What's On at the Shakespeare North Playhouse, Prescot

Prospero Place, Prescott, L34 3AB

There are many car parks close to Shakespeare North Playhouse.  The closest are Mill Street Car Park and NCP Prescot Deanes House 

There is a limited number of accessible parking spaces (use postcode L34 3AB for your sat nav, and follow the signs for Blue Badge parking.)

The nearest train station to Shakespeare North Playhouse is Prescot Station, which is approximately a 12 minute walk.

There are regular trains to Prescot Station from Liverpool, with a journey time of around 20 minutes, and from Manchester, with a journey time of around 1hr 20 mins, with a change at Wigan or Huyton.

Shakespeare North Playhouse has a capacity of 470 seats.  Please be aware that the Cockpit Theatre is a replica of the Globe theatre built in 1629, so seats are benches with cushions, some of which have backs.

Take a look at a virtual reality version of the Cockpit Theatre

Please contact Shakespeare North Playhouse directly and their team will be able to help you.

If you would like to buy a ticket in person from Shakespeare North Playhouse box office, they open:

Tueday – Saturday 11am–5pm (11pm on show days)

The Playhouse is closed, Sunday & Monday unless there is a show on.

Alternatively, you can see what's on and book online here.

You can contact Shakespeare North Playhouse directly and they will be able to advise you.

When we know of a duration of a show, we add it to the description of the show on our event pages. For example, on our Wicked event page, after the description of the show we have added the duration of the show in large capital letters. If the time isn't listed, we do not have the information yet. We update our pages daily so it maybe a case of knowing closer to the performance itself, so keep checking.  

For more information on accessibility at Shakespeare North Playhouse, you can visit their accessibility page. 

Alternatively, please click here for more contact information and The Playhouse's access team will be able to answer your questions.

Whether you have positive or negative feedback you would like to feedback to Shakespeare North Playhouse, please click here for more contact information.

If you have lost an item during a visit to Shakespeare North Playhouse, click here to contact the venue.

The Shakespeare North Bar & Kitchen is open Tuesday - Saturday from 11am.

There are also plenty of great places to eat in Liverpool and decent pre-theatre menus, you should check out our Liverpool Restaurant site here!

Shakespeare North Playhouse have the Shakespeare North Bar & Kitchen attached to the venue, plus two more bars in the their venue.

Liverpool is also full of great bars and pubs and some decent ones close to the venue. check out our Liverpool Bar site here!

Either use the map at the side of the FAQ section as it has all types of accomodation or click here for hotels in Prescot

If you need further support or have more questions, please contact Shakespeare North Playhouse directly, and their team will help you out.