Based in Shoreditch, East London and with a special love and interest in the culture and history of the area, the company was named after the town of its birth. Shoreditch, once the home of Shakespearian theatre, is the ideal area to bring his plays alive and make them accessible to a popular modern audience, both in Shoreditch and in venues beyond East London.
Lights of London Productions is the home of the Shakespeare in Shoreditch Ensemble, and was so named after the first successful production about Will Shakespeare's early days in Shoreditch premiered at the Hackney Empire in 2008 and at the Old Blue Last, Shoreditch. This was followed in spring 2009 with 'Measure for Measure' which was also an opportunity to establish a link with Shakespeare's other theatrical home on the Southbank at The Rose Theatre, Bankside, a site owned by the Globe which is in restoration.
'Shakespeare's Women' was written and produced in winter 2009 - a successful piece of new writing incorporating the Bard's characters and works and playing again at The Old blue, The Rose and Baron's Court Theatre. All these works with reviews are fully documented in the Shakespeare section to the left. The ensemble is now branching out to other classical authors.
*** ANNOUNCEMENT OF AUTUMN PRODUCTION ***
We have just received the exciting news that The White Bear Theatre Club, Kennington will be the venue for the first ever UK professional revival of an Elizabethan lost classic 'The Magnetic Lady' by Ben Jonson, a contemporary of Shakespeare's, running from 7th to 26th September 2010.
Artistic Director
May 2010