Always charming but never mired in nostalgia, ever summer the Shakespeare in the Squares company tours a play by the Bard around some of London’s lovliest outdoor squares. This year’s choice of show is forever problematic battle of the sexes comedy The Taming of the Shrew. The general modern approach to the story of oddball Petruchio’s attempts to tame the fiery Katherine is either to make it very sad or lighten it up to the point it doesn’t seem quite so dodgy: we could certainly take a guess which route Toby Gordon’s production will take, boasting as it does of ‘wild romance and toe-tapping pop classics’.
The complete touring itinerary for this summer is as follows:
Jun 4 7pm – Leinster Square W2
Jun 5 7pm – St James’s Gardens W11
Jun 6 7pm – Crystal Palace Park SE19
Jun 7 2.30pm and 7pm – St Anne’s Church Garden, SW18
Jun 10 and 11 7pm – Cleveland Square, W2
Jun 12 7pm – Connaught Square, W2
Jun 13 7pm – Norland Square, W11
Jun 14 – St Peter’s Square, W6
Jun 15 3pm – Coronation Gardens, SW18
Jun 17 7pm – Arundel & Ladbroke Gardens, W11
Jun 18 7pm – Charterhouse Square, EC1
Jun 19 7pm – Albert Square, SW8
Jun 20 7pm – Tredegar Square, E3
Jun 21 5pm – Kensington Gardens Square, W2
Jun 22 5.30pm – Manchester Square Gardens, W1
Jun 25 7pm – Cornwall Gardens, SW7
Jun 26 7pm – Paultons Square SW3
Jun 27 7pm – Arundel & Elgin Gardens W11
Jun 28 2.30pm and 7pm – Queen’s Park NW6
Jun 30 7pm – Fitzroy Square W1
Jul 1 7pm – Montagu Square W1
Jul 4 7pm – Charlton House & Gardens SE7
Jul 5 7pm – Crescent Garden W9
Jul 6 5pm – Camden Square NW1
Jul 8 and 9 7pm – St James’s Square SW1
Jul 10 7pm – Fortune Green, NW6
Jul 11 7pm and Jul 12 2.30pm and 7pm – The Actors’ Church Gardens WC2
