🌈We're sitting on a few announcements for live shows at the moment, but tickets are (just about) still available for our October celebration of the pre-modern Lord Mayor's Show - walking with Thomas Middleton's 1626 show (400 years ago!) & the 'lost' 1627 pageant www.ticketsource.com/beyondshakes...

🔊Meanwhile, over on the patreon, we have more BTS Saturday action - the last look at the creation of our adaptation of Pierce Penniless, with the audio of the live performance. The studio version will be dropping as an early access release soon. More soon! www.patreon.com/beyondshakes...

🔊A Gown, a Hood, and a Cap walked into a bar... it's another comic skit with talking objects - Toy Story for academic clothing. Or, a delivery system for sooooo many puns! #comedy #drama #theatre #AudioDrama audioboom.com/posts/890623...

🔊A Gown, a Hood, and a Cap walked into a bar... it's another comic skit with talking objects - Toy Story for academic clothing. Or, a delivery system for sooooo many puns! #comedy #drama #theatre #AudioDrama audioboom.com/posts/890623...

📖Meanwhile, over on the video channel, we are exploring The Widow's Tears by George Chapman. #exploring #theatre #drama youtube.com/playlist?lis...

🎉It has been a bit quiet on the ranch of late, but we do have an event lined up for 29th October - yes, it's the 400th anniversary of the 1626 Lord Mayor's Show. Featuring a walking tour with @tracelarkhall.bsky.social and dive into the 'lost' 1627 show. #history www.ticketsource.com/beyondshakes...

🔊Latest early access release for our wonderful patrons - it's a follow up to our Sir Thomas More event, where we took a bit of time after the fact to talk through what we learnt from the day, and what there is still to do. #theatre #drama #history #SirThomasMore www.patreon.com/beyondshakes...

🎉It has been a bit quiet on the ranch of late, but we do have an event lined up for 29th October - yes, it's the 400th anniversary of the 1626 Lord Mayor's Show. Featuring a walking tour with @tracelarkhall.bsky.social and dive into the 'lost' 1627 show. #history www.ticketsource.com/beyondshakes...

🔊Chapter 28 of The History of the Damnable Life and Deserved Death of Doctor John Faustus.😈 It's a slow news day in the life of the not so good Doctor, as he is asked a question concerning thunder. ⚡Ka-boom.⚡ audioboom.com/posts/886520...

🔊Meanwhile, for our wonderful patrons, it's this exclusive exploration of more Mirror for Magistrates. This month it's... How King Mempricius, given to all lust, was devoured by wolves.🐺🐺🐺🐺🐺🐺🐺🐺🐺🐺🐺🐺🐺🐺🐺🐺🍗 A lesson we can all learn from. #WolfAttack #history www.patreon.com/beyondshakes...

😈Dropping on the patreon it's a little thing we're calling BTS Saturdays, where we will be releasing to our wonderful patrons our behind the scenes materials as a more organised thread (it has been a tad random before). More from rehearsals for Pierce Penniless! www.patreon.com/beyondshakes...

🔊Mini pod drop this week, as we gear up to (hopefully) dropping a big play next week (heat is not helping). It's a short fragment from something by someone. Because #NoPlayLeftBehind audioboom.com/posts/890623...

Latest Exploring session release, and it's The Haddington Masque by Ben Jonson - we're still quite behind on our look at masques, but we are working on it! #dance #theatre #BenJonson youtu.be/mmhiZfBe4Fo

Tonight in REP we leave the King’s Men behind and finish our season reading All’s Lost By Lust (1619) by William Rowley, in our special request slot.

🔊Early access release for our wonderful patrons - it's a short fragment of Two Thieves as they outwit a gullible tapster. It's a really fun little scene, and a nice jumping off point for something bigger. #fragment #drama #earlyAccess www.patreon.com/beyondshakes...

🔊The last episode of our Exploring sessions of The Coxcomb by Beaumont and Fletcher has just dropped on the visual channel. Full playlist available. #Exploring #drama #theatre youtube.com/playlist?lis...

🔊Exclusive exploring session looking at another chapter of Doctor John Faustus, the book! This chapter... well... it's about how four Jugglers cut one another’s head off, and set them on again, and how Doctor Faustus deceived them. Of course it is! www.patreon.com/beyondshakes...

I'm doing another public history talk for St. Mary's Guildhall on 1st Nov - this time looking at touring theatre in cities like Coventry and the impact of the 1592-4 London plague. Tickets £15/£12.50, including full entry to the guildhall 🙂 stmarysguildhall-tickets.ticketsolve.com/ticketbooth/...

We're off to see the Mysteries... The wonderful Mysteries of York!

🔊Latest pod drop - it's Band, Cuff, and Ruff - a university skit where things can talk. Like Toy Story, just with clothes. #drama #comedy #sketch #puns #SoManyPuns #StopWithThePuns #YeGodsWhyWillThePunsNotStop audioboom.com/posts/890623...

🔊Latest pod drop - it's Band, Cuff, and Ruff - a university skit where things can talk. Like Toy Story, just with clothes. #drama #comedy #sketch #puns #SoManyPuns #StopWithThePuns #YeGodsWhyWillThePunsNotStop audioboom.com/posts/890623...

🚨Event Announcement! We're celebrating the 400th anniversary of the 1626 Lord Mayor's Show with a deep dive into the event, plus to 'lost' 1627 pageant. With @tracelarkhall.bsky.social Tickets aren't quite on sale yet, but you can sign up to be first in line. beyondshakespeare.org/discover-the...

