Celebrate Shakespeare as the world's playwright

Running from April – November 2012, the World Shakespeare Festival is a celebration of Shakespeare as the world's playwright, produced by the Royal Shakespeare Company in an unprecedented collaboration with leading UK and international arts organisations and with Globe to Globe, a major international programme produced by Shakespeare's Globe.

 The festival features major new productions, groundbreaking international collaborations and radical interpretations of Shakespeare's work by some of the world's leading theatre companies, alongside a range of exhibitions, events and interactive online projects.

 Productions and events will take place across the UK, in locations including Stratford-upon-Avon, London, Newcastle, Gateshead, Wales and Scotland, as well as online.

 Explore the website at www.worldshakespearefestival.org.uk and let us know what you think on Twitter using #wsf2012 and @wsf2012