THE ribbon has been cut to officially open the Shakespeare's Rose Theatre Company's summer season in York.
The pop-up theatre, at the foot of Clifford's Tower, was officially opened this week by the High Sheriff of North Yorkshire, Linda Fenwick along with York Crier Ben Fry and theatre producer James Cundall.
York's season of plays runs until September 1 with four new productions: Hamlet, Henry V, The Tempest and Twelfth Night.
Joining the ribbon cutting ceremony were Damian Cruden, artistic director of Shakespeare’s Rose Theatre and Brian Turner, the Yorkshire-born celebrity chef and Sally Tierney, the award-winning Yorkshire Garden Designer.
Shakespeare’s Rose Theatre is also expanding this year to a second site in the UK, in the grounds of Blenheim Palace in Oxfordshire.
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