All posts tagged "Shakespeare North"

  • Theatre Crane Towers 190ft above Prescot

    A massive crane will alter the Prescot skyline for more than a year to come. The structure will stand on the Shakespeare North construction site for an estimated 65 weeks in total, lifting weights of up to...

    • Posted January 31, 2020
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  • Dame Judi Promotes Prescot Theatre in Parliament

    Dame Judi Dench took the news of Prescot’s Shakespeare North Playhouse development to Parliament yesterday (Wednesday 15 January). The Oscar-winning actor, whose stage, film and TV career has included seven appearances as M in the James Bond...

    • Posted January 16, 2020
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  • Main Theatre Construction Begins January

    Above-ground construction on the Shakespeare North theatre in Prescot will begin in January 2020. Knowsley Council have appointed contractors Kier Construction for the two-year task. The ground, formerly part of the Mill Street Car Park, has already...

    • Posted December 5, 2019
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  • Romeo & Juliet Returns to Prescot 13 July: Photos

    Imaginarium Theatre’s hit production of Shakespeare’s Romeo & Juliet returns to Prescot before ending its summer tour. The play opened in the ‘Woodland Theatre,’ in the grounds of Prescot Parish Church, on 15 June, before touring parks across Merseyside...

    • Posted July 5, 2019
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  • What’s on in Prescot, June 2019

    Events in & around Prescot, Whiston & Rainhill in June 2019 Saturday 1 June . 9am-2pm . Prescot Town Centre & Shopping Centre Prescot Producers’ Market & Arts & Craft Fayre Saturday 1 June . 1pm-3pm ....

    • Posted June 1, 2019
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  • Romeo & Juliet Coming to Prescot This June, July

    The world’s most famous love story is coming to Prescot on 15 June. Imaginarium Theatre, the Prescot-based company known until recently as MATE Productions, is staging William Shakespeare’s tale of romance, revenge and rivalry in the woodlands...

    • Posted May 29, 2019
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  • Prescot Ambassadors Scoop Judge’s Choice at Business Awards

    A group of Prescot town centre businesses were hailed ‘Judge’s Choice’ at an awards ceremony earlier this month. Restaurateurs, bakers, florists and artists were among those named Prescot Ambassadors, championed at the Knowsley Business Awards for their...

    • Posted November 28, 2018
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  • Giant Cardboard Castle to Celebrate Shakespeare’s Prescot Connection

    The Prescot public are being invited to help build a giant cardboard castle inspired by Elsinore, the Danish castle immortalised by William Shakespeare in his play Hamlet. Construction will take place at the Prescot School as part of...

    • Posted July 24, 2018
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  • Prescot Street to Be Called Prospero Place

    The competition to name a new street in Prescot has come to an end, with the public choosing Prospero Place as the winner, from a shortlist of five. The street will be the official address of the...

    • Posted July 17, 2018
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  • Voting Now Open on Shakespeare North Prescot Street Name

    A competition to name the street in front of Prescot’s new Shakespeare North Playhouse is now in its final stage. A shortlist of six Shakespeare-inspired names, along with reasons for the suggestions, is being put to the...

    • Posted June 26, 2018
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