The 5th Biennial British Shakespeare Association Conference is being held in Lancaster from February 24th-26th in 2012. The call for papers is now closed and the conference committee will be in touch soon with members who have proposed panels and sessions. The conference already looks set to be a classic BSA event with papers for academics, teachers and theatre practitioners. There are going to be special workshops for local schools, and there will be a special performance of Much Ado About Nothing exclusively for conference delegates in Lancaster's historic castle. The acclaimed company Northern Broadsides will be bringing Love's Labour's Lost to Lancaster that week, and its artistic director, Barrie Rutter, will be speaking at the conference about his work. The conference also marks the 10th Anniversary of the founding of the BSA and we will be celebrating the occassion in style with a special reception. We hope you will be able to join us.