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The show goes on for a Shakespeare film set

Brief letters: Shakespeare North Playhouse | Taxing millionaires | Brewing annoyance | Precise apostrophes | Lynne Truss

The Guardian - UK

A Midsummer Night’s Dream review – gleefully anarchic opening show

New playhouse kicks off with a boisterous, boundary-pushing production that is inventive enough to find fresh laughs in the mechanicals

The Guardian - UK

'Underrated' Merseyside town that 'lives up to the hype'

"It really does deserve more recognition."

Liverpool Echo

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Shakespeare North Playhouse review – a wooden O for the north

Against all the odds, and with backers including Judi Dench and Kim Cattrall, this 470-seat modern twist on a Shakespearean theatre is poised for action, from Bottom to Johnny Vegas

The Guardian - UK

Shakespeare links to Merseyside town even people who live there might not know

A new Shakespeare theatre is set to open

Liverpool Echo

Building Merseyside’s theatre of dreams in the big Tesco ‘ghost town’

The £38m Shakespeare North playhouse is set to put Prescot ‘on the map’ and shift the region’s cultural focus to Knowsley - but some residents question if everyone can come along for the ride

Liverpool Echo

First look inside Liverpool's newest £38m theatre with unique touch

The ground-breaking new venue is home to the only 17th-century style, timber-built "Cockpit" theatre outside London

Liverpool Echo

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'This space belongs to the people and it's time to welcome them in': First look inside £38m Shakespeare North Playhouse

The venue is expected to open to the public from July 15

Birmingham Post

North West 'jewel in the crown' to open to public after decade of planning

£8m has been provided by the Liverpool City Region Combined Authority to improve local transport infrastructure

Liverpool Echo

£38m Shakespeare North Playhouse set to open as new board of trustees appointed

The new theatre is expected to attract 140,000 visitors a year to the region

Liverpool Echo

Merseyside’s new Shakespeare theatre opens by celebrating builders and footballers

Local heroes including screenwriter Jimmy McGovern and comedian Johnny Vegas will take stage at Shakespeare North Playhouse this summer

The Guardian - UK

£30m Shakespeare North Playhouse supported by Johnny Vegas to open in Prescot

Johnny Vegas said: 'Let's make it up north, let's do it up north, let’s have some faith in us up north'

Liverpool Echo

Hidden landmarks you walk past every day in quiet Merseyside town

13 have already been installed, with another coming soon

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