@shakespearebtrust.bsky.social
We care for Shakespeare's family homes and share the love of his work, life, and times from his hometown of Stratford-upon-Avon. www.shakespeare.org.uk
Join us online next week when we'll be in conversation with Dame Janet Suzman about Queen Cleopatra, one of Shakespeare's most famous female characters.
👉 Book your free space tinyurl.com/muzawrxj
📆 11 June 2025, 5pm
Part of The Women Who Made Shakespeare.
🎉 Wishing our Honorary President, Professor Sir Stanley Wells, a happy 95th birthday🎈
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An opening date will be announced soon.
More Info: bit.ly/4jaQVQv
Plans include:
🏛️ a new, pop-up style exhibition space highlighting Stratford’s vibrant history
🏛️ a space to start community conversations on how to further celebrate the wider heritage of the town.
📣 New Exhibition focusing on Stratford’s wider heritage to be located at Harvard House
The Shakespeare Birthplace Trust and the Stratford Society have today announced that Harvard House will play host to a new, temporary exhibition and community consultation space this summer.
Visitors can still access the grounds surrounding the cottage and the café. Please contact info@shakespeare.org.uk directly for any enquiries regarding your visit.
We apologise for any inconvenience caused.
📣 Visitor Update – 16/05/25 📣
Due to circumstances beyond our control there will be no access to Anne Hathaway’s Cottage for the remainder of the day.
May #ResearchConversation
Join us online tomorrow night as we welcome Prof. Woods on the shifts between friends, enemies and lovers in A Midsummer Night's Dream.
👉 Book your free space: tinyurl.com/4ya42d33
📆 14 May 2025, 5pm
Part of 'The Women Who Made Shakespeare'.
Let us know in the comments which songs remind you of your favourite female Shakespeare character and why 👇
#shakespeare #silentdisco #shakespearesbirthday #thewomenwhomadeshakespeare
'If music be the food of love, play on' 🎵
Twelfth Night, Act 1 Scene 1
Don’t worry if you missed our silent disco this weekend (inspired by the Women Who Made Shakespeare) – you can now listen to the soundtracks on Spotify!
🎧Heroes: tinyurl.com/2vcnw6uh
🎧Anti-Heroes: tinyurl.com/589up5na
Exploring themes of birth, sense of place and destiny with Shakespeare's timeless words woven throughout, visitors are encouraged to reflect on how we all become who we are.
📅 Opening 24 May
🔗 Discover more and pre-book your visit: tinyurl.com/2sph7d9d
📣New Exhibition Coming to Shakespeare’s Birthplace
Becoming Shakespeare blends historical narratives and immersive storytelling to guide visitors through an engaging experience that places Stratford-upon-Avon at the heart of what made William Shakespeare the globally recognised artist he became.
Anne Hathaway's Cottage has been awarded a CIE Tours Visit Award of Excellence.
The CIE Awards of Excellence celebrate UK hoteliers and tourist experience operators who have been singled out by the 12,000 visitors who came to the UK with CIE Tours in 2024.
Congrats to all of the award winners! 👏
📢 New job opportunity: Team Leaders
Join us as a Team Leader working across the Shakespeare family homes to deliver an excellent visitor experience and oversee aspects of day-to-day visitor operations.
Find out more and apply now: tinyurl.com/mrxxyp28
📢 Exciting job opportunity: Grants & Trusts Manager
Be part of our passionate and dynamic Development team and play a pivotal role in securing funding for a variety of exciting projects.
Closing 📆: 27 April 2025
🔎 Find out more and apply now: bit.ly/3XNGV86
📢 New role alert: Retail Sales Assistant
We are looking for an enthusiastic retail team member to help make a visit to the Shakespeare family homes a memorable one.
Closing 📆: Sunday 13 April 2025
Find out more and apply now 👉 bit.ly/4ibmWrg
Join us online next week for our April #ResearchConversation when we’ll be in conversation with Dame Judi Dench on ‘Playing Shakespeare’s Women’ and delving into her enduring love and knowledge of Shakespeare. 🎭
📆 9 April 🕙 5-6pm
Free online event. 👉 Book your space > tinyurl.com/yyu898h2
A Day With… Much Ado About Nothing 🎭
Enjoy illuminating conversation with our Shakespeare specialists and share ideas with other enthusiasts.
📆 15 April 2025 | 🕙 10am – 4.30pm | 📍 Hall’s Croft | 🎟️ Tickets £55
Book your place 👉 tinyurl.com/34x8j7tx
In celebration of the project, we’re bringing a series of nature-inspired events to Anne Hathaway’s Cottage and Shakespeare's New Place:
🦋 Moth Breakfast
🦇 Bat Walk
🌄 Dawn Chorus
🌱 Sustainable Community Day
Find out more about how we're taking part: tinyurl.com/32352mxy
We’re excited to be taking part in THE HERDS! 🌍
A new project from The Walk Productions, @theherds.bsky.social will feature over a hundred life-size animal puppets, created from renewable and recyclable materials, journeying 12,000 miles through Africa and Europe.
📣 New Blog Alert 📣
In this new blog, members of the SBT Collections team reflect on the importance of identifying, preserving and sharing records of women’s lived experience.
Read the full blog now 👉 bit.ly/4bU05Pb
#womenshistorymonth #thewomenwhomadeshakespeare
“This bud of love, by summer's ripening breath, May prove a beauteous flower when next we meet” 🌹
Romeo and Juliet, Act 2 Scene 2
#happyvalentinesday #valentinesday #romeoandjuliet #shakespeare
Congratulations to all those shortlisted. We look forward to celebrating with you all soon.
See the full shortlist: culturalenterprises.org.uk/awards/meet-...
#culturalenterprisesawards #culturalenterprisesawardsshortlisted #childrensfolio
Since publication we have:
🏫 Distributed the first 10,000 copies of the book to UK schools and public libraries free of charge.
📚 Reached new audiences online with the limited edition.
🛍️ Launched an exclusive range of prints and gifts featuring Emily’s artwork from the book.
Skilfully edited by Dr Anjna Chouhan, lavishly illustrated by Emily Sutton and published in partnership with Walker Books last year, the Children's Folio is inspiring thousands of young children nationwide to engage and fall in love with Shakespeare’s works like never before.
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📣 We’re delighted to announce that Shakespeare’s First Folio: All The Plays – A Children’s Edition is shortlisted for Cultural Enterprises Awards Best Publication of the Year.
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After a very busy month for our estates, gardens and collections teams, we can’t wait to welcome you back to the Shakespeare family homes.
#conservation #sbt #shakespearesbirthplace #annehathawayscottage
2025 Conservation Period: Completed ⚒️✅
Anne Hathaway’s Cottage opens its doors to visitors tomorrow, marking the end of our conservation period for this year.
From hard hat tours to talks with experts, visitors can enjoy exclusive access to see this important work taking place in real time and ask any questions.
More information coming soon.
#conservation #hallscroft #susannahall #shakespeare #sbt
📣 See conservation in action at the home of Shakespeare’s daughter 🏡
As we undertake a significant conservation project at Hall’s Croft this spring, we’ll be inviting you into the historic building for a front row seat.
Find out more: bit.ly/4gmySoW
