York International Shakespeare Festival 2015

YORKINTERNATIONALSHAKESPEAREFESTIVAL

FRIDAY 8 - SUNDAY 17 MAY 2015

The European ShakespeareFestivals Network produces newand interpretively innovativeproductions, develops projectswith and for local communities,supports new translations andresearch and facilitates genuineartistic and educational exchangeinternationally. The Prince Hproject on our programmerepresents a first major sharededucation initiative acrossEuropean festivals.

YorkShakes? With your help, wehope it will.

Enjoy the festival!

Damian Cruden, Philip Parr, Judith Buchanan

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As early as 1610, Shakespeare’sPericles, and possibly his KingLear, were performed nearPateley Bridge. The history ofperforming Shakespeare in NorthYorkshire therefore dates back toShakespeare’s own lifetime. Thislong tradition now finds vigorousnew expression in the YorkInternational Shakespeare Festival(known to its friends as‘YorkShakes’). Emerging from anambitious partnership betweenYork Theatre Royal, the Universityof York and Parrabbola, anddrawing in many other regional,national and internationalpartners, YorkShakes is a majornew venture for York and for theNorth, and a proud member ofthe European ShakespeareFestivals Network (ESFN).

Our launch festival is packed withvariety. Whether you’d like to seeNorthern Broadsides’ King Leardirected by Jonathan Miller, or bepresent for a foot-stompingRomeo and Juliet; catch aShakespearean opera or see avisual record of Calibans acrossthe ages; experience a silent filmof Hamlet or hear Shakespearetalks from eminent academics;meet a Spanish-speaking puppetwho’d like to be Hamlet or see anacclaimed Japanese actressperform Lady Macbeth, we havesomething for you.

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FEATURING THESTORIES OFSHAKEY P Words & Whippets returns for itsthird year running with anotherspectacular showcase of spokenword. Compered by York’s HenryRaby, this evening of entertaining,thoughtful, satirical and hilariousperformances celebrates poetryfrom across Yorkshire, inspired byShakespeare featuring:

Paul Maxy (Ex-Prison Chaplain atHMP Hull, social commentatorand wearer of Doctor Martens)

Rose Condo (Canadian prairiesgirl via Huddersfield. World WarOne Slam Championship 2014)

Sarah Thomasin (Sharp satiricalwit straight from Sheffield)

PLUS The Stories of Shakey Pperformed by Charlie Dupre.Classical playwriting and hip-hopmeet in an electrifying lyricalbrew, as the Bard is re-imaginedas a playground battle rapper byslam-winning performer CharlieDupre. Charlie has performed atLatitude, Secret Garden Party andsupported the likes of ScroobiusPip, Ghostpoet and Kate Tempest.

Saturday 9 MayLocation 1: De Grey Rooms BallroomTime: 8.00pmTicket: £5(£1 transaction fee per booking)

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A Solo Performance by Aki ISODA

TWO SHAKESPEAREHEROINES Acclaimed Japanese actress, and Shakespeareinterpreter, Aki Isoda brings to York herpresentations of two of Shakespeare’s heroinesLady Macbeth (in a Western style) and, A Vision ofOphelia (in a Japanese style).

Aki Isoda is a pioneer of the solo performer play inJapan, and has won numerous national andinternational awards, including the Shakespeare-in-Japan Award from the Shakespeare Globe Trustin London, and the Japanese Foreign Minister’sAward.

In Japanese with English surtitles.

Friday 8 & Sunday 10 MayLocation 1: De Grey Rooms BallroomTime: 7.30pmTicket: £12 Full Price £10 Concessions(£1 transaction fee per booking)

Teatr Strefa Otwarta of Wroclaw

H(2)OThe scene in which Hamlet meets with Ophelia,offers an opportunity to focus on the difficulties ofrelationships. Hamlet and Ophelia are engaged in aconstant and dangerous game, forced by the depthof their feelings to fight and to play. An intimate andendearing performance based on improvisation inwhich the actors examine the boundaries of theatre.Performed in Polish and English and devised by AnnaRakowska and Piotr Misztela, based on Hamlet.

