The Bristol Shakespeare Festival is a professional open air theatre festival founded in 2004 and held annually in the parks and green spaces of the city of Bristol, as well as in both traditional and non-traditional theatre spaces in the city.
The festival is a not-for-profit organisation that claims to be the largest professional open air Shakespeare festival in the UK.
Running during the month of July, the festival plays host to a wide range of theatre companies, usually presenting between seven and ten full professional productions, from across the United Kingdom.
Read more about Bristol Shakespeare Festival: Festival Directors, Festival Producers, The Bristol Shakespeare Festival Company, Season History
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