All’s Well That Ends Well

Locations

25 beautiful outdoor venues

Performances

31 sparkling performances

Tickets

Over 6,000 tickets sold

Year

2024

Our 2024 production was All’s Well That Ends Well, with gypsy swing music and a fairytale twist.

Photographs by James Millar

Reception

Critical Acclaim

‘A fun and wholesome evening. The production breathes a new lease of life into this lesser known play and the whole company makes it an interactive affair.’

– London Theatre Doc

‘Charming; from beginning to end there is not a hair out of place in this production. Well-crafted costumes and a simple set, and the eight-person strong company is certainly the highlight. It feels like how Shakespeare is meant to be performed.’

– A Young(ish) Perspective

‘A funny, engaging Shakespeare production in a calming outside venue. All the actors were phenomenal and performed excellently, adding humour and some more familiar language to make the play more engaging, relatable and accessible to its London audiences.’

– London Theatre Reviews

‘Full of vigour and vibrancy, filled with such well-spoken verse. There are broad comic strokes but also moments of true visual grace.’

– There Ought To Be Clowns

‘The actors had so much character and I loved how they interacted with us. I look forward to Shakespeare in the Squares every year. It’s a brilliant night out.’

Rufus (age 12), Norland Square

‘Bold, even groundbreaking. It’s a blast. A crack ensemble who will surely turn many to Shakespeare – endearing and uplifting’

– Fringe Review

‘Brilliant production, as usual; a heartfelt bravo all round… We had a lovely fun-filled evening.’

– Arundel and Ladbroke Square

‘SO GOOD – a really funny, poignant, enjoyable piece’

– St Peters Square

‘A fabulous production – brilliant!’

– Charterhouse Square

‘The way the performance is pitched to bring in the whole audience is so clever and charming, yet still allows the language and insights to shine. I smiled for two hours solid!’

– Connaught Square

‘This truly is Shakespeare for all, full of laughter and delight. Wonderful again to see the children out front, cross-legged on the grass, revelling in it. We left beaming.’

– Albert Square

‘Just magnificent – such an enjoyable and rich experience; accolades are pouring in and for captivated children it is perhaps the start of their all-important cultural journey.’

– Kensington Gardens Square

‘The talented and passionate performers give their all to the script and the production as a whole.’

– Broadway World

Actors

Cast

Miiya Alexandra

Diana / Lady in Waiting

Miiya trained at Arts Educational Schools London and The Royal College of Music. Theatre credits include: Ensemble/Understudied and played Anna Leonowens and Lady Thiang in The King and I (London Palladium, UK/ International tour), Delphine in Amelie The Musical (Criterion), Mother Gothel/Duchess in Rapunzel (The Watermill), Dormouse in Alice in Wonderland (Mercury Theatre), Maria/Futura in Metropolis (The Ye Olde Rose and Crown) where Miiya was nominated for an Off West End Theatre Award for Best Female in a Musical. Film credits include: The King and I – Live from the London Palladium.

Fiona Bruce

Countess / Widow

Fiona trained at Studio 68 in London and Ecole Jacques Lecoq in Paris. Fiona played Baruska in the original production of Once the Musical at the Phoenix Theatre in London. Since then, she has performed in various productions of Once, including the Charlotte Theatre in Seoul, South Korea, the Barn Theatre production in Cirencester and toured China with the Lambert Jackson production of Once. Other theatre credits include Grandmother and Summer Witch in The Snow Queen (Theatre by the Lake in Keswick and London Touring Players at Beaulieu Abbey), Joan Todd in 84 Charing Cross Road (Cambridge Arts Theatre), Mrs. Fezziwig in Scrooge (Pitlochry Festival Theatre), Mother Courage in Mother Courage (Watford Palace Theatre), Camille Claudel in The Waltz (West Yorkshire Playhouse), Jenny in Threepenny Opera (London Bubble Theatre), Queen Elizabeth in Richard lll (Illyria Theatre Company), Beth Cuxom in The Mayor of Casterbridge (Everyman Theatre, Cheltenham), Mrs Bumble in Oliver Twist (Bolton Octagon) and Olga in Playing for Time (Salisbury Playhouse). TV credits include Last of the Summer Wine, The Royal, Emmerdale, Where the Heart Is, Heartbeat, Prime Suspect, The Ward, Grange Hill, Taggart and Coronation Street. Film credits include Scot Free, Connected and Brothers of War.

