WHAT'S ON AT THE SHAKESPEARE NORTH PLAYHOUSE, PRESCOT
What's On at the Shakespeare North Playhouse, Prescot
Shakespeare North Playhouse is a stunning venue in the heart of Prescott, boasting a traditional 470 seat timber framed Shakespearean style theatre. It hosts vibrant new and premier performances, theatre, music, comedy, and workshops, with events and activities filling the venue across all its space, including the theatre, exhibition gallery, studio, and their Sir Ken Dodd performance garden.
Since Shakespeare North Playhouse opened its doors in 2022, it has been nominated and shortlisted for a staggering amount of awards, winning many! Honorary Patrons include Dame Judy Dench, Dame Vanessa Redgrave, and CBE Glenda Jackson
Productions, shows and events coming up include The Trial Of Agatha Christie, Sense And Sensibility, Unseemly Women - Macbeth, A Midsummer Night's Dream, Ravers R Us, Measure For Measure, The Tempest, and Cincerella. See what’s on at Shakespeare North Playhouse below and book tickets online.
Shakespeare North Playhouse is a stunning venue in the heart of Prescott, boasting a traditional 470 seat timber framed Shakespearean style theatre. It hosts vibrant new and premier performances, theatre, music, comedy, and workshops, with events and activities filling the venue across all its space, including the theatre, exhibition gallery, studio, and their Sir Ken Dodd performance garden.
Since Shakespeare North Playhouse opened its doors in 2022, it has been nominated and shortlisted for a staggering amount of awards, winning many! Honorary Patrons include Dame Judy Dench, Dame Vanessa Redgrave, and CBE Glenda Jackson
Productions, shows and events coming up include The Trial Of Agatha Christie, Sense And Sensibility, Unseemly Women - Macbeth, A Midsummer Night's Dream, Ravers R Us, Measure For Measure, The Tempest, and Cincerella. See what’s on at Shakespeare North Playhouse below and book tickets online.
Most Popular Shows and Events at Shakespeare North Playhouse, Prescot
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What's On at the Shakespeare North Playhouse, Prescot
Simply Dylan - A Tribute to Bob Dylan
Shakespeare North Playhouse, Prescot
Saturday 14 June 2025
As straightforward as the title suggests: no frills, no gimmicks, no pretense; Simply Dylan is John O'Connell's personal exploration and celebration of the rich and diverse work of Bob Dylan.O'Connell, formerly of Groundpig, has had his nam...Rum
The Studio
Saturday 14 June 2025
Written & Performed by Joe Mallalieu, RUM is a darkly humorous and powerful new award-winning play that wrestles with masculinity, mental health and addiction in the trade. Meet Danny, plastering since he was a kid, he's not scared of...Shakespeare North Playhouse - A Guided Tour
Shakespeare North Playhouse, Prescot
Saturday 14 June - Thursday 31 July 2025
Want to know more about why Shakespeare North Playhouse was built? Why in Prescot? Why it won 'Theatre Building of the Year 2023' at The Stage Awards? Look no further! On this Guided Tour through Shakespeare North Playhouse, you will be led...Butler, Blake & Grant
The Cockpit Theatre
Sunday 15 June 2025
Bernard Butler, Norman Blake and James Grant are three of the most renowned and respected musicians in Britain. Norman- the centrifugal force in Teenage Fanclub; Bernard-renowned for his song writing with Suede and several artists, and most...Plays For The People
The Cockpit Theatre
Tuesday 17 June 2025
Join acclaimed theatre maker Andy Smith and award-winning applied arts practitioner Lynsey O'Sullivan for a day of play, discussion, and action. This day will see three performances of plays from the ongoing project Plays for the People: ...ShakeItUp - The Improvised Shakespeare Show
Sir Ken Dodd Performance Garden
Tuesday 17 June 2025
ShakeItUp Theatre launched The Improvised Shakespeare Show in 2018. Since then they have performed well over 100 totally improvised Shakespeare plays to audiences across the UK, from the Minack Theatre in Cornwall, to London's The Other Pal...Baby Bards
Shakespeare North Playhouse, Prescot
Tuesday 17 June - Tuesday 23 December 2025
Shakespeare North Playhouse's Learning & Engagement Team offer a Baby Bards early years story and language session for pre school children aged 18 months to 4 years old. Introducing story, letters and phonics through readings and fun activi...Drawing Course
Shakespeare North Playhouse, Prescot
Tuesday 17 - Tuesday 24 June 2025
Learn and master techniques for capturing facial features, expressions, perspectives, and the interplay of light and tone. Unleash your creativity and elevate your drawing skills in our engaging, popular drawing course! Designed for all le...Shellshocked
The Studio
Wednesday 18 June 2025
