Shakespeare 4 Kidz News

S4K's Romeo & Juliet is back on the road in 2012 for a short UK tour in January and February, prior to international dates in the spring.

The three week tour opens at the Theatre Royal & Opera House in Wakefield on Tuesday 17th January and will play the Coronation Hall, Ulverston; Theatre Royal, Lincoln; Ashcroft Theatre, Croydon; Grand Theatre, Wolverhampton; King's Lynn Corn Exchange; Regent Theatre, Ipswich; The Hawth, Crawley; New Theatre, Hull; Middlesbrough Theatre; Sands Centre, Carlisle; The Castle, Wellingborough; The Assembly Halls Theatre, Tunbridge Wells and the Civic Theatre, Ellsemere Port*. (*These dates are already SOLD OUT).

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Producer and Creative Director of S4K, Julian Chenery says: "2012 is a big Romeo & Juliet year for Shakespeare 4 Kidz. The show has been turned into a feature film and will commence shooting in the spring. Not only is the tour is a fabulous opportunityto refresh the original theatre production, but also a chance for all the creatives working on the movie to see it and to understand how brilliantly it works in front of a live audience."

The show is produced in association with the Theatre Royal & Opera House in Wakefield, S4K International and S4K Entertainment (the company behind the forthcoming feature film of S4K's Romeo & Juliet which shoots in the UK in the spring).

Theatre Box Offices will be open shortly - in the meantime S4K's Oxted Production Office can take priority reservations on 01342 894548.

More news about the movie version of S4K's Romeo & Juliet can be found at www.s4kentertainment.com  

A combination of reasons means that the S4K Theatre Company won’t be touring the UK during the autumn of 2011 - but there are plans for a brand new production 0f S4K's Romeo & Juliet in the spring.

Back at S4K HQ, JC and the other key creatives and producers have been working hard on the up-coming feature film of S4K’s Romeo & Juliet that is moving into pre-production in September. Casting continues during the autumn, rehearsals start in January and our first movies starts shooting in the UK and on location in February 2012.

Production news will be regularly available via our website and associated Facebook/Twitter pages, as will news of the autumn 2012 release date and where you can see it.

That – along with the recent economic downturn and uncertainty – made us consider that a theatre tour this autumn is not commercially viable. (Remember S4K doesn’t receive any grants, subsidies, Arts Council funding or Lottery funding; and we survive purely on our ticket receipts).

However, plans are already in place for a short UK theatre tour of a brand new production S4K’s Romeo & Juliet in the spring/early summer of 2012, which will incorporate most of the updates and new bits we’re putting into the movie.

More news will appear here during the autumn and via our autumn newsletters to schools.

Buy our Macbeth and Hamlet theatre sets

The theatre sets used for the UK theatre tours of S4K's Macbeth and S4K's Hamlet are up for sale.

These would be perfect of course for your very own S4K productions at school - or could be adapted for use in other plays or shows you may be planning.

MACBETH SET
The Macbeth set consists of three sections that can represent interiors and/or exteriors. Two down-stage flats with "3D rock" adornments and an upstage centre practical double door. Above the door is an integral screen/window which we used for back-projecting surtitles.
HAMLET SET
The Hamlet set consists of interlocking wooden flats that sit upon a wooden chequered floor. Drapes (not supplied) are used on the middle three arches.

Both sets are likely to be put up for sale via eBAy during August 2011 - however if you want to make a purchase before then please email This e-mail address is being protected from spam bots, you need JavaScript enabled to view it

The sets must be picked up from our store at the Oxted Production Office.