Lee Drage

Lafew / Lord Dumaine 2

Lee trained at the Guildford School of Acting. Theatre credits include: Twelfth Night (Shakespeare in the Squares), The Threepenny Opera (Minack Theatre), Aloe Aloe (Bush Theatre), The Spanish Tragedy (Old Red Lion), Chariots of Fire (Gielgud, West End), Oh What A Lovely War (UK tour), The Water Engine (Old Vic Tunnels), The Hot Mikado (Watermill Theatre), Saturday Night (Jermyn St Theatre). Television credits include: Silo (Apple TV). As a comedian, he has performed at VAULT festival, Brighton and Edinburgh Fringe and was nominated for an Offie for his show Shit Samaritans.

Toby Gordon

Parolles / Assistant Director

Toby trained at LAMDA. His theatre credits include: Small Change (Omnibus Theatre); The Wolf of Wall Street and The Great Gatsby (Hartshorn Hook); York Mystery Plays (York Minster); Antigone (Barbican). This will mark his return to Shakespeare in The Squares after his turn as the Duke Orsino and Sir Toby Belch in last year’s touring production of Twelfth Night.

Claire-Monique Martin

King / Mariana / 1st Soldier

Claire is an Actor-Musician who trained at the American Academy of Dramatic Arts (AADA). UK stage credits include: Antigone, A New Way to Pay Old Debts, The Great Gatsby Musical, The London 2012 Olympic Opening Ceremony: The Isle of Wonders, The Merchant of Venice, Murder in the Cathedral, A Midsummer Night’s Dream, Turandot Reimagined, Jerry Springer: The Opera, The Last Tycoon, Muse, Dora Versus Picasso, Macbeth, Rumble!, Twelfth Night, No For An Answer, Electra Untitled. International Stage credits include: The Canterbury Tales (Spain), Julius Caesar (NYC), Blue Stockings (NYC), Long Lost John (NYC), Love Me Tender (NYC), This is Me (NYC), I Love You All the World & Sixpence (NYC), Enemy of the People (NYC), Animal Farm (Italy), Pygmalion (Europe). Screen credits include: Castles, Between the Salt Water and the Sea, The World’s Deadliest Serial Killers, A Slow Suffocation, Honey Cycle, The Fiddle Player, D-Train, To You, Embryo, Waiting for Liz, and Isabelle.

Kalifa Taylor

Helena

Her theatre credits include: Noises Off West End (directed by Lindsay Posner); Hamlet (directed by Ricky Dukes with Lazarus Theatre at Southwark Playhouse); Laura and Sophia (Pistachio Theatre Company); Feel More X Lately (Proforca Theatre); Look Who’s All Grown Up (directed by Ella Murdoch); Selected Recordings of Us (directed by Gabriele Uboldi); Money Heist: The Experience (directed by Ben Lambert); Tomb King (The League of Adventure); The Gunpowder Plot Immersive Experience (directed by Hannah Price, Rose Jones, and Megan Stewart); War Inside (Vaults Festival) and 1000 Ways the World Will End (& How It Starts Again) (directed by Alice Robb with Dogmouth Theatre Company).

Jack Ward

Bertram

Jack was born in Gloucester in 1998 and trained as an actor musician at Guildford School of Acting – graduating in the summer of 2020. Since graduating, he has worked in both theatre and television, appearing as an earnest suitor to Miss Edwina Sharma in an episode of the second season of the award-winning Netflix period drama Bridgerton. Jack appeared in Pitlochry Festival Theatre’s 2023 season as Colin in The Secret Garden, Sailor/Young Collector in A Streetcar Named Desire and Angie in Gypsy, also in three outdoor productions with the London Touring Players in the New Forest: ensemble roles in The Comedy of Errors and Ghost Stories; and as Kai in The Snow Queen at Beaulieu Abbey for Christmas 2022. In his final year at GSA, he played the role of Mr Dussel in the BA Actor Musicians’ moving production of The Diary of Anne Frank and his early theatre experience includes several productions with the National Youth Music Theatre: Brass (2016), Billy the Kid (2017) and Superhero (2018). Jack is a woodwind specialist. He began playing clarinet, aged 7, and over the years he has extended his repertoire to include soprano, alto, tenor and baritone saxophones, oboe and flute.