From the creative team behind the five-star, multi-award-winning Jesus, Jane, Mother and Me and LASH, comes a thrilling new drama. The horrors of World War Two have broken young Wesley, but could the madness he encounters beyond it save or ...Dreams: A Celebration of the Fleetwood Mac Story
Shakespeare North Playhouse, Prescot
Thursday 19 June 2025
A celebration of the music of Fleetwood Mac, live in our Cockpit!DREAMS is not a tribute act, but truly a celebration of the music of Fleetwood Mac interpreted for a live theatre audience. Not every musician that takes up an instrument and ...Down in Laurel Canyon
Shakespeare North Playhouse, Prescot
Friday 20 June 2025
Down In Laurel Canyon is a re-imagining the timeless catalogue of songs produced throughout the 70s in California. This 7-piece band of musicians and friends will take you through a nostalgic journey back in time. From Neil Young to Carole ...Shaun Guff: Enuff is Enuff
Shakespeare North Playhouse, Prescot
Friday 20 - Saturday 21 June 2025
My name is Shaun Guff and I?ve hit rock bottom so you don?t have to. My sensational, self-funded seminar promises* to give you the metaphorical hammer to start nailing your life. (*No promises). By reading this blurb you?ve taken the first ...Pink Floyd and Radiohead: The Classic Double Band
Shakespeare North Playhouse, Prescot
Saturday 21 June 2025
THE CLASSIC DOUBLE IS A GROUP OF HIGHLY SKILLED MUSICIANS WITH ONE AIM: TO PLAY THE BEST MUSIC EVER CREATED IN THE MOST FAITHFUL WAY THEY CAN.?Every musician involved in what we do is at the top of their game and all strive to do justice to...Scratch - Spoken Word Night
Exhibition Centre
Tuesday 24 June - Tuesday 16 December 2025
Shakespeare North Playhouse's quarterly spoken word night is an inclusive, welcoming community space for both performers and audience alike. For Scratch we are looking for seasoned performers that are looking for opportunities to showcase t...Scratch
Shakespeare North Playhouse, Prescot
Tuesday 24 June - Tuesday 14 October 2025
Scratch is our quarterly platform for creatives to share, experiment, and connect. This is your chance to present work in progress or showcase completed pieces to a supportive audience and gather valuable feedback. Whether you?re refining ...
The Highwayman
The Cockpit Theatre
Wednesday 25 - Saturday 28 June 2025
The Highwayman is waiting, and there is no escape. It's 1769 and everyone is flocking north, every ale house is packed with the great and the bad. It's the place to be; a region drunk on making money, social climbing, gambling and gin, but ...Two Steps Back
The Studio
Wednesday 25 June 2025
From the writer and performer of 'No Coward Soul', this new play by Emily Parr explores the struggle to adjust to student life when homesickness hits hard. She was not of an ice-breaking, team-playing, shot-drinking disposition. Hiding in h...Afternoon Opera: Solos & Soliloquies
Shakespeare North Playhouse, Prescot
Wednesday 25 June 2025
Join us for a delightful selection of songs based around Shakespeare?s most famous highlights!A recital of exquisite Shakespearean opera and poetry by soprano Laura Hudson, pianist Jonathan Ellis and actor Trevor Fleming, as part of the 21s...Teacher's Forum
Shakespeare North Playhouse, Prescot
Thursday 26 June 2025
An opportunity for teachers to shape the education offer at Shakespeare North Playhouse, hear how schools are already engaging with the theatre and plan exciting opportunities for the future. Join Head of Engagement, Evonne Bixter at these ...A Midsummer Night's Dream
Shakespeare North Playhouse, Prescot
Friday 27 - Saturday 28 June 2025
See Shakespeare's most magical comedy live in our Sir Ken Dodd Performance Garden!Oddsocks are taking to the road again this summer with another high-energy, feel-good, family theatre show ? A Midsummer Night?s Dream!Four lovers run off to ...OddSocks - A Midsummer Night's Dream
Shakespeare North Playhouse, Prescot
Friday 27 - Saturday 28 June 2025
Oddsocks are taking to the road again this summer with another high-energy, feel-good, family theatre show - Shakespeare's most magical comedy, A Midsummer Night's Dream! Four lovers run off to the Athenian forest where mysterious woodland ...Shakespeare and Love Tour
The Cockpit Theatre
Friday 27 June - Wednesday 30 July 2025
An enchanting behind-the-scenes Theatre Tour exploring love as seen by The Bard, with insights into his romantic tales and the timeless allure of the Shakepeare North Playhouse's Cockpit Theatre. Step into a world of romance on the Shakespe...Same
Shakespeare North Playhouse, Prescot
Friday 27 - Saturday 28 June 2025
People say, ?Friends are the family you choose?. But where do you turn when family and friends just aren?t enough?In a society where men?s mental health is still so far from the forefront, what happens to men, particularly men of color, whe...Shakespeare North: Life Drawing
Shakespeare North Playhouse, Prescot
Saturday 28 June - Saturday 29 November 2025
