Queen’s Hall Arts is delighted to be working in partnership with the UK’s largest youth drama festival.

Join Trinity School (Othello), Samuel Kings School (Macbeth), Newman Catholic School (A Midsummer Night’s Dream) and Queen Elizabeth High School (Richard III) as they stage four different half-hour plays.

Shakespeare School Festival will be holding its 10th Anniversary Festival in Hexham this October 2010. As the UK’s largest youth drama festival, Shakespeare School Festival will also be in 80 other cities and towns giving 14,000 young people the chance to experience the genius of Shakespeare through performance.

The Shakespeare Schools Festival works in partnership with the National Theatre and the National Youth Theatre who provide workshops to enable teachers and young people to produce accessible Shakespeare at its most innovative and entertaining.