Saturday 9 – Monday 11 MaySat 9 May, Location 1: De Grey Rooms Cocktail Bar 1pm, 6pmSun 10 May, Location 4: Gillygate Pub Time: 3pm, 7.30pmMon 11 May, Location 7: The New Schoolhouse Gallery4pm, 7.30pmTicket: £5 (£1 transaction fee per booking)

Parrabbola in association with Hamletscenen fromHelsingoer Denmark

PRINCE H. UNIVERSE In the Hamlet Family Talkshow studio – Prince H. is inthe presenter’s chair.

Prince H. tells stories from his own turbulent life, andinterviews his audiences about their experiences;universal issues discussed warmly and unpretentiouslyconnect Prince H.’s world with that of the audience.

This is the English language version of a series ofEuropean productions in various languages – underthe framework of the European Shakespeare FestivalsNetwork.

Particularly suitable for 13-16 year olds.

Saturday 9 & Sunday 10 MayLocation 9: Friargate TheatreTime: 5pm Saturday, 1pm SundayTicket: £10 Full Price £5 Under 18s(£1 transaction fee per booking)

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The Flanagan Collective inassociation with York Theatre Royal

ROMEO ANDJULIET Full of music, dancing and ahealthy dose of chutzpah, TheFlanagan Collective turn theirhand to one of the best lovedstories ever told. Performed in thebeautiful surroundings of StOlave’s church you can expect acandlelit, foot-stomping andheart-wrenching telling ofShakespeare’s homage to younglove and tragic romance. Infusedwith live music, soaringharmonies and good, honeststorytelling.

Thursday 7 – Saturday 23 Mayexcluding SundaysLocation 3: St Olave’s ChurchTime: 7.30pm,with 2.30pm Saturday MatineesTicket: £18 Full Price £16Concessions £14 Under 16s(£1 transaction fee per booking)

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The 16 – 19’s York TheatreRoyal Youth Theatrepresent

SHEDSPEARE Ever wondered whathappens to characterswhen they head out of ascene? Their lives continue;they do things, they goplaces, they make choicesand they talk to people.Come visit and spend 10minutes chatting withHippolyta, Feste, Dogberryand Verges. Discover theirstory outside of their plays,inside a shed.

Saturday 9 MayLocation 4: King’s ManorTime: Every 20 minutes from 11am - 3pm Ticket: FREE. Sign up on theday at the Box Office

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Silents Now presents

HAMLET:DRAMA OFVENGEANCE starring Asta Nielsen

(Germany: dirs. Svend Gade andHeinz Schall, 1921) Gala screening, with a scorecomposed by Robin Harris Performed live by Robin Harrisand Laura Anstee Screening introduced by ProfessorJudith Buchanan (University ofYork)

Hamlet not just performed by awoman but Hamlet as a woman?The sheer daring of the film’scentral premise is as brilliantlypursued as it is entertaining andthe film constitutes a remarkablemoment in the performancehistory of Hamlet. In 2005, acolour-tinted print of the film wasrediscovered in Germany. Thisprint has been beautifully restoredby the Deutsches Filminstitut.Nielsen’s central performance ismesmerising.

Cast:Hamlet – Asta NielsenOphelia – Lilly JacobsonClaudius – E. von WintersteinGertrude – Mathilde BrandtHoratio – Heinz Stieda

Robin Harris’s memorable scorehelps bring the film to life in freshand wonderful ways.

Saturday 9 MayLocation 13: Sir Jack Lyons ConcertHall, University of York Time: 7.30pmTicket: £12 Full Price £10Concessions(£1 transaction fee per booking)

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Opera Restor’d inassociation with HandMade Opera

PYRAMUSAND THISBE A comic opera by JohnFrederick Lampe

Early opera specialistsOpera Restor’d make awelcome return to thestage with their acclaimedproduction of Lampe’sPyramus and Thisbe.

