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“...in black ink my love may still shine bright.” (Sonnet 65).
Stuck for a date on Valentines day? The Shakespeare Institute Library have a selection of elite singles in the Library just waiting to be picked up in their Blind Date with a Book. Find the quote that tempts you to unwrap an exquisite package!
Applications are open for our first Undergraduate Summer School in collaboration with The RSC and Shakespeare Institute. Join us in Shakespeare’s birthplace of Stratford-upon-Avon for 3 wonderful weeks this July! https://www.birmingham.ac.uk/ShakespeareS ummerSchool …
Tune in at 11.30am on Thursday 21 February to BBC Radio 4 for 'Branding Genius' with Prof. Michael Dobson, Greg Doran, Michael Pennington and others. https://www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/m0002mdx
Tomorrow's Thursday seminar is a special one. Actor Lowri Amies will be performing her acclaimed one woman show 'Words, words, words'. This will be followed by a Q and A.
When Lowri lost her mother, she lost her voice. The vocabulary of her childhood disintegrated, the old words failed to fit the new story. Denial, shock . . . acceptance? Can she rewrite a version of herself which can speak these new words? Words, words, words, is one girl’s attempt to confront grief in ...her own voice amidst a sea of others. As an actor, she can borrow Shakespeare’s words to play many parts – Juliet, Rosalind, Macbeth, Hamlet – but can she play herself?
This is a ideal opportunity to see a show that has played as a number of London theatres. We look forward to seeing you there.
http://www.lowriamies.com/words-words-wor ds
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Congratulations to Prof Ewan Fernie and Birmingham Central Library, on the successful launch of the Everything to Everybody project the last night! Exciting times ahead. Find out more... https://campaign.wildilk.com/t/j-B3BC85AD A3A2E25A2540EF23F3…
The winner of 2018's Philippa Maddern Prize is the SI's Dr Erin Sullivan - many congratulations! http://www.historyofemotions.org.au/…/p hilippa-maddern-pri…/
'O wonderful, wonderful, and most wonderful wonderful, and yet again wonderful, and after that, out of all whooping!' Congratulations and a round of applause for all our graduates at the SI - we're so proud of you and all you've achieved! On to new challenges & adventures!
It's the Shakespeare Institute Christmas party this evening! Celebrating graduation, end of term, and Christmas in style...
A massive 'thank you' to everyone who donated goods and money to the Stratford upon Avon Foodbank appeal at the Shakespeare Institute this year. We raised over £160 and thanks to your amazing generosity - all this food! Please do keep giving at supermarkets around town - listed here: https://stratforduponavon.foodbank.org.uk /give…/donate-food/ …
Wow! Everyone who has contributed to the Shakespeare Institute Bake Sale today has done us extremely proud - thank you so much! Nearly time to tuck in!
Bake Sale Day at the Shakespeare Institute! You won't believe how gorgeous cakes can be - or how good for you - dairy-free, gluten-free and vegan cakes available! All proceeds to our wonderful Stratford-upon-Avon Foodbank!
Have an interest in the digital and/or theatre? Details of the Royal Shakespeare Company Fellowships now live - apply by 3 January 2019! https://careers.rsc.org.uk/…/fellowship -01…/209/description/ …
Stunned by the Sam Wanamaker? Roused by the Rose? Then come to the symposium 'New Old Spaces', incorporating the launch of the new ASSOCIATION OF REPLICA THEATRES, which takes place at the (replica) Rose in Kingston-upon-Thames on Saturday December 8th. Speakers include theatre archaeologist Julian Bowsher, practitioner-critics from York, Kingston, London and Knowsley, and the great Jerzy Limon, only begetter of the Gdansk Shakespeare Theatre. For details and registration, please contact Prof Richard Wilson -- r.wilson@kingston.ac.uk.
'So distribution should undo excess, And each man have enough.' King Lear
This year the Shakespeare Institute Library Christmas appeal starts early with a call for donations to the Stratford-upon-Avon Foodbank. Please donate what you can. Thanks!
'The first great Shakespeare Library - a forgotten Birmingham story.' A podcast from Prof. Ewan Fernie on a hidden treasure at the heart of the city - one that still belongs to the people of Birmingham. https://historywm.com/…/the-first-great -shakespeare-library…
Prof Ewan Fernie has won a Heritage Lottery Fund development grant for ‘Everything to Everybody Project’, revitalising Shakespeare for Birmingham. Here he is with Adrian Lester Birmingham Central Library, studying a 19th century playbill advertising a Birmingham performance of Othello with Ira Aldridge.
NEW EPISODE: Did Shakespeare really write with a quill pen? Explore the history of quills and the graphite pencil which came into fashion during the 16th century in England, is Professor of Shakespeare @ShakesInstitute Tiffany Stern http://www.cassidycash.com/ep26
Birmingham's new Poet Laureate is the SI's Teaching Fellow Richard O'Brien. As the city’s 21st Poet Laureate, Richard will act as a poetry ambassador & help raise the profile of poetry across Birmingham. Congratulations Richard O'Brien!! https://www.birmingham.gov.uk/…/birming ham_s_new_poet_laure…