The Shakespeare North Playhouse in Prescot, Merseyside, in the north of England is a cultural and educational venue that opened in 2022. The development includes a 420-seat main auditorium, a modern studio space, outdoor performance garden, exhibition and visitor centre. The theatre opened on 15 July 2022.
In April 2016, Knowsley Metropolitan Borough Council granted planning permission for the playhouse. Funding is being provided by the council, the Liverpool City Region Combined Authority and a governmental contribution of £5 million was announced in the 2016 Budget, with other funding to be provided by private investors.[3] The widow of comedian Ken Dodd provided £700,000 in funding to the theatre to create an outdoor performance garden.[4]
The historical Prescot Playhouse, the inspiration behind the project,[1] existed between the mid-1590s and 1609, probably on Eccleston Street.[5] No architectural plans of that theatre survive, however.[1] The new theatre's layout is based on the 1629 design by Inigo Jones for the Cockpit-in-Court theatre in the Palace of Whitehall, London.[6] The architects are Helm Architecture[7] and Austin-Smith:Lord.The lead artist is Simon Watkinson.
Educational centreedit
Shakespeare North Playhouse will have an educational centre that will offer opportunities for life-long learning.[3]
Locationedit
The four-storey complex was built on the site of Mill Street car park, to the north of Prescot Parish Church.[2] Knowsley Council and the Earl of Derby provided land for the complex.[3]
Referencesedit
^ abcPaton, Maureen (26 March 2007). "Shakespeare's Globe goes North". The Daily Telegraph. Retrieved 26 April 2016.
^ abBelger, Tom (27 January 2016). "9 things you need to know about the Shakespeare theatre plans in Prescot". Liverpool Echo. Retrieved 26 April 2016.
^ abcIan Youngs (23 April 2018). "The £20m replica Shakespearean theatre that's being built on Merseyside". BBC News. Retrieved 14 July 2022.
^"Sir Ken Dodd foundation pledges £700k to Shakespeare project". BBC News. 19 August 2020. Retrieved 14 July 2022.
^Graham, Elspeth; Tyler, Rosemary (2011). ""So Unbridled & Badde an Handfull of England": The Social and Cultural Ecology of the Elizabethan Playhouse in Prescot". In Benbough-Jackson, Mike; Davies, Sam (eds.). Merseyside: Culture and Place. Newcastle: Cambridge Scholars Publishing. pp. 109–139. ISBN978-1-4438-2964-9.
^Perraudin, Frances (22 April 2016). "Shakespeare North theatre plans given go-ahead". The Guardian. Retrieved 26 April 2016.
^Phillips, Josh (15 November 2016). "Shakespeare North Playhouse Moves Closer With Key Appointments". Building Design & Construction Magazine. Retrieved 21 November 2016.
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