The British Theatre Guide: The York Shakespeare Project

The British Theatre Guide is proud to be one of the sponsors of the York Shakespeare Project, one of the most ambitious community theatre projects ever seen in this country, involving both amateurs and professionals in presenting all of Shakespeare's plays in chronological order over a twenty year period.

The Project's aim is to to provide a long-term cultural, educational and community resource for the people of York and beyond by involving the wider York community in the production of the whole cycle of Shakespearean drama, and they intend to achieve that aim by:

Setting up a charitable trust to oversee the activities of The York Shakespeare Project.
Involving schools, community centres, churches, amateur drama groups, other local community bodies and individuals by the provision of workshops and other activities relating to any forthcoming production of The York Shakespeare Project.
Soliciting and administering funds in respect of financing both the outreach and the production activities of The York Shakespeare Project.
Producing each of Shakespeare's plays, in approximate chronological order, using largely local amateur actors, stage managers, technicians, costume and prop makers etc and drawing in such outside professional expertise as production needs and available funding may allow.
Producing each of the plays of Shakespeare, once and only once, within the boundaries of the City of York during a twenty-year period starting from the spring of 2002.
Showing that Shakespeare is fun, relevant and accessible to all.

Richard III - the first production (October-November 2002). Reviewed by Peter Lathan.

The second production will be The Taming of the Shrew in June 2003. Reviewed by Peter Lathan.

Third production: Comedy of Errors (December 2003). Reviewed by Peter Lathan

Fourth production: Titus Andronicus (April 2004). Reviewed by Peter Lathan

Fifth production: Love's Labour's Lost (December 2004)

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Patrons: Dame Judi Dench, Sir Antony Sher, Adrian Noble