The Hillbark Players Website

'Bringing open-air Shakespeare to the Wirral'

Thanks for visiting. Website last updated 20th July 2010

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                              Hillbark Players most recent  production was
                                        'The Shakespeare Revue'

                                           Click here for details

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   Our 2011 production will be

'The Merry Wives of Windsor'

       Directed by Ann Warr

                It will be presented from Monday 20th June - Saturday 25th June 2011 in Royden Park.

                                        All seats under cover in our 440-seater stands

                            Open auditions will be held week commencing 8th November 2010
                                 Actual dates, times & venue to be announced in September.

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In March 2010, Hillbark Players sponsored a brick at the New Royal Shakespeare Theatre.

 

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             Our most recent full scale production was 'Macbeth'
      Performed in June 2009 in our usual venue in Royden Park, Frankby, Wirral.


   Poster designs by Nick Sample at  www.nicksample.com

         Click here for information about the production

Hillbark Players is the leading presenter of open-air Shakespeare in the North West. 
The Company was founded in 1964 to celebrate the 400th anniversary of Shakespeare's birth and apart from a short break in the early 1970's, Hillbark Players has presented a production every other year since.  2009 was our 22nd Production.

Productions are always presented in a traditional way and the best local talent is sought, both to perform and to provide technical support. 

A purpose-built 440-seat theatre is created in Royden Park, Frankby - a public park just outside West Kirby on the Wirral.  Theatre quality lighting is installed and all seats are under cover - it is only the actors who get wet! 

The most frequently used adjective to describe the Hillbark experience is 'magical' and we would like to share this magic with you again in June 2011 when the 'Merry Wives of Windsor' come to call.

    Click here to see our new Stands  - they seat 440 people, all under cover.

   Check out our location - Click here to see our acting arena on Google Maps

The Aims of Hillbark Players

Hillbark Players at "The Globe"

Current Committee Members / contact information

A brief History, Directors, Chairmen

Productions

2011 - The Merry Wives of Windsor

2010 - The Shakespeare Revue

2009 - Macbeth

2007 - As You Like It

2005 - The Taming of the Shrew

2003 - The Comedy of Errors

2001 - A Midsummer Night's Dream

1998 - The Winter's Tale

1996 - Twelfth Night

1994 - Romeo and Juliet

1992 - The Merry Wives of Windsor

1990 - Much Ado about Nothing

1988 - The Tempest

1986 - The Merchant of Venice

1984 - Love's Labour's Lost

1982 - As You Like It

1980 - The Two Gentlemen of Verona

1978 - A Midsummer Night's Dream

1976 - The Comedy of Errors

1968 - Twelfth Night

1967 - The Merry Wives of Windsor

1966 - The Taming of the Shrew

1965 - Romeo and Juliet

1964 - Much Ado about Nothing

Pre-1964 - forerunners of Hillbark Players

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Links to related sites

 
 Hillbark Hotel    www.hillbarkhotel.co.uk
 Royden Park     Wirral.gov.uk
  Shakespeare's Globe   www.shakespeares-globe.org
 Complete Works of William Shakespeare   shakespeare.mit.edu
 Wikepedia entry for William Shakespeare   en.wikipedia.org/wiki/William_Shakespeare
 Shakespeare's Birthplace Trust   www.shakespeare.org.uk
 Shakespeare Online    www.shakespeare-online.com
 Nick Sample - Graphic designer

  www.nicksample.com