For further information please contact:
01789 204016 or email
info@shakespeare.org.uk
The Shakespeare Birthday Celebrations![]()
Marking the 445th anniversary of the Bard's birth
Welcome to The Shakespeare Birthday Celebrations, a unique event that's been taking place in Stratford for over a century. This year everyone can look forward to a truly dazzling experience as 2009 sees the start of a three-year plan to develop the celebrations into a high profile, annual extravaganza ready for the World Shakespeare Festival in 2012.
The customary Town Procession, symbolising Shakespeare's journey from cradle to grave has been re-routed and features a host of exciting new displays and entertainments. Be prepared for a colourful collision of the traditional and contemporary, where brass bands march alongside belly dancers, Morris Dancers meet skateboarders and costumed Shakespearian actors mingle with circus performers! Stratford's streets will overflow with pageantry, music and theatre and you can be part of it! Why not take up the Shakespeare Birthday Party Challenge or become a Sonnet Sleuth?
And there's more! Over the birthday period you can enjoy a jam-packed programme of special celebratory activities - great days out at Shakespeare's historic houses, poetry, literary and music festivals and amazing theatre.
So whether you're a fan of Shakespeare's works or not, there promises to be something for everybody. Bring along your family, friends and foes - one and all can join in the fun and spectacle commemorating the birth of Stratford's famous literary genius!
Please click on the following link to download this year's brochure.
The Shakespeare Birthday Celebrations are sponsored by:
- Advantage West Midlands
- Heart of England
- Corrigans Financial Services
- Robert Lunn & Lowth Solicitors
- John Good printers
- Stratford Town Trust
- RSC
- The Shakespeare Birthplace Trust
Co-hosted by Stratford-upon-Avon Town Council
For further information please contact the secretary of the Birthday Celebrations Committee on 01789 204016 or by emailing birthday@shakespeare.org.uk









