Call for Directors

9th July 2025

Call for Directors

We are looking for submissions for our summer 2028 production, to be performed outdoors at Buckden Towers, Cambridgeshire.

For the 2028 production, the SatT Trustees are particularly eager to see submissions for the following plays:

  • The Tempest
  • The Taming of the Shrew
  • As You Like It
  • Macbeth
  • Merry Wives of Windsor
  • Othello
  • Henry V
  • King Lear

Directors are asked to submit an outline of the Shakespeare play they would like to put on, together with details of:

  • Their vision for the piece and why they have chosen that play
  • Where their version is set and what themes it addresses
  • Any specific set/costume requirements
  • Casting profiles
  • Previous experience and directing style

The 2028 production is currently scheduled to be performed from Tuesday 27 June – Saturday 8 July, with auditions in November 2027 and rehearsals starting in March / April 2028.

To submit your proposal or for more information, please email trust@satt.org.uk or get in touch via our facebook page (https://www.facebook.com/ShakespeareattheTowers/).

The closing date for submissions is 31st July this year (2025) and the successful production will be announced at our AGM in October.

Current SatT schedule:

2026:  Comedy of Errors, directed by James Barwise

2027:  Titus Andronicus, directed by Louise West

Call for Directors

We are looking for submissions for our summer 2028 production, to be performed outdoors at Buckden Towers, Cambridgeshire.

For the 2028 production, the SatT Trustees are particularly eager to see submissions for the following plays:

  • The Tempest
  • The Taming of the Shrew
  • As You Like It
  • Macbeth
  • Merry Wives of Windsor
  • Othello
  • Henry V
  • King Lear

Directors are asked to submit an outline of the Shakespeare play they would like to put on, together with details of:

  • Their vision for the piece and why they have chosen that play
  • Where their version is set and what themes it addresses
  • Any specific set/costume requirements
  • Casting profiles
  • Previous experience and directing style

The 2028 production is currently scheduled to be performed from Tuesday 27 June – Saturday 8 July, with auditions in November 2027 and rehearsals starting in March / April 2028.

To submit your proposal or for more information, please email trust@satt.org.uk or get in touch via our facebook page (https://www.facebook.com/ShakespeareattheTowers/).

The closing date for submissions is 31st July this year (2025) and the successful production will be announced at our AGM in October.

Current SatT schedule:

2026:  Comedy of Errors, directed by James Barwise

2027:  Titus Andronicus, directed by Louise West