🚨 Our next Malone Society edition draw is on Sunday - become a subscriber or sign up for free today and you'll be entered! In fact, if you've already entered you might have won and not noticed - June's winner hasn't replied to our messages! Check your inbox! beyondshakespeare.org/our-sponsors/

*Sighs, again, in early modern*

🚨Meanwhile, over on the patreon, it's our early access release of the 'final' discussion from our Sir Thomas More event - Just One More Thing - as we dig into the play as a play, and the character of the character, as it were. But there is a bonus episode yet to come! www.patreon.com/beyondshakes...

🎉Dropping this week, it's our First Look at The Coxcomb by Beaumont and Fletcher. More videos exploring this to follow! #drama #theatre #exploring youtube.com/playlist?lis...

*Sighs in early modern*

A long time in the making, Reprints & Revivals of Renaissance Drama, which I edited with Harry Newman (a long time friend), is now out! It's a collection about forms of renewal in print & performance & their importance to the production & reception of early modern drama.

🔊Patreon exclusive, and it's another short burst from the Merry Tales of the Mad Men of Gotham. And it's a "say after me" gag... well, we smiled. A bit. www.patreon.com/beyondshakes...

🔊It has been a year since our Entertaining Henry season, performing 6 Henrician plays over 3 days. On stage audio was recorded and has been added to the podcast, and there are videos and BTS material on our patron feed. We will return to these plays. We always do. audioboom.com/channels/495...

🔊It has been a year since our Entertaining Henry season, performing 6 Henrician plays over 3 days. On stage audio was recorded and has been added to the podcast, and there are videos and BTS material on our patron feed. We will return to these plays. We always do. audioboom.com/channels/495...

🔊Latest pod drop - it's a discussing episode looking at Predramatic Theatre by Dr Eleanor Rycroft and Professor Greg Walker. Find out more about how radical and exciting the early models of performance could be, and why we should all relax and love an interlude. #drama? audioboom.com/posts/890164...

The weather may be blisteringly hot today, but finally getting to open these was a very cool moment 😎📖

🔊Latest pod drop - it's a discussing episode looking at Predramatic Theatre by Dr Eleanor Rycroft and Professor Greg Walker. Find out more about how radical and exciting the early models of performance could be, and why we should all relax and love an interlude. #drama? audioboom.com/posts/890164...

🔊Early access release for our wonderful patrons - it's a chat about Music and Emotion of the Caroline Stage with Dr Shirley Bell. Catch all episodes first on our patreon. #discussing #history #music #drama www.patreon.com/beyondshakes...

🔊Early access release for our wonderful patrons - it's a chat about Music and Emotion of the Caroline Stage with Dr Shirley Bell. Catch all episodes first on our patreon. #discussing #history #music #drama www.patreon.com/beyondshakes...

🔥Think it's warm, just consider the working conditions of all those demons in hell. No time off from tending the burning pits, and an ever increasing number of souls to pitchfork 24/7. Occasionally someone opens the door to let a bit of air in... audioboom.com/posts/768144...

🔊Latest exclusive BTS material for our wonderful patrons - it's the dress 'run' of The Witch of Edmonton. It didn't quite go according to plan due to the attack of a demonic vacuum cleaner nearby, so we won't be using much material from this run in the final edit. www.patreon.com/beyondshakes...

🔊The temperature is rising. So are the people of Kent. It's The Life and Death of Jack Straw, or The Peasants Revolt. #drama #theatre #audio #AudioDrama audioboom.com/playlists/46...

🔊Not the best medium for this particular play, our last archive recording from the live performance of The Pardoner and the Friar by John Heywood from last year. We'll be sharing our Wyrd Revels season soon, with some other odds and ends along the way. #drama #theatre audioboom.com/posts/890164...

Latest Exploring session drop, and it's a Second Look run at Tom Tyler and His Wife. #theatre #drama #WTF youtu.be/wLxNkI6lq28

🚨Latest early access release for our wonderful patrons - it's more from our Sir Thomas More event. This is a deep dive into the interludes mentioned in the play. There are still more episodes to come, plus the previous five! #MoreMoreMore www.patreon.com/beyondshakes...

🔊Latest chapter from Doctor John Faustus - human wiki Doctor John is asked a question concerning the Stars that fall from heaven. #audio #literature #Chapter audioboom.com/posts/886519...

🔊Join us for a little dive into the world of Jocasta translated by George Gascoigne, Francis Kinwelmersh & Christopher Yelverton. We have our initial exploring sessions, and a chat about the play with Dr Carla Suthren. youtube.com/playlist?lis... audioboom.com/posts/889543...

🔊Latest patreon exclusive - into the Mirror we go, as we find out How King Malin was slain by his brother King Mempricius. Probably spelt his name wrong on his birthday card or something... families can be so awkward. #history #literature www.patreon.com/beyondshakes...

Lucifer definitely thinks he's all that! Or maybe he's just celebrating a successful rehearsal? Come see Lucifer's journey from right-hand angel to denizen of Hell in "The War in Heaven", during the upcoming #yorkmysteryplays. Photo by Jon Murphy.

The second episode has just dropped - no pretending, there's definitely another episode looking at Perkin Warbeck by John Ford. More to follow next week! #Exploring #drama #theatre #history

🔊🎓Latest early access release for our wonderful patrons - it's Gown, Hood, and Cap in a merry argument about things what happen at Uni. Or, a delivery system for soooooo many puns. So many. Ye gods, put the puns down! #drama #comedy #Audio #podcast www.patreon.com/posts/gown-h...

👑Starting this week in the Exploring sessions, perk up your week with some Perkin Warbeck by John Ford. Let's Pretend! #history #drama #theatre www.youtube.com/playlist?lis...

paperbacks! 📚🖤