Welcome to the Beyond Shakespeare Exploring Sessions! There are lots of options below, so read carefully.
NB: The closer we get to Christmas, the less certain we are precisely how many sessions will occur...
Sign up covering TWO Weeks - if your availability changes before we've sent out team sheets, just do the form again, we work from the most recent form you submit. If you have a last minute change, do email us.
Scheduling for each week happens at 10am Greenwich Mean Time on Saturdays when team sheets are emailed out - if you apply after that you might get a part, but no guarantees.
There are *potentially* two sessions each day, Tuesday to Friday, which anyone can join. We meet on
zoom.us, get to know each other, read a play and if we have time discuss it a bit. We schedule sessions based on sign up, so some sessions will not happen.
Please sign up for sessions you're available for - we will then work to your availability. You can put lots of dates down but specific your maximum number of sessions if that works for you - that way you can be as available as you like, but only do so much as is reasonable.
All sessions are recorded and are mostly released on YouTube, or on our podcast, sometimes with a delay depending on scheduling/editing. WATCH AN EXAMPLE SESSION HERE:
https://youtu.be/r7mHz2borskMONDAYS - Monday afternoons and evenings there are bonus Star Chamber case readings with Helen Good. We're administering the sign up for these sessions, but you will be contacted separately for invites.
To see, explore, watch and listen to the plays we've done, go to our timelines section on our website.
https://beyondshakespeare.org/ALL THE INFO YOU NEED is on our website, with details of setting up and how the system works, and possible plays coming next -
https://beyondshakespeare.org/exploring-sessions/Contact us with the form below if you'd like to act, or if you have expertise in early or early modern play texts and would like to help.
Most importantly, have fun and meet new people!
Robert Crighton (general admin type person)