Shakespeare Schools Festival

The UK’s largest Youth Drama Festival is coming to Edinburgh.

The Shakespeare Schools Festival works in partnership with the National Theatre to help 700 schools from across the UK to stage abridged Shakespeare productions in their local professional theatre.

Family and friends are invited to celebrate an evening’s professional entertainment with four youthful half-hour productions of different Shakespeare plays.

Schools participating:

Fettes College
Boroughmuir High School
Little Shakespeare Theatre School

and special guests School 1514 from Moscow, Russia.

“I am sure this will be something the children involved will remember with pride and fondness for the rest of their lives.” – participating teacher, 2011