Welcome to the Hillbark Players website
"Bringing open-air Shakespeare to the Wirral"

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The Floral Pavilion, New Brighton
Or telephone 0151 - 666 - 0000
To check out our seating plan click here
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This will be a major production with all seats under cover.
The production will be directed by Nick Sample, the director responsible for our stunning version of 'Macbeth' in 2009.
The production will run from 24th June–29th June 2013.
Keep checking the website and the press for details.
Hillbark Players also presented 'The Merchant of Venice'
in 1986
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Our most recent production was
This was a small-scale production with all seats in the open-air. Hope you came, saw and were conquered - sorry if you missed it. Check out our photograghs from the production or look at the pictures on the Facebook link above.

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.
2011 was our 23rd Production.
Our major 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 - occasionally!
On alternate years we present a smaller scale revue-style production where the audience need to bring a seat, a picnic and maybe an umbrella.
The most frequently used adjective to describe the full Hillbark experience is 'magical' and we look forward to June 2013 to share this magic with you again.
2012 - From Shakespeare With Love
2011 - The Merry Wives of Windsor
2005 - The Taming of the Shrew
2001 - A Midsummer Night's Dream
1992 - The Merry Wives of Windsor
1980 - Two Gentlemen of Verona
1978 - A Midsummer Night's Dream
1967 - The Merry Wives of Windsor
1966 - The Taming of the Shrew
1960 - A Midsummer Night's Dream
- from the foreunners of Hillbark Players
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Here are some related sites which you might find useful:-
*Hillbark Hotel
*Royden Park
*Shakespeare's Globe
*Royal Shakespeare Company
*Shakespeare United
*The Complete Works of William Shakespeare
*Wikepedia entry for William Shakespeare
*Shakespeare's Birthplace Trust
*Shakespeare Online
*Costume Resources - A Guide to Shakespeare
*William Shakespeare - Theater Inspirations
*Riverside Players
*Carlton Players
*Bebington Dramatic Society
*Nick Sample-Graphic Designer