A mournful moon, acowardly lion, an unrulywall and two bumblingRoman lovers:Shakespeare’s comic re-working – in AMidsummer Night’sDream – of Ovid’s story isone of the best-lovedcomic episodes in theatre.Set the ill-fated love storyto Lampe’s late Baroquemusic, parody thepomposity of the day’sItalian Opera with all itsdivas, and the result is ascintillating early Englishcomic opera full ofmusical and theatricalfireworks.

“Unpretentious charm,musical rigour andaesthetic honesty”The Times

Sunday 10 MayLocation 6: National Centrefor Early MusicTime: 4pmTicket: £22 Full Price£18 Concessions(£1 transaction fee perbooking)

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A York Theatre RoyalCo-Production withLandesbühnen Sachsen

SHAKESPEAREIN HIS CUPS Written by Richard Hurford

It is a naughty end of the tournight as three actors tell tales ofShakespeare in drink. As they playout scenes of folly andmalevolence, their lives slowlymerge into that of the charactersand Shakespeare’s exploration ofthe human condition throughdrink becomes that of their own.

A playful study of drink anddrinking, so come raise a glass (orthree) to celebrate the Bard andhis plays with all their liquor!

Featuring Martin Barrass,Jonathan Race and RobinSimpsonDirected by Julian Ollive

Monday 11 & Tuesday 12 MayLocation 4: The Gillygate PubTime: 6.30pmTicket £5(£1 transaction fee per booking)

Companyia Pelmànec of Cataloniapresents

THE DIAGNOSIS:HAMLETMax wants to be Hamlet. He wantsShakespeare to make decisions for him,to speak for him. He wants to beliberated from his pain and his fearthrough the words of one of the mostcomplex and analysed characters inliterature. And so, day after day, hereimagines his life: to be a producer, tobe a puppeteer encouraging andcontrolling the nightmares that haunthim. But the brain is perverse, sooneror later we all must face the greattruth: life is uncertainty.

Presented in Spanish with Englishsurtitles

“Don't think puppetry is just forchildren. Miquel Gallardo's puppets arealive and autonomous... a lucid,brilliant, poetic show, which startssmiles and creates dreams.” El País

Monday 11 May & Tuesday 12 MayLocation 8: St Peter’s SchoolTime: 7.30pmTicket: £12 Full Price £10 Concessions(£1 transaction fee per booking)


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The HandleBards present

THE COMEDYOF ERRORS"4 actors, 4 bicycles, 40characters and a 2000+ mileadventure."

The HandleBards - a madcap, 4-strong, all-male troupe of players– are cycling to York to performThe Comedy of Errors! Carryingall their set, props and costumeson just 4 bikes, they will berocking up in their innovative styleto perform Shakespeare'sanarchic farce of mistakenidentity and too many twins.

Wednesday 13 MayLocation 9: Museum GardensMultangular TowerTime: 1.30pm and 6pmTicket: FREE AND NO NEED TO BOOK

York Shakespeare Project presents

TIMON OFATHENS Rich beyond measure, Timon ofAthens loves feasts, friends - andflattery. Yet when financial crisishits he finds his friends abandonhim, leaving him alone in theruins of his extravagant lifestyle.With creditors closing in, Timonprepares a final party to make hisfarewells. And what a farewellthis will be...

For their twenty-seventhproduction, York ShakespeareProject presents this dark tale ofthe dangers of greed, following

sell-out shows at York TheatreRoyal (Othello, Twelfth Night). Setup in 2001, the Project's goal is toproduce the complete plays ofWilliam Shakespeare in York over20 years.

Directed by Ruby Clarke

Thursday 14 – Sunday 17 May Location 1: De Grey Rooms BallroomTime: 7.30pm with a 2.30pmSaturday and Sunday matinee Ticket: £12 Full Price£10 Concessions(£1 transaction fee per booking)

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A Two Gents production

THE TAMINGOF THESHREW A topsy, turvy examination ofgender roles, marriage andoppression.

Two Gents Productions is across-cultural, touring theatrecompany, whose adaptations ofShakespeare’s plays highlightissues of migration anddisplacement.

