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Doing Shakespeare

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Lowther PavilionLytham

1–2 November 2026

2 past performances

Age Guidance 12+ Coronation Street legend Steven Arnold stars in Doing Shakespeare. Six actors meet up to do Shakespeare the way Shakespeare himself would have done Shakespeare: learning their parts separately and then meeting up on the day to go through entrances and exits, fights and jigs. However, due to a breakdown in communications, each actor has learnt a different play but rather than abandon the performance, they carry on regardless convincing themselves that the audience won’t notice. David Spicer’s mad Shakespearean mash-up will have you rolling in the aisles and the Bard turning…