Summer of Shakespeare: The Taming of The Shrew – 18-27 July 2025
18th to 20th July 2025
12.00am to 6.00pm
Pay as You Feel Donation - Free
Theatre Space North East present Shakespeare’s classic in a modern-verse translation by Amy Freed in association with Play On Shakespeare.
Set outside (weather permittable otherwise will move indoors) at St Peters Church, Roker on a Pay as you Feel / Free basis. Bring a picnic blanket or foldable chairs…. Friday, Saturday and Sunday evenings.
Synopsis:
Katherina has never quite fit the mould in the impossibly over-filtered meat market of modern beauty standards in which her insta-perfect sister Bianca seems so at home.
However, with studly suitors knocking, Kate is stalling her beloved sister’s quest to climb the social ladder. Cue Petruchio, whose not-quite-sigma strategies ensure that fun and games ensue. But has he bitten off more than he can chew? For he’s never encountered the likes of this shrew…
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