This production is presented inthe company’s signature bare-boned style, which has beenpraised as “uproariouslyentertaining” by The Guardian.

Friday 15 & Saturday 16 MayLocation 2: Friargate TheatreTime: 7.30pm with a 12noonSaturday Matinee Ticket: £12 Full Price £10 Concessions(£1 transaction fee per booking)

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University of York’s DramaSocpresents

RICHARD III Richard returns to York.

Reimagined as a modern-daypolitical thriller, a young,ambitious Richard seeks to seizethe reins of our nation’s dividedParliament by any meansnecessary.

In an ambitious retelling ofShakespeare’s classic, theUniversity of York’s Drama Societywill examine the nature ofleadership in today’s fracturedpolitical climate and the insatiablerise of the increasingly outlandish,motivated and charismatic“people’s politicians”.

Saturday 16 MayLocation 10: Guildhall CouncilChambersTime: 5pmTicket: £6 Full Price £5 Concessions(£1 transaction fee per booking)

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Northern Broadsides present

KING LEAR Directed by Jonathan Miller

King Lear is the story of a family at war withitself. Lear, an aging and deeply flawedindividual, wrecks his relationship with his threedaughters and in doing so, loses all he has.What is there left? This question, which is Lear’spredicament and Shakespeare’s genius, invitesus all to think upon what we might gain whennothing is all we have.

Miller famously described King Lear as “Themost interesting play Shakespeare ever wrote”.With his keen eye for the subtleties of humanbehaviour and a sharp focus on the emotionalpower of the story, be prepared for a ‘Lear’stripped back to its heart and soul; intimate,moving and utterly believable.

This is Miller’s second collaboration with the multiaward-winning Northern Broadsides; a companywhose trademark vigour, simplicity and down-to-earth performance style has won over a wholenew generation of Shakespeare fans.

Designed by Isabella BywaterLighting by Guy Hoare

“Northern Broadsides have a vigorous aesthetic,a way of doing Shakespeare that is revelatory.”The Independent on Sunday

“Northern Broadsides can bring Shakespeare tolife as gripping, accessible theatre for todaysimply by making the words sing.”The Guardian

Tuesday 12 – Saturday 16 May

Location 16: TFTV Mainstage, University of YorkTime: 7.30pm with a 2.30pm Saturday Matinee Tickets: Tues - Thurs eve £22 Full Price Concessions £2 off £15 Under 18sFri - Sat eve £25 Full Price Concessions £2 off £18 Under 18sSat Matinee £18 Full Price Concessions £2 off £14 Under 18sSchools £10(£1 transaction fee per booking)

Post-Show Talk with Barrie Rutter andMembers of the King Lear Cast This post-show Q and A is free to ticket-holdersof the performance on Wednesday 13 May at 7.30pm

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PROFESSOR IRENAMAKARYKSHAKESPEARE INUKRAINE: VOICINGTHE TIMES Banned in Ukraine by the tsars,Shakespeare made his long-awaited entrance in 1919 duringthe tumultuous years of civil war,world war, and revolution. In thisillustrated lecture, Irena Makarykwill show how Shakespeare canbe invited to connect with themoment by arguing that Kurbas'Macbeth in 1924 was a reflectionof the upheaval of those difficulttimes.

Irena R. Makaryk, Professor of Englishat the University of Ottawa, is authorof Shakespeare in the UndiscoveredBourn (2004), Shakespeare in theWorlds of Communism and Socialism(with J. G. Price, 2006), Modernism inKyiv (with V. Tkacz, 2010), andShakespeare and the Second WorldWar (with M. McHugh, 2012).

Monday 11 MayLocation 15: Bowland Auditorium,Berrick Saul, University of YorkTime: 5pmTicket: FREE to book

PRE-SHOW TALKPROFESSOR TONHOENSELAARS SING LIKE BIRDSI’TH’CAGE:CULTIVATINGSHAKESPEARE IN CAPTIVITY, 1914-2014For over a century, civilians inlabour camps, prison camps, andconcentration camps worldwidehave read, taught, cited, andperformed the works ofShakespeare. This talk investigateshow ‘Shakespeare’ gave meaningto the existence of thoseinterned, but also the ways inwhich present-day observers maybenefit from these internmentcamp cultures.

