Living Shakespeare Course: November 2026 – 'Lend me your ears': Storytellers and Storytelling in Shakespeare

A three-day adult leisure course at Hall's Croft exploring Shakespeare's storytellers through talks, discussion and optional theatre tickets.

Dr Nick Walton leads this autumn leisure course on Shakespeare's most memorable storytellers and how their tales hold the listener's ear. The programme includes talks, live performance discussion and input from creative practitioners, with sessions on the creative arts behind Shakespeare's stories. Participants share their own views on what makes a memorable storyteller, and the course includes optional theatre tickets for Julius Caesar and As You Like It. Confirmed speakers are Dr Nick Walton of the Shakespeare Birthplace Trust and recorder player and lecturer Dr Emily Baines.