Online Teacher Day.
27 September 2025 @ 11:00 am - 4:00 pm
The British Shakespeare Association would like to invite teachers of Shakespeare to participate in a day of talks and discussions aimed at supporting and inspiring you in your classroom practice. Please feel free to attend all or individual sessions. This event is free to attend, but you will need to...
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Free Online Teacher CPD
1 October 2024 @ 4:30 pm - 6:00 pm
Calling all A Level Teachers! Join leading experts from the Shakespeare Birthplace Trust and the Royal Shakespeare Company for a free online CPD taster session on teaching Shakespeare at Key Stage 5. The session will be fun, informative and interactive - introducing teachers to tried and tested methods for engaging...
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29 June 2024 @ 9:15 am - 4:45 pm
The British Shakespeare Association would like to invite teachers of Shakespeare to participate in a day of talks, seminars and workshops aimed at supporting and inspiring you in your classroom practice. This event is free to attend, but you will need to register interest here: https://www.britishshakespeare.ws/online-teacher-day-registration/ The sessions are:...
More infoBSA 2024 Conference: 'Shakespeare's Writing Lives' (De Montfort University, Leicester)
26 June 2024 - 28 June 2024 @ 12:00 am
De Montfort University, Leicester. Wednesday 26th-Friday 28th June 2024. The next BSA conference will focus on ‘Shakespeare’s Writing Lives’ and will commemorate the 20th anniversary of the BSA’s journal, Shakespeare. The conference is organised by Deborah Cartmell (DMU), Gabriel Egan (DMU), Siobhan Keenan (DMU), Lisa Hopkins (Sheffield Hallam), and Pete Smith (Nottingham Trent). The organisers will be supported by the BSA’s...
More infoEaster Holidays Shakespeare Online Teach-Meet
3 April 2024 @ 4:00 pm - 5:30 pm
Secondary School Teachers... Would you like to come together with fellow teachings to discuss the teaching of Shakespeare? Participants will be invited to share an example of what has worked for them in the teaching of Shakespeare and to take part in a general discussion of issues relating to Shakespeare...
More infoOnline Book Launch - Innovation & Digital Theatremaking: Rethinking Theatre with “The Show Must Go Online”
23 February 2024 @ 6:00 pm - 7:30 pm
The BSA is delighted to host an online book launch for Robert Myles and Valerie Clayman-Pye's book, Innovation & Digital Theatremaking: Rethinking Theatre with “The Show Must Go Online” (Routledge, 2024). Join Rob and Valerie in conversation with Kat Hipkiss and Maria Shmygol at 6:00pm on Friday 23rd February to...
More infoThe Merchant of Venice: Sources, Intertexts, Afterlives
9 February 2024 - 10 February 2024 @ All Day
Centring on a performance of Gareth Armstrong’s acclaimed one-man show, Shylock, this symposium at the School of English, University of Leeds explores new perspectives on one of Shakespeare’s most culturally significant plays. We examine The Merchant of Venice in early modern England, particularly its engagement with myths and images of...
More infoFantasy Shakespeare & Women: A Conversation
17 November 2023 @ 6:00 pm - 7:30 pm
The New York Times bestselling author, Chloe Gong, is one of the most exciting voices in Fantasy novels and she takes inspiration from Shakespeare. Her ‘Secret Shanghai’ series was a YA Fantasy retelling of Romeo and Juliet and she has just adapted Antony & Cleopatra for her Adult Fantasy trilogy,...
More infoDiverse Children's Shakespeare
2 November 2023 @ 2:00 pm - 3:30 pm
Diverse Children’s Shakespeare Location: Heritage Room, Library of Birmingham (in-person event) Likely to suit: adults & teenagers, and especially educators, parents & guardians, librarians, booksellers & keen readers of all ages. Free but registration is required. This event is inspired by popular activist movements like #BlackLivesMatter #WeNeedDiverseBooks #DecolonisetheCurriculum. First, explore the...
More infoBSA 2023 Conference: 'Re-locating Shakespeare'
25 July 2023 - 28 July 2023 @ All Day
The BSA is delighted to announce that the BSA 2023 Conference: 'Re-locating Shakespeare' will take place in Liverpool on 25th - 28th July 2023, organised by Dr Esme Miskimmin (University of Liverpool), Dr Katie Knowles (University of Liverpool), and Professor Emerita Elspeth Graham (Liverpool John Moores University). You can find...
More info‘Types of Titus’: Titus Andronicus and Social Justice (BSA Online Event)
24 March 2023 @ 5:00 pm - 6:00 pm
The BSA is delighted to host this online roundtable. This roundtable will examine Titus Andronicus as a play historically implicated in the nexus between racial discrimination, sexual violence and political division. With a particular emphasis on the 2023 production held at the Sam Wanamaker Playhouse, the roundtable will feature a series of...
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