Ton Hoenselaars, Professor of EarlyModern English History and Culture atUtrecht University, is author of, amongother titles, Shakespeare's History Plays(2004), Shakespeare and the Languageof Translation (2012), and Shakespearebehind Barbed Wire (forthcoming2016).

Tuesday 12 MayLocation 15: Bowland Auditorium,Berrick Saul, University of YorkTime: 5pmTicket: FREE to book

PRE-SHOW TALKPROFESSORMARGRETA DE GRAZIA ENDS, EXITS ANDTHE ‘ESCHATON’ IN‘KING LEAR’A half-century ago, FrankKermode argued influentially thatin King Lear the scriptural sense ofendtime had given way to modernfictive notions of the end. And yetthe eschaton is deeply embeddedin the structure of Lear, not just inthe plot’s drawn-out movementthrough an apocalyptic storm to a“promised end”, but in smallerscenic units that problematize theexits that bring scenes to a close.But what happens to these in-builteschatological structures inperformances that are resolutelysecular?

Margreta de Grazia, EmeritaRosenberg Professor in the Humanitiesat the University of Pennsylvania, is theauthor of, among other titles,Shakespeare Verbatim (1991),“Hamlet” without Hamlet (2007), andFive Shakespearean Period Pieces(forthcoming).

Thursday 14 MayLocation 17: Ron Cooke Hub,Heslington East Campus, Universityof YorkTime: 5.30pmTicket: FREE to book

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The Shakespeare in the Making of Europe project, a researchcollaboration between the Universities of York, Utrecht, Amsterdam,LMU Munich, Wuerzburg and Łódź, presents two talks

The University of York welcomesyou to the annual distinguishedPatrides lecture


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The Drama Department at York St. John University presents

A RESPONSE TO ‘KING LEAR’: THEY KILL US FOR THEIR SPORTThrough fragmented images, snatched conversations and half-remembered events, York St. John’s second year students havecreated their production as a reconsidering of William Shakespeare’sKing Lear.

It has been composed in response to the students’ recent secularpilgrimage to Auschwitz; to try and answer the question “how willwe remember when all the witnesses are gone?”

Wednesday 13 & Thursday 14 MayLocation 11: Quad South Hall, York St. John UniversityTime: 8pmTicket: Free

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PRE-SHOW TALKPROFESSOR MIKECORDNER THE VOICES OF‘KING LEAR’By the time he wrote King LearShakespeare had developed anunsurpassed mastery of thewriting of stage dialogue. Thistalk will explore, with the help ofperformed excerpts from actors,the richness and variety of theperformance possibilities of thisextraordinary script.

Michael Cordner, Ken Dixon Professorof Drama and Head of Theatre in theDepartment of TFTV, University ofYork, is founding General Editor ofOxford University Press's OxfordEnglish Drama and regularly directsproductions of 17th-century plays onthe main stage of York’s TFTVDepartment.

Saturday 16 MayLocation 16: Black Box, TFTV,Heslington East Campus, Universityof YorkTime: 5.30pmTicket: FREE to book

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POPULARSHAKESPEARES PT. 1Before they perform theiradaptation of The Taming of theShrew in the evening, the founderand director of Two GentsProductions, Arne Pohlmeier, willbe providing a workshopdemonstration on Friday morning.Two Gents’ The Two Gentlemenof Verona was chosen to be part

of the Globe to Globe Festivalduring the Cultural Olympiad, andthey regularly tour round bothrural and urban venues using theirsignature style to unfoldShakespeare’s stories on a barestage with only two actors ofmigrant/cross-culturalbackgrounds.

