Performing Shakespeare for a Modern Audience Workshop with Leah Dawson

UCL Shakespeare Company, in collaboration with their upcoming Bloomsbury Theatre production of 'Macbeth', are offering a second Performing Shakespeare Workshop. Led by professionally trained actor and director Leah Dawson, the workshop will focus on performing Shakespeare for a modern audience.

Leah is a UCL alumna and a recent graduate of the Bristol Old Vic Theatre School (MFA Acting), where she played Ophelia in Hamlet. She has a wealth of experience performing Shakespeare, including King Lear (Cordelia), Much Ado About Nothing (Beatrice), Julius Caesar and Measure for Measure at UCL, where she was a member of the ShakeSoc committee. She is also co-creator and co-director of Rattlepole, a Shakespearean improv troupe whose work has been performed at the Edinburgh Fringe in 2025 and 2026. She is currently Chorus Swing in Murder in the Cathedral at the Orange Tree Theatre.

This particular workshop is open to everyone, whether you're new to Shakespeare or already experienced.