February Shakespearean love scenes before Derby LIVE's The Taming of the Shrew front-of-house at Derby Theatre on Valentine's Day

March Richard III stage combat workshops with Lostboys Productions and Leicester University students at Bosworth Battlefield

April Research trip to Tokyo with Lostboys, Maison Foo and Katapult to explore Troilus and Cressida with A-Light Theatre in a series of Japanese theatre workshops

May to August A new 2012 version of The Great Shakespearean Workout at festivals and venues across the UK

May Shakespearean Heroes at QUAD as part of the ID Festival Heroes Season

June Stand-Up Shakespeare comedy show with Lostboys Productions at Mary Newman's Cottage in Saltash, Cornwall

July Troilus and Cressida, a collaborative production with Lostboys (UK), Maison Foo (UK) and A-Light (Japan) as part of the London 2012 Inspire programme

August Romeo & Juliet and Macbeth with three actors in the courtyard of Cromford Mill in Derbyshire