A creative festival inspired by the works of William Shakespeare is coming to Weymouth.

The Shakespeare By The Sea Festival in association with Dorset Showhomes will see schoolchildren in Dorset performing the Bard's work at Weymouth Pavilion.

The festival, now in its second year, will feature younsgters performing abridged versions of Macbeth and A Midsummer Night's Dream to a live audience on Wednesday, February 8.

Building on last year’s inaugural festival, event organiser Gary Spracklen, headteacher at The Prince of Wales School, explains: "This is a unique event that will again create lifetime memories for South Dorset schoolchildren.

"In total more than 65 children are taking part in this year’s festival from across Weymouth and Dorchester. The event promises to be a spectacular celebration of creativity and we warmly welcome everyone to cheer the children on for what for many of them will be their first time on a professional stage."

Casts from St. John’s Primary School in Weymouth and The Prince of Wales School in Dorchester are already deep into rehearsals for the event.

Tickets for the festival are available now via The Weymouth Pavilion Box Office (and website).

Three tiers of sponsorship options remain available for the 2023 ‘Shakespeare by The Sea Festival' - a £100 bronze sponsorship which includes a quarter page mention in the event programme and two complimentary tickets; a £250 silver sponsorship which includes a half page mention in the event programme and four complimentary tickets; a £500 gold - a full page mention in the event programme and eight complimentary tickets.

Other packages are also available on request. For more information, please email headteacher@princeofwales.dorset.sch.uk.