Shakespeare Out and About

Can’t bring your class to us? We can bring our workshops to you!

We offer outreach workshops to enhance your pupils’ history or literacy studies through a mix of hands-on, interactive learning activities to spark their creativity.

Outreach sessions are available to schools within a 60 minute travel radius of Stratford-upon-Avon.

Will on the Road [Full or Half Day]

This hands-on workshop allows children to learn about Shakespeare from cradle to grave, as they discover what life was like for William as a schoolboy, actor and playwright.

Activities include:

  • learning how quills, ink and parchment were made, writing with quills using the Tudor alphabet and creating parchment tags
  • hearing about the plague in Shakespeare’s time and investigating Tudor remedies including making a lavender bag
  • seeing a replica of Shakespeare’s Will and finding out what he left to his family and friends
  • participating in Tudor games and Tudor-dancing

Price on application.

Email [email protected] to find out more.

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