We're thrilled to be able to introduce our 2018 all-female troupe! They applied in their hundreds, they auditioned by the dozen, but only four were chosen to revive our 'seriously silly' production of Romeo & Juliet for our 2018 UK tour. Meet your 2018 Girls, see what other acting roles they've had and discover their biggest adventures to date
Unless you’ve been living underneath a rock for the last two years, you’ll have noticed that global politics is, well, how to put this lightly? Global politics is in a bit of a pickle. In some ways we’re in an unprecedented (or is that unpresidented?) era of political unrest. In other ways - t’was ever thus. Shakespeare constantly wrote about
Hi! I'm Jess. I've just finished performing The HandleBards' all-female version of As You Like It which we cycled across the UK in Summer 2017 and then recently revived to take to schools, theatres and festivals all over India and South-East Asia. We were happy to be away during the rain and the snow in February, but now we're back. And
Alas! O me! O woe! UK Shakespeare Week is over (boo!), but World Theatre Day is just around the corner (yay!). To help you bridge the theatrical gap we've put together another instalment of Words, Words, Words, delving into some more of the Bard's delightfully delicious wordery. This week, Nel Crouch, director of our forthcoming production of Romeo &
How much Shakespeare do you think you speak every day? None? Some? maybe you speak in perfect blank verse
In 'Words, Words, Words', our new blog series, we focus on some of our favourite Shakespeare quotes from the full list of Shakespeare plays. You'll see that the Bard wrote some really sumptuous lines - unbelievable utterances, many of which are still in use today. We begin with some marvellous mots from our forthcoming production of Twelfth Night. Here,
A paper cup full of steaming hot coffee, a hearty takeaway in a plastic box, any mode of transport that doesn’t involve freezing to death when cycling or walking. We make it through insane weather by way of treats. And when it gets as cold as it has been this week, we sometimes let our green conscience take
Founding HandleBard and Producer Tom Dixon was recently interviewed by London Calling on Shakespeare, cycling, broken bones, our audiences and our plans for the next five years. Find out what he had to say here
Well folks, we're as baffled as you! But the news just in at HandleBards HQ this morning is that MP for Tatton, George Osbourne, is starting a new cycling theatre company to rival the HandleBards and he's calling them 'The Spokespeareans' All we know at the moment is that he intends to make his own bicycle over the next two
We here at HandleBards headquarters think that it's super important to always consider the impact your lifestyle has on the environment. We do appreciate that "it's not easy being green" [Kermit the Frog in The Muppets Sing Along circa 1994] and that your efforts can often feel, time consuming, expensive or like they're not making that much of a difference. Well, turn that frown upside