Published:
2:50 PM April 8, 2021
The Walks Stadium, Tennyson Road, King s Lynn. Home of King s Lynn Town Football Club. Picture: Ian Burt.
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An ongoing sponsorship between King s Lynn Town FC and the Shakespeare Festival aims to attract different audiences to show support for the town s historical artefact.
The King s Lynn Shakespeare Festival Theatre Company sponsorship investment, which has been ongoing since the beginning of the current season, hopes football fans will be inspired to learn more about the Shakespeare Festival.
The festival will be the match-day sponsor for the home game between King s Lynn Town and Chesterfield at The Walks on Saturday, April 10.
St George s Guildhall in King s Lynn. Picture: DENISE BRADLEY
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The King s Lynn Shakespeare Festival has been postponed due to the coronavirus pandemic but organisers plan to make a bigger return in 2022.
The King s Lynn Shakespeare Festival Theatre Company has expressed its sadness in postponing this year s event, which was due to take place in April at St George s Guildhall in King s Lynn.
Organisers said it is because of the ongoing Covid-19 pandemic, but have announced the festival will return next year in a larger format , which will take place over three days on April 22, 23 and 24.
Andrew Jarvis as Bartholomew Grady in The Only True History of Lizzie Finn at Southwark Playhouse in 2012. Photo: Andrew Jarvis