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Shakespeare

Oddsocks Shakespeare shows now online

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Oddsocks Productions is staying connected across  social media platforms and bringing entertainment to audiences (old and new!) during […]

April 30, 2020 Comedy, Drama

Review: Macbeth, Derby Theatre

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A slick and assured production of Shakespeare’s blackest of fables, Macbeth, is currently being staged at Derby Theatre. […]

March 5, 2020 Drama, Reviews

Shakespeare’s tale of he who would be king

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Billed as Shakespeare’s darkest and spookiest thriller, Derby Theatre’s production of Macbeth this month promises battles, murder, ghosts… […]

February 13, 2020 Drama, Theatre, Uncategorized

Review: Ross A Scottish Play, Belper Players

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It’s a brave writer who attempts to tweak a Shakespeare play, but Jeff Moule clearly wasn’t daunted by […]

November 14, 2019 Drama, Uncategorized

Review: Romeo and Juliet, Captive Audience

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Quite how the young Captive Audience cast remembered all their lines for their latest production Romeo and Juliet […]

May 16, 2019 Drama, Festivals, Reviews

Historian tells of love story at Crich

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John of Gaunt, Shakespeare’s “time honoured Lancaster” was the fourth son of King Edward III, and was considered […]

April 15, 2017 Drama

What was the mystery illness behind King Lear tragedy?

A University of Derby project which solved the mystery of the illness behind the tragedy in Shakespeare’s King […]

September 30, 2016 Drama, News, Uncategorized

Review: Macbeth, Markeaton Park, Derby

There’s nothing namby pamby about Oddsocks when it comes to rain. The show will go on, whatever the […]

June 16, 2016 Comedy, Drama, Musicals, Reviews

Double bill of Shakespeare in Park

Oddsocks Productions are bringing a double-bill of Shakespeare’s classics to the Markeaton Park in a season of outdoor […]

June 11, 2016 Drama

Arts Council funds Derby theatre company’s new project

Derby’s 1623 Theatre Company has been granted nearly £50,000 by Arts Council England for a pilot production of Lear/Cordelia. The production […]

December 4, 2015 Drama

Tenth birthday for Shakespeare company

The year 1623 is one of the most significant in world culture as it was when the first […]

November 20, 2015 Authors, Comedy, Drama, Literature, Prose

Open air theatre at Markeaton Park

Derby’s newly refurbished Markeaton Park will take centre stage in the city’s Love Parks Week celebrations this year. […]

July 20, 2015 Crafts, Drama, Exhibitions, Festivals

Bard in the Barn

Derby Shakespeare Theatre Company are presenting Bard in the Barn – Henry IV Part 2 –  at Broomfield […]

July 11, 2015 Comedy, Drama

Theatre announces autumn season

Derby Theatre has announced its autumn season celebrating the theatre’s 40th anniversary. From big-hearted, bold and brassy smash-hit […]

June 5, 2015 Comedy, Dance, Drama, Pantomimes, Shows, Uncategorized

Comedy drama at Crich

Seven Ages by the Kepow Theatre Company is a wonderful semi-improvised comedy show, loosely based on Shakespeare’s As […]

May 14, 2015 Comedy, Drama

Review: Macbeth, Derby Theatre

The lure of ambition and its resulting bloody treachery is the central theme of Macbeth that has led […]

April 22, 2015 Drama, Uncategorized

Outdoor Shakespeare from student group

The New Kings Players are staging an outdoor week of drama and daftness with Shakespeare’s funniest and best loved […]

August 14, 2014 Drama

Inventive new Midsummer Night’s Dream

An outstanding cast of 13 young lovers, warring fairies and mischievous mechanicals will come together to perform Shakespeare’s classic […]

November 6, 2012 Comedy

Light season inspires workshops

Derby QUAD will be staging several events as part of  the new LIGHT season, which explores the use of […]

November 1, 2012 Exhibitions, Photography, Visual Art
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    • Jenny Oldknow, artist
    • John Connolly, artist
    • Joyce Brown: artist
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    • Keith Newlove – sculptor
    • Kerri Pratt, landscape artist
    • Kristan Baggaley, artist
    • Olivia Punnett
    • Paul Hobson – wildlife photographer
    • Paul Johnstone – artist
    • Paul Smith – sculptor
    • Peter Aitchison, travel photographer
    • Rachel Carter – willow weaving
    • Rebecca Morledge, artist
    • Rebecca Soanes, Photographer
    • Red Ruff – three part harmony group
    • Richard Birkin, musician
    • Richard Holland – artist
    • Richard Wheeler – photographer
    • Richard Whittlestone, wildlife artist
    • Rob Wilson – Artist
    • Sam Sweeney, musician
    • Sandra Orme – pastel artist
    • Simon Bull, photographer
    • Simon Parkin: Artist
    • Sophie Snell, storyteller
    • Steve Tucker – landscape and wildlife photographer
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