Tickets: £5
Who’s afraid of William Shakespeare..? We all are, according to Ben Crystal. Shakespeare On Toast is set to knock the stuffing from the staid old myth of Shakespeare, revealing the man and his plays for what they really are: modern, thrilling and uplifting drama.
By explaining the universality and timelessness of Shakespeare’s appeal, how to unravel the poetry and understand its impact on our language today, Ben shows how, if Shakespeare were alive today, he would be writing scripts for Eastenders and Coronation Street rather than for elite theatre-goers.
Ben Crystal is an actor and writer. With his father, David Crystal, he co-authored the internationally acclaimed bestseller Shakespeare’s Words and The Shakespeare Miscellany.
“This is a brilliantly enjoyable, light-hearted look at Shakespeare which dispels the myths and makes him accessible to all. I love it!” Dame Judi Dench