Friday 15 MayLocation 12: Temple Hall, York St.John UniversityTime: 10am Ticket: FREE to book

POPULARSHAKESPEARES PT. 2The afternoon will feature a paneldiscussion with a range of guestswho are directly involved inbringing Shakespeare to 21stCentury audiences, frominternational festivals,reconstructed theatres, internetperformance archives, communityamateur Shakespeare theatre andmuseums. Panellists includelecturers, theatre producers andhistorians.

Friday 15 MayLocation 12: Temple Hall, York St.John UniversityTime: 2pm Ticket: FREE to book

POP-UP CINEMAPop round to the Festival box office in the DeGrey rooms to view a rolling selection of filmsfrom our partner festivals from across Europe andour other international colleagues. A festival ofHamlets in Romania, Shakespeare in OutbackAustralia and prisons in Malta. Drop in and catchup with some outstanding and varied work - allfor free! TV screen with headphones.

Friday 8 – Sunday 17 MayLocation 1: Box Office, De Grey RoomsTime: During Box Office hoursTicket: FREE AND NO NEED TO BOOK

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York St. John University welcomes you to

POPULAR SHAKESPEARES The aim of these two events is to explore how Shakespeare’s theatre ispopularised in the twenty-first century.


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The Cathedral Cities partnershipbetween the Universities ofCologne and York presents

A PARTY FOR WILL:EXHIBITIONHeslington Hall is the Tudormanor house in the heart ofHeslington that was partiallyrebuilt in the Victorian style in thenineteenth century and is nowthe nerve centre of the Universityof York. To celebrate the YorkInternational Shakespeare Festival,this impressive manor house isopening its doors to host aninternational Shakespeare

exhibition. The exhibition,generously on loan from theUniversity of Cologne, features anarray of interesting and variedShakespeare-related artefacts, artworks and fascinating records ofproduction. As part of thiscelebration of Shakespeareanperformance histories, visitors willbe invited to explore the range ofways in which Shakespeare hasbeen interpreted at differentmoments and in different places.

’A Party for Will’ was originally curatedin Germany by Petra Hesse and PeterMarx. The Cologne/York cathedralcities exhibition project is managed byPeter Marx, Judith Buchanan, SaschaForster, Carla Suthren and HelenJacobs, with postgraduates from bothuniversities.

With thanks to the YuFund, theErasmus programme and the Universityof Cologne for kind support for thisexhibition, and to the University ofYork for generously relocating othercore activity from Heslington Hall tomake the exhibition possible.

Sunday 10 – Saturday 16 May

Location 14: Heslington Hall Opening Times: Sun 10 2.30pm – 4.30pmMon 11 1pm – 4pmTues 12 1pm – 6pm Wed 13 1pm – 6pmThu 14 1pm – 5pmFri 15 1pm – 5pmSat 16 2.30pm – 5pm

Ticket: FREE AND NO NEED TO BOOKFor pre-booked school parties:11 – 15 May inclusive12:30pm – 3pm

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FRIDAY 8 MAY 7.30pm

TWO SHAKESPEAREHEROINES1: De Grey RoomsBallroom

7.30pm

ROMEO & JULIET3: St Olave’s Church

SATURDAY 9 MAY 11am - 3pm

SHEDSPEARE4: King’s Manor

1pm

H(2)O1: De Grey RoomsCocktail Bar

2.30pm


5pm

PRINCE H. UNIVERSE2: Friargate Theatre

6pm

H(2)01: De Grey Cocktail Bar

7.30pm

HAMLET: DRAMA OF VENGEANCE13. Sir Jack LyonsConcert Hall

7.30pm


8pm

WORDS ANDWHIPPETS1: De Grey Ballroom

SUNDAY 10 MAY 1pm

PRINCE H.UNIVERSE2: Friargate Theatre

2.30pm – 4.30pm

A PARTY FOR WILLEXHIBITION14: Heslington Hall

3pm

H(2)O4 The Gillygate Pub

4pm

PYRAMUS ANDTHISBE6: National Centre for Early Music

7.30pm

TWO SHAKESPEAREHEROINES1: De Grey RoomsBallroom

7.30pm

H(2)O4: The Gillygate Pub

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MONDAY 11 MAY 1pm – 4pm


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H(2)O7: The NewSchoolhouse Gallery

