Everything to Everybody

‘Everything to Everybody’ aims to revive Birmingham’s almost-forgotten Birmingham Shakespeare Memorial Library and reconnect the collection with the diverse and youthful modern city of Birmingham. The collection was founded by reformer and activist George Dawson, whose pioneering ‘everything to everybody’ ethos helped make 19th-century Birmingham the world’s most progressive modern city. It is the third largest Shakespeare collection in the world, and the only one freely available in a public library.

The project will include an innovative programme of public engagement activities and community-led exhibitions, cataloguing and digitising collections, creating a new exhibition space in the Shakespeare Memorial Room at the Library of Birmingham, restoration and conservation of at risk items from the collection, an education programme and a volunteer programme. A festival and major exhibition will be hosted at Library of Birmingham in 2022.

The project is a collaboration between the University of Birmingham and Birmingham City Council.

Upcoming (0)

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Past (32)

Book sniffing the Shakespeare Collection! primary image

Book sniffing the Shakespeare Collection!

Free

Bards Without Borders! A creative writing & drama workshop primary image

Bards Without Borders! A creative writing & drama workshop

Sat, Jul 29, 2:00 PM

Free

Limbo, Exile and Shakespeare - a poetry and drama workshop primary image

Limbo, Exile and Shakespeare - a poetry and drama workshop

Mon, Jun 12, 4:30 PM

Free

Looking for / at Polish Shakespeare:  Translation, Freedom, Theatre primary image

Looking for / at Polish Shakespeare: Translation, Freedom, Theatre

Fri, Nov 4, 6:00 PM

Free

A little patch of ground primary image

A little patch of ground

Free

All The World’s A Stage primary image

All The World’s A Stage

Check ticket price on event

EVERYTHING TO EVERYBODY FUