Shakespeare For Shepherds

“Prince Hamlet o’ Denmark is reet oot o’ sorts; He’s just crept away int’ll his shell

He sits by the fire, and dresses in black, and dithers and talks to hisself”

Tim Barker is a professional actor who moved back to his native town of Silloth in Cumbria. He was inspired to combine his love of classical thetre with local dialect and adapt some of the Bard’s greatest stories.

Brian Melville is also a Cumbrian who spends his time educating youngsters to love music… when he is not creating it himself.