Shake It Up! : A Shakespeare Festival for Shoreditch

Discover Shoreditch in a whole new light with a free weekend festival celebrating its most famous local, William Shakespeare. Presented by The Theatre Courtyard Gallery.

The festival kicks off on Friday night with The Choicest Music of the Kingdom, an exclusive programme of Elizabethan and Jacobean choral works presented by internationally acclaimed choir The Sixteen.

On Saturday families can enjoy a free day of Elizabethan ruff making, art workshops, music, dancing and sword fighting!

Other activities across the weekend include talks by Before Shakespeare, walking tours by Look Up London, music by David William Hughes, comedy by The School of Night and Elizabethan yoga!