Shakespeare's Birthday Weekend events are held in the Birthday Marquee in the Centenary Gardens on Southern Lane, behind the Swan Theatre.
Sunday 27 April 2008
Tickets numbers limited to 250 per event. Booking is available online or by ringing the Box Office on 0844 800 1110.
Bond meets the Bard 
Birthday Marquee, 1pm - 1.45pm, £10
Alan Cumming (Boris Grishenko in GoldenEye) and Julian Glover (Aristotle Kristatos in For Your Eyes Only) talk to Paul Allen about what the iconic series of 007 films have in common with recent RSC productions.
Table Talk
Birthday Marquee, 2.15pm - 3pm, £10
One Shakespeare play, one RSC director and a company of RSC actors. A chance to listen and watch as actors work with director, Conall Morrison, through the early stages of their first encounter with the text. Conall is directing this season's production of The Taming of the Shrew in The Courtyard Theatre.
Shakespeare and Me
Birthday Marquee, 3.30pm - 4.15pm, £10
Stage and screen actor Sir Donald Sinden reflects upon his career and relationship with Shakespeare.
Getting Intimate with Strangers
Birthday Marquee, 4.45pm - 5.30pm, £10
RSC actors Penny Downie and Alexandra Gilbreath reveal what draws them to particular characters from the Shakespeare canon and offer an insight to how they portray them on stage as people we recognise.
