The Reader Podcast visits the new Shakespeare North Playhouse in Prescot in Merseyside to join one of the two Shared Reading groups that take place there every week. We listened in to the group reading an extract from King Lear together, had a tour of the theatre, and Reader Leader Emily Parr told us what Shared Reading brings to this unique community space. 

The Shakespeare North Playhouse 

The history of Shakespeare North Playhouse – an interview with architect Dr Nicholas Helm 

King Lear, Act 3, Scene 2 

‘Invictus’ by William Ernest Henley 

What’s on? Open air theatre at Calderstones this summer