Join us for bi-weekly life drawing sessions in spaces across the venue. Each session will have a nude model to draw from in a variety of poses. The sessions are suitable for beginners as well as more experienced artists. Materials and suppo...One Man Poe: The Tell-Tale Heart and The Pit and the Pendulum
Shakespeare North Playhouse, Prescot
Tuesday 1 - Wednesday 2 July 2025
To commemorate the 175th anniversary year of his death, immerse yourselves in two of Edgar Allan Poe?s macabre classics:In The Tell-Tale Heart, we meet a madman, trying his hardest to convince us of his sanity, whilst explaining the meticul...Women Aren't Funny
The Studio
Thursday 3 July 2025
"All women joke about is periods and bras!" Well, at Shakespeare North, they love a "Period BRAma!" Get ready for a glorious night of standup comedy that's here to prove one undeniable truth: women are in fact hilarious. Featuring a stellar...An Audience with Louis Emerick
Shakespeare North Playhouse, Prescot
Thursday 3 July 2025
Join us in our Cockpit Theatre for an evening of conversation with Louis Emerick!Hailing from Toxteth, Louis Emerick is a much-loved British actor, best known for his portrayal of Mick Johnson in the soap opera Brookside, and recurring role...The Kate Bush Song Book
Shakespeare North Playhouse, Prescot
Friday 4 July 2025
The Kate Bush Song Book is an acoustic offshoot of tribute band Cloudbusting, a chance to indulge in Kate Bush's piano-based compositions and to re-imagine some of her larger scale works with stripped back, more intimate arrangements. Cl...The Green Knight (BUT IT'S GAY)
Shakespeare North Playhouse, Prescot
Friday 4 - Saturday 5 July 2025
A fantastically funny retelling of the medieval classic The Green Knight with the sub-text made text! (Spoiler art: it?s gay.) Sir Gawain?s been peer-pressured into chopping off the Green Knight?s head. And now he has to let the miraculousl...The Kate Bush Songbook
Shakespeare North Playhouse, Prescot
Friday 4 July 2025
Featuring stunning arrangements of some lesser-known tracks as well as many of the hits ? including Wuthering Heights, Babooshka, Hounds of Love and Cloudbusting ? join us for a magical evening of appreciation for Kate Bush? incredible work...
An Audience with Julie Hesmondhalgh
Shakespeare North Playhouse, Prescot
Saturday 5 July 2025
Join us in our Cockpit Theatre for an evening of conversation with Julie Hesmondhalgh!Julie was born and brought up in Accrington, Lancashire and studied at LAMDA. She was a member of Arts Threshold Theatre in London in the 90s and is co-fo...Q&A-Sides with Stuart Murdoch (Belle and Sebastian)
Shakespeare North Playhouse, Prescot
Sunday 6 July 2025
An Acoustic and in-conversation with Chris Hawkins. Shakespeare North Playhouse is thrilled to present an evening with Stuart Murdoch, frontman of one of Scotland?s most iconic bands, Belle and Sebastian. In conversation with Chris Hawkins ...Itch - Spoken Word Night
Cafe-Bar
Tuesday 8 July 2025
Itch is Shakespeare North Playhouse's monthly spoken word night. It is an inclusive, welcoming community space for both performers and audience alike. If you are a performer and are looking for a performance opportunity get in touch. You mi...Dungeons & Dragons Night
Shakespeare North Playhouse, Prescot
Tuesday 8 July - Tuesday 9 September 2025
Shakespeare North Playhouse's Dungeons & Dragons Night is an opportunity to embark on a remarkable journey into the realms of fantasy, where epic adventures, memorable characters, and thrilling encounters await! Whether you're seeking a new...Bicycle Face
Shakespeare North Playhouse, Prescot
Wednesday 9 - Thursday 10 July 2025
A one-woman love story? about the bicycle. Part theatre show, part joyful rebellion, Bicycle Face is a funny, fierce and heart-filled solo performance about one woman?s journey to freedom?on two wheels. Created and performed by Dora Colquho...Voices & Lyrics: Celebrating the Musicals
Shakespeare North Playhouse, Prescot
Wednesday 9 July 2025
Celebrating the musicals!Voices and Lyrics debuted at the Octagon Theatre Bolton in 2014 as a cabaret showcasing b side musical theatre not often seen in the North West. Over the years V&L have played theatres, festivals and cabaret venues ...Shakespeare and Oracy Conference
Shakespeare North Playhouse, Prescot
Thursday 10 July 2025
Join us for an afternoon of oracy this summer!?With many schools looking at ways to build oracy skills into their lessons, we have been working with our partners to develop resources, workshops and a handy impact measurement framework to su...Looking For Me Friend - The Music of Victoria Wood
The Cockpit Theatre
Saturday 12 July 2025
A funny and touching tribute to this much loved and sorely missed national treasure. Written and performed by BBC1's All Together Now star, Paulus, ('King of Cabaret', The Stage) this brand-new show sees him in a fresh light as a lifelong...Some Masterchef Sht
