The Great Shakespearean Workout

Take part in an epic battle between the Trojans and the Greeks, as 1623 gets everyone moving in a fun aerobics class to the beat of Shakespeare's verse!

The Course of True Love

A selection of Shakespeare's greatest love scenes from plays including Romeo and Juliet, Much Ado About Nothing, Hamlet and The Taming of the Shrew.

Sinful ShaXXXpeare

A salacious journey through the seven deadly sins, featuring scenes of vice from plays including Titus Andronicus, Macbeth, The Winter's Tale and Richard III.

Stand-Up Shakespeare

A comedy show starring Shakespeare's clowns and fools, featuring scenes from plays including As You Like It, Measure for Measure and Twelfth Night.

Shakespeare for Leaders

Together, 1623 and QUAD are offering a range of unique leadership, management and staff development training that is delivered to meet the needs of your organisation.

Shakespeare workshops for schools and colleges

In our tailor-made workshops for schools and colleges, we explore the language, characters and sense of theatre in any Shakespeare play.

  • The Great Shakespearean Workout

  • The Course of True Love

  • Sinful ShaXXXpeare

  • Stand-Up Shakespeare

  • Shakespeare for Leaders

  • Shakespeare workshops for schools and colleges

1623 theatre company

See Shakespeare differently

We use his work to inspire, surprise and affect people

We do this through five-star theatre performance, bespoke learning workshops, award-winning participatory activities and inspirational training sessions

All with Shakespeare at their heart

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News from 1623

Join us for London 2012 Inspire Day on Wednesday 16 May, as we invite you to take part in The Great Shakespearean Workout on BBC Big Screen Leicester and East Midlands Today.

London 2012 Inspire Day

Are you coming to the free preview of our most ambitious Shakespeare production yet? You'll receive a free copy of the script, meet the artists and find out how to get involved!

Preview of Troilus and Cressida

Contrary to recent posts on our Facebook page and Twitter feed, we would like to clarify that Lady Gaga will not be playing Helen in our online production of Troilus and Cressida in July. We apologise for any confusion or inconvenience caused.

Lady Gaga

Our artistic director Ben Spiller introduced a screening of Ralph Fiennes' Coriolanus at Derby QUAD on 11 February 2012. What follows is a transcript of his introduction.

Ben introduces Ralph Fiennes' Coriolanus

More than 6,000 people engaged with our unique approach to Shakespeare in 150 activities throughout 2011, which was our busiest and most exciting year since we began in 2005.

1623 in 2011

  • London 2012 Inspire Day

    Monday, 14 May 2012 19:33

  • Preview of Troilus and Cressida

    Wednesday, 09 May 2012 10:37

  • Lady Gaga

    Thursday, 26 April 2012 13:03

  • Ben introduces Ralph Fiennes' Coriolanus

    Monday, 13 February 2012 14:07

  • 1623 in 2011

    Monday, 02 January 2012 00:00

1623 on YouTube

You can see videos of our work at our YouTube channel.

Highlights include footage from the Glastonbury Festival and clips from Much Ado About Nothing, Richard III and The Tempest.

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