MARTHA PARDUETheatre director & writer

Director / Programmer · 2026

Shakespeare Festival 2026

Role: Director / Programmer
Format: Live theatre with music · 2 hr 30 min
Venue: Victoria Baths, Manchester

Queen Margaret mid-cry on the Victoria Baths tiles, bathed in amber tungsten light with the live band on the balcony behind.

A Shakespeare Night at Victoria Baths in Manchester with live music, including extracts from Hamlet, Richard III, A Midsummer Night's Dream, Romeo and Juliet, Twelfth Night, The Taming of the Shrew, King John and Measure for Measure. A sold-out show.

Sold out with 250+ audience
40+ collaborators across cast, band and creative team
Original score performed live by a six-piece band

Production

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Process

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