Tickets can be purchased here or telephone 0844 800 0410
Related feature: Shakespeare As You Like It.