Shakespeare North Playhouse, Prescot
Tuesday 15 - Wednesday 16 July 2025
When Adam and Luke agree to meet, there are myriad reasons their relationship, whatever this is, shouldn't work. However, over that first cup of peppermint tea, we see the spiralling story of this unlikely duo ask questions about love, iden...Wonder Gig
Shakespeare North Playhouse, Prescot
Tuesday 15 July 2025
Wonder Gigs - music for you, play for them. Wonder Gigs is a family friendly, live event for music-loving grown-ups and little ones aged 0-4. Each of our themed sessions includes toe-tapping, acoustic covers of well-known pop, rock and folk...As You Like It
Shakespeare North Playhouse, Prescot
Wednesday 16 July 2025
A delightful tale, full of comedy and music!Rosalind, the daughter of a displaced Duke, is banished from the court by her Father?s brother. Along with her cousin Celia, she escapes to the Forest of Arden and disguises herself as a man. She ...Cock
Shakespeare North Playhouse, Prescot
Thursday 17 - Saturday 19 July 2025
Following its Northern premiere in 2024, COCK by Mike Bartlett and Directed by Rupert Hill returns as part of a large 2025 tour. The play centres on John, a man who finds himself torn between his long-term boyfriend and a woman he unexpecte...A Covert Affair
Shakespeare North Playhouse, Prescot
Thursday 17 - Friday 18 July 2025
In the icy heart of the Cold War, an undercover agent and a loyal comrade are given a simple task: charm, deceive, and extract state secrets. The two are monitored by their Wires, older agents who attempt to instill professionalism and disc...To Be and To Be: Queer Lives on Stage
Shakespeare North Playhouse, Prescot
Friday 18 - Saturday 19 July 2025
To Be and To Be: Queer Lives on Stage takes you on a journey from the gender-fluid performances of Shakespeare's day to the vibrant drag and queer theatre scene of modern Merseyside. Through a lively presentation, you?ll discover the untold...Aleena's Garden
Shakespeare North Playhouse, Prescot
Saturday 19 July - Wednesday 6 August 2025
The perfect first theatre experience for very young children!Aleena tends to her garden from the very first days of spring through to the snowy fun of winter, with the help of some very special friends!Using their own show packs, the childr...
The Hammer and Helena
Shakespeare North Playhouse, Prescot
Tuesday 22 - Wednesday 23 July 2025
The Hammer and Helena is the true story of the most evil book ever written and its horrifying legacy. Helena Scheuberin finds herself the unwitting muse of a religious zealot ? the self-proclaimed Hammer of Witches. Her witch trial would ra...Out the Woodwork
Shakespeare North Playhouse, Prescot
Thursday 24 - Friday 25 July 2025
Gingerlee Does It presents its latest ingenious production, Out The Woodwork. Following his five-star dystopian satirical comedy National Killing Day, which saw a successful run at the 2018 Edinburgh Fringe and 2016 Manchester Fringe Festiv...Romeo and Juliet
Shakespeare North Playhouse, Prescot
Thursday 24 - Saturday 26 July 2025
Following last summer?s sold-out ?Macbeth?, this hard-hitting Romeo & Juliet adaptation from multi award winning ?A Place For Us Theatre? delivers a story which resonates across the ages. Set in the striking Performance Garden at Shakespear...Raves R Us
The Cockpit Theatre
Friday 25 - Saturday 26 July 2025
The most original night of immersive theatre you've ever been a part of! Naughty Corner Productions are a multi-award-winning theatre company from Liverpool, and they are bringing their biggest hit back to the stage. Toys R Us has closed do...Treasure Island
Shakespeare North Playhouse, Prescot
Wednesday 30 July 2025
Celebrating 30 years of touring theatre in 2025, Off the Ground Theatre are making their debut at Shakespeare North with the quintessential pirate tale, Treasure Island!For Jim Hawkins, pirates were just the stuff of exciting stories, until...Hamlet
Shakespeare North Playhouse, Prescot
Friday 1 - Saturday 2 August 2025
"Though this be madness, yet there is method isn?t!? Join the critically-acclaimed Pantaloons Theatre Company as they put on a frantic disposition to tackle Shakespeare?s greatest tragedy in their own anarchic style. When he discovers that ...How to get to the Shakespeare North Playhouse, Prescot
Shakespeare North Playhouse Frequently Asked Questions
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.
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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.
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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.
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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!
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Most Popular Shows and Events at Shakespeare North Playhouse, Prescot