5pm

IRENA MAKARYK15: Bowland Auditorium

7.30pm


6.30pm

SHAKESPEARE INHIS CUPS4: The Gillygate Pub

7.30pm

H(2)O7: The NewSchoolhouse Gallery

7.30pm

THE DIAGNOSIS:HAMLET8: St Peter’s School

TUESDAY 12 MAY 1pm – 6pm


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TON HOENSELAARS15: Bowland Auditorium

7.30pm

THE DIAGNOSIS:HAMLET8: St Peter’s School

7.30pm

KING LEAR16: TFTV Mainstage

6.30pm

SHAKESPEARE INHIS CUPS4: The Gillygate Pub

7.30pm


1.30pm

THE COMEDY OF ERRORS9: Museum Gardens

1pm – 6pm


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THEY KILL US FORTHEIR SPORT11: Quad South Hall

7.30pm


6pm

THE COMEDY OF ERRORS9: Museum Gardens

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THURSDAY 14 MAY 1pm – 5pm

A PARTY FOR WILL 14: Heslington Hall

5.30pm

MARGRETA DE GRAZIA17: Ron Cooke Hub

7.30pm


7.30pm


7.30pm

TIMON OF ATHENS1: De Grey RoomsBallroom

FRIDAY 15 MAY 10am

POPULARSHAKESPEARES PT. 112: Temple Hall

1pm – 5pm


2pm

POPULARSHAKESPEARES PT. 212: Temple Hall

7.30pm


7.30pm


7.30pm


7.30pm

THE TAMING OFTHE SHREW2: Friargate Theatre

SATURDAY 16 MAY

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5.30pm

MIKE CORDNER16: TFTV Black Box

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2.30pm


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RICHARD III10: Guildhall CouncilChambers

2.30pm


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THEY KILL US FORTHEIR SPORT11: Quad South Hall

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Box Office: During the theatre’s closure ourmain City Centre Box Office will be located inthe De Grey Rooms. Box Office will be open10am - 6pm, and until 8pm on some daysduring the festival. There will also be a BoxOffice at selected performance venues duringthe International Shakespeare Festival withextended opening hours on evenings withperformances.

How to Pay: We accept cash, cheque, debit orcredit cards. Tickets booked over the phone oronline can be posted to you for £1.50. Print athome tickets are also available. All otherbookings will be held at the Box Office forcollection.

Booking Fees: A transaction fee of £1 applies;including cash sales (Free for Members, Friendsand participatory events unless booked online).

Ticket Reservations:We can hold tickets forup to 4 days. Unpaid reservations will bereleased for re-sale 30 minutes before the startof the performance.

Tickets for exchange or re-sale must bepresented to the Box Office at least 24 hoursbefore the performance date. All sales are non-refundable unless the tickets are re-sold, pleasenote that our own un-sold tickets will takepriority. Tickets may be exchanged for futureperformances of the same show subject toavailability. No ticket refunds will be given onthe announcement of a subsequent specialoffer. Re-sales and exchanges are subject to anadditional transaction fee (free to members).

Latecomers: May be asked to wait until asuitable break in the performance before takingtheir seats. On some occasions it may beimpossible to admit latecomers until theinterval.

Access: We are committed to making ourperformances as accessible as possible. Foraccess information please ask at the Box Officeor check the website.

Concessions: Where applicable apply to over60s, those in receipt of means tested benefitsand full time students. Subject to availability.

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12. Temple Hall, York St. John

13. Sir Jack Lyons Concert Hall, University of York

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GREAT SHAKESPEARE, GREAT DISCOUNT! Book 3 shows throughout the festival and get a discount of 10%

Book 4 shows throughout the festival and get a discount of 15%

Book 5 shows throughout the festival and get a discount of 20%

Standard ticket prices only. Free events are not included in this offer. Notavailable in conjunction with other discounts. Tickets must be booked throughthe York Theatre Royal Box Office or website for the discount to be applied.

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