Barbican Shakespeare Weekender: Play On…

Filling the Centre’s spaces with workshops, talks, installations and performances, the Barbican Weekender Play On … includes a weekend of modern responses to Shakespeare’s world by artists drawn from theatre, dance, art and music.

Audiences can drop in or spend the day, dipping into a multitude of surprising and offbeat events; even the food will be Shakespeare-inspired. Confirmed artists include Howard Jacobson as part of the Hogarth Shakespeare series, Christopher Green, Crafternoon Tea Club, Forced Entertainment, Museum of London, Orly Orbach, Royal Shakespeare Company and Told by an Idiot.

The programme features: Much Ado About Bingo with Boogaloo Stu; Show the Love: Karaoke Glitter Rave with the Crafternoon Tea Club in a pop-up karaoke club; flash mob dance classes with MoveMe Dance; and the opportunity to touch, hold and get up close to history with the Museum of London’s object handling sessions, including real Elizabethan artefacts such as shoes, candlesticks, cooking pots and coins.