About Us
The Shakespeare Schools Festival (SSF) charity is the largest youth drama festival in the UK. Since its inception in 2000, with 8 schools, it has worked with 4,242 teacher directors to enable 90,000 young people to unlock their potential on the stage. We are partnered, for the second time this year, with the National Theatre and the National Youth Theatre of Great Britain.
The 2008 Shakespeare Youth Festival for youth directors aged 16-18yrs, was so successful that it has now been incorporated into the main Festival. Our growing international programme now includes cultural exchange between 50 plus participating countries and the UK Festival schools.
History of the Festival
The Shakespeare Schools Festival began in October 2000, with 8 schools performing in Wales
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SSF Evaluation
Over the past nine years, the Shakespeare Schools Festival has become a successful and established arts education project for secondary schools. Each year a fully comprehensive evaluation is produced to outline the Festival’s outcomes.
You can read these evaluations here
Festival Timeline
Click here for the 2010 Festival Timeline and information about the workshops, and performance day
