The Shakespeare Schools Festival is the UK's largest youth drama festival and a unique arts-education initiative, working with 15,000 pupils in 500 schools around the UK in October 2008 to bring their interpretations of Shakespeare to the stage.

They return to the Cochrane Theatre with 20 schools performing over 5 nights.

Tickets are sold for the entire evening, with each school performing for half an hour. All performers will then take to the stage again at the end of the night for an appreciation/appraisal.

The specific running order will be decided on the day.

Monday 6th @ 7:00 pm

Cecil Jones College - A Midsummer Night's Dream
Leytonstone School - Romeo & Juliet
St. Martin-in-the-Fields High School - The Merchant of Venice
Central Foundation Boys School - Richard III

Tuesday 7th @ 7:00 pm

Highbury Grove School - Much Ado About Nothing
Roding Valley High School - The Tempest
Portland Place School - Hamlet
Central Foundation Girls' School - The Merchant of Venice

Wednesday 8th @ 7:00 pm

The Academy at Peckham - Romeo & Juliet
George Green's School - Othello
St Paul's Way Community School and Arts College - The Merchant of Venice
St. Benedict's School - Hamlet

Thursday 9th @ 7:00 pm

The Oratory Preparatory School - Macbeth
Cardinal Pole RC Secondary School - Othello
St. Marylebone CofE School - King Lear
St. George's School, Ascot - Romeo & Juliet

Friday 10th @ 7:00 pm

Lister Community School - The Tempest
King's College Junior School - Julius Caesar
Oaklands School - Romeo & Juliet
Morpeth School - Hamlet

Tickets:

£8 (£6 concessions)

School Groups (20+) - Adults £6, Under 18s £4.50

To book tickets please call the Box Office on 020 7269 1606

For more information about the Festival, and their new projects Shakespeare Youth Festival and Shakespeare International, visit www.ssf.uk.com