Jacob Yolland

Lord Dumaine 1 / Gentleman

Jacob trained at the Guildford School of Acting. Theatre credits include: The Conductor in The Polar Express Train Ride (Mid-Norfolk Railway); Postman/Bus Conductor and 1st Cover Mr Lyons, Sammy, and Policeman/Teacher in Blood Brothers (UK Tour); Wish (Cast, Doncaster); Prince Charming in Cinderella (The Drill, Lincoln); Lead Vocalist for Alice in Wonderland/Jungle Book/Treasure Island/Dolce Vita (Creativiva Caribbean); Newt Lee/Mr Peavy in Parade (Frogmore Paper Mill). Further credits include: Jammy Dodgers (Colour & Light Productions); Bell Beyond T.I.E Italian Tour (Bell Beyond English Language Learning); Curse of the Lost Tomb (Chessington World of Adventures). Concert credits include: Olivier Award 40th Anniversary Concert (BBC Radio 3).

Behind the Scenes

Crew

Sue Fletcher

Founder Producer

Sue Fletcher had a forty-year career in book publishing, including as co-founder of Headline and Deputy MD of Hodder & Stoughton. She has an MA in Theatre and Performance from Queen Mary, University of London, and in 2011 was one of the judges for the Olivier Awards. She goes to the theatre three or four times a week and remains captivated by the magic of live performance.

Martin Neild

Founder Producer

Martin Neild worked in publishing for over thirty years. He worked for Macmillan in Australia, Africa and London and became Chief Executive of Hodder & Stoughton Publishers in 1993. He is Co-Chair of the Oxford School of Drama, Chair of the Chipping Norton Literary Festival and a trustee of the Michael Cuddigan Trust which gives grants to young composers. He, too, is a regular and passionate theatregoer.

Francesca Gregson

Executive Producer / Marketing

Francesca is the founder of Distrikt Communications, a London-based PR and marketing agency. Distrikt works with a range of creative clients, including architectural practices, theatre companies and arts festivals. Francesca is dedicated to promoting the best of London’s cultural activities and events. Francesca joined Shakespeare in the Squares as Marketing Manager for The Tempest in 2022.

Annemarie Lewis Thomas

Music Director

Credits include Sleeping Beauty (Watersmeet), Crazy Coqs Presents, West End at the Life Cafe, Oliver (Wycombe Swan), Elephant and Piggie’s We Are In A Play (Perform in the Park), Twelfth Night (Shakespeare in the Squares), Don’t Tell The Bishop (Actors’ Church), Misleading Ladies (Cornerstone, Cardiff), Billie The Kid (Workshop & West End concert), The Wizard of Poz (2 Brewers), The Greater Game (Southwark Playhouse), Home for Christmas (Grand Theatre, Swansea), From Up Here (Trafalgar Studios), Annie (No 1 tour), Black Eyed Susan (Theatre Royal Bury St Edmunds), Rent (Olympia Theatre Dublin) UK premieres of Victor/Victoria (Bridewell), The Ultimate Man (Bridewell), Reefer Madness (Bridewell) and Naked Boys Singing (Madam JoJos), the London premiere of Calamity Jane (BAC). Annemarie has also composed for many shows and was the Founder & Principal of the multi-award winning drama college, The MTA, 2009 – 2022.

Jane Frisby

Casting Director

Jane has been the Shakespeare in the Squares casting agent since 2021. Credits include Happy Hour for Director Lesley Manning (Gatehouse Highgate), Bed for Director Matthew Gould (Brighton), Edinburgh Festivals and several films.

Sioned Jones

Director

Sioned loved directing Twelfth Night for
Shakespeare in the Squares last summer and The
Tempest in 2022. Before then, she had over 30 years’ experience as an actor with several appearances at the National Theatre and in the West End. She can next be seen on TV in FBI International. She is also a keen ceramicist.

Alex Pearson

Executive Producer

Alex is an experienced Director and Producer, who has worked at a large number of venues throughout London and the rest of the country, on a multitude of different productions, including plays, musicals and operas. Alex has a passion for Shakespeare, and is progressively working through his entire cannon, either as Assistant Director or Director. Alex joined Shakespeare in the Squares as Assistant Director for The Tempest in 2022.

Colette Robinson-Collcutt

Costume Supervisor

Colette is a costume supervisor and costume maker based in London. Her work has been seen in many Fringe and West End shows. Recent credits include Wardrobe Assistant on Othello (Shakespeare’s Globe), Head of Wardrobe for Wishmas (Secret Cinema), Wardrobe assistant on Macbeth (Shakespeare’s Globe). Previous Shakespeare in the Square credits as costume supervisor: Twelfth Night (2023), The Tempest (2022).

Jamie Kubisch-Wiles

Stage Manager

Jamie is a freelance stage manager who completed the Andrew Lloyd Webber Traineeship for Assistant Stage and Production Management at The Watermill Theatre 2019. Theatre credits include The E.U. Killed My Dad (Jermyn Street Theatre), Myths and Women In White (Drama Studio London), 1000 Ways The World Will End (King’s Head Theatre) and A Christmas Carol 2021 & 2022 (Reading Rep Theatre), Potted Panto (Reading Rep Theatre), DORIAN (Reading Rep Theatre), The Hound Of The Baskervilles (The Watermill Theatre), One Million Tiny Plays About Britain (The Watermill Theatre.)

Lily Brown

Wardrobe Assistant

Starting at Sheffield Theatres, Lily pursued her career by studying at RCSSD. Lily has since worked on a variety of productions including Something in the Air (Peter Gill), The Massive Tragedy of Madame Bovary (Jermyn Street), Shakespeare in the Squares’ Twelfth Night, Represent Theatre’s Trueman and the Arsonists (Roundhouse Studio), NT-Connections’ Stuff, Imagination Playground (Sheffield Theatres), Sorry for your loss (Kings Head Theatre), Merchant of Venice (New Wimbledon Studio) and The Girl in the Green Jumper (Playground Theatre). Lily has also worked with Proper Productions at British Summer Time and All Points East.

John Huyton

Company Stage Manager

John trained at The Drama Centre London and has worked as Company Manager on numerous UK Tours and West End productions. John has worked with producers Sonia Friedman, Michael Harrison & Kenny Wax, Cameron Mackintosh, The Ambassador Theatre Group and PW Productions Ltd, on productions directed by Trevor Nunn, Lindsey Posner, Robin Herford, Simon Callow and Craig Revell Horwood. Shows have featured well known actors such as Brian Cox, Patrick Stewart, Dame Diana Rigg, Zoe Wannamaker, Dominic West, Simon Callow, Joanna Lumley, Sinead Cusack and Rufus Sewell.

Emily Stuart

Designer

Emily is a costume designer living and working in London. Previous credits for Shakespeare in the Squares are Twelfth Night, The Tempest, A Midsummer Night’s Dream, As You Like It, Romeo and Juliet and Much Ado About Nothing. Upcoming work includes ‘Sweet Charity’ at Glastonbury Festival and Jack and The Beanstalk at The Theatre Chipping Norton.

Bethany Fulcher

Assistant Stage Manager

Bethany has carried out various stage management positions across touring productions, musicals and devised performances. Bethany is delighted to be returning to Shakespeare in the Squares this summer following last year’s Twelfth Night. Other credits include Glass Menagerie (Rose Theatre), Follies, brand-new musical Kin, and Vital Xposure’s tour of Quiet Rebels.

Kathryn Corlett

Graphic Designer

Kathryn is a Graphic Designer and Illustrator,
this is her fifth year creating bespoke, theme
specific designs for the Shakespeare in the
Squares productions. She studied Graphic Design
at Falmouth College of Arts and has 19 years
experience as a professional designer, working on
a broad range of projects including marketing,
book, exhibition and brand design.

Eleanor Lloyd

Press

Eleanor is the Communications Manager of Distrikt Communications. She has a BA in English Literature and Language and an MA in Media and Creative Industries from Loughborough University. As a keen theatre-goer, she is delighted to be a part of the Shakespeare in the Squares team.