Shakespeare Schools Festival

Lincoln Drill Hall is delighted to mark Shakespeare's 450th birthday by throwing him the biggest party he has ever seen with the largest Shakespeare Schools Festival to date. 35,000 young people will take to professional stages across the UK for the country's largest youth drama festival and for 5 nights here at the Drill Hall, 4 different schools per night will perform 4 different Shakespeare plays. Come and party with Shakespeare and celebrate the achievements of your local schools in a wonderful evening of entertainment.

'Had I encountered something like Shakespeare Schools Festival, I believe my life would have bounced forward over some of the inhibitions and incomprehensions of adolescence. Childhood deserves such luck.' - Sir Tom Stoppard, SSF Patron