• Home
• News & Events
• Summer Shakespeare

Summer Shakespeare at Western

Call for Directors

We’re looking for a graduate or undergraduate student from any program at Western, Fanshawe College, or from the wider London community to direct this year’s Western Summer Shakespeare in the Beryl Ivey Garden.

How to Apply

Submit your resume or CV and a 300-word proposal outlining:

• the play you would like to direct
• your vision for staging the play
• proposed dates of show run (i.e., which week in July or August)
• proposed budget and budget breakdown

Please email your application to Dr. Jo Devereux jdevereu@uwo.ca no later than 28 March.

---

About

Western Summer Shakespeare is a longstanding tradition in the London community. It is outdoor theatre, staged on campus at Western University. The first Western Summer Shakespeare performance took place on 4 August 1981, making it the longest running campus, or indeed outdoor, Summer Shakespeare in Canada - longer than the Dream in High Park by two years!

We welcome participation - both on and off the stage - from students, staff, and friends of Western University, Fanshawe College, and from the wider London community. Auditions are normally scheduled in March-April (before classes end), and the show is rehearsed at Western in May-July. In casting the show, priority should be given to students, though all members of the community are welcome to audition and a diverse cast is welcome. Our productions run typically for five to ten nights, usually during July or early August.

---

Questions

If you have questions about Western Summer Shakespeare productions please email Dr. Jo Devereux, Department of English and Writing Studies: jdevereu@uwo.ca.

---

Previous Summer Shakespeare Productions