Details of Liverpool’s special tribute to William Shakespeare have been unveiled which will see a series of 37 short films broadcast on screens across the city centre.
Announced last month by Shakespeare’s Globe, Liverpool is the only UK city, so far, outside of London to host the series of films, known as The Complete Walk.
Taking place on 23 – 24 April, the free project has been organised to mark 400 years since the Bard’s death.
Notable venues which will be hosting the rolling 10 minute films include The Florrie, Liverpool Philharmonic Hall, Kazimier Garden, Aloft hotel, Liverpool Cathedral, Granby 4 Streets and Tate Liverpool.
Nick Bagnall, Liverpool Everyman and Playhouse associate director, who has directed three of the films that will be shown across both venues, says: “It has been an absolute delight to make these short films for Shakespeare’s Globe for their Complete Walk.
“I have a very close relationship to all three of the plays I directed for the project and to realise them on film with the most astonishing group of actors has been invigorating.
“I’m thrilled that the films will be shown in Liverpool and it is a great coup for the city. I hope visitors enjoy watching them as much as I have enjoyed making them.”
Councillor Wendy Simon, assistant mayor and cabinet member for culture, tourism and events, says: “When it was announced last month that Liverpool was to play host to this special event we had a fantastic response from organisations in the city centre.
“There is a real variety of organisations taking part, from the cathedral to bars, hotels to tourist information centres which is an added element for the people taking part in this special Shakespeare trail.”
In total, 33 venues are involved in the project. The films they are showing and the times (which are subject to change) are as follows:
| Play | Saturday 23 April | Sunday 24 April |
| All’s Well That Ends Well | The Florrie, 9am-6pm | The Shankly Hotel, 12-5pm |
| Antony and Cleopatra | Odeon foyer, Liverpool ONE,11am-10pm | Odeon foyer, Liverpool ONE, 11am-10pm |
| As You Like It | Council Chamber, Liverpool Town Hall, 10am-4pm | Council Chamber, Liverpool Town Hall,10am-4pm |
| Comedy of Errors | 62 Castle Street, 12-5pm | 62 Castle Street, 12-5pm |
| Coriolanus | St George’s Hall, 10am-5pm | St George’s Hall, 10-5pm |
| Cymbeline | The Florrie, 9am-6pm | Restaurant Bar and Grill, 3-7pm |
| Hamlet | Liverpool Cathedral, 10-4.30pm | Hope Street Hotel 2-8pm |
| Henry IV, Part I & Part II | Unity Theatre, 12-8pm | Granby Market, 1-3pm |
| Henry V | FACT, 11am-9pm | FACT, 11am-9pm |
| Henry VI, Part I, II & III | Liverpool Everyman, 10am-4pm | Liverpool Everyman, 10am-4pm |
| Henry VIII | Tourist Information Centre, Albert Dock, 10am-5.30pm | Tourist Information Centre, Albert Dock,10am-5.30pm |
| Julius Caesar | Pump House, Albert Dock,10am-11pm | Pump House, Albert Dock, 11am-11pm |
| King John | Hall of Remembrance Liverpool Town Hall, 10am-4pm | Hall of Remembrance, Liverpool Town Hall, 10am-4pm |
| King Lear | St George’s Hall, 10am-5pm | St George’s Hall, 10am-5pm |
| Love’s Labour’s Lost | Liverpool Playhouse, 10am-4pm | Liverpool Playhouse, 10am-4pm |
| Macbeth | Ziferblat, Albert Dock, 10am-7pm | Ziferblat, Albert Dock, 10am-7pm |
| Measure for Measure | BBC Radio Merseyside, 10am-5pm | BBC Radio Merseyside, 10am-4pm |
| The Merchant of Venice | St George’s Hall, 10am-5pm | St George’s Hall, 10am-5pm |
| Merry Wives of Windsor | The Beatles Story, Albert Dock,9am-7pm | The Beatles Story, Albert Dock, 9am-7pm |
| Midsummer Night’s Dream | Tate Liverpool, 10-5pm | Tate Liverpool, 10-5pm |
| Much Ado about Nothing | Waterstones, Liverpool ONE,9am-7pm | Waterstones, Liverpool ONE, 11am-5pm |
| Othello | Cosmolodge (Kazimier Garden) 12noon-midnight | Cosmolodge (Kazimier Garden) 12noon-midnight |
| Pericles | Winter Gardens, Granby 4 Streets, 1-3pm | Winter Gardens, Granby 4 Streets, 1-4pm |
| Richard II | Tourist Information Centre, Liverpool Lime Street, 9.30am-4.30pm | Tourist Information Centre, Liverpool Lime Street, 11am-3pm |
| Richard III | World Museum, 10am-5pm | World Museum, 10am-5pm |
| Romeo and Juliet | Bluecoat, 9am-7pm | Bluecoat, 9am-7pm |
| Taming of the Shrew | dot-art, 10am-6pm | Merseyside Dance Initiative, 12-5pm |
| Tempest | Liverpool Philharmonic Hall,10am-3.30pm | Liverpool Philharmonic Hall, 10am-2.30pm |
| Timon of Athens | Vinea, Albert Dock, 11am-6.30pm | Vinea, Albert Dock, 11am-8.30pm |
| Titus Andronicus | Liverpool Playhouse, 10am-4pm | Liverpool Playhouse, 10am-4pm |
| Troilus and Cressida | Granby workshop, Granby Four Streets, 1-4pm | Granby workshop, Granby Four Streets,1-3pm |
| Twelfth Night | Aloft, 10am-5pm | Aloft, 10am-5pm |
| Two Gentlemen of Verona | Liverpool Central Library, 9am-12.30pm | Liverpool Central Library, 10am-4.30pm |
| Winter’s Tale | Marriott Hotel 10am-5pm | Marriott Hotel, 10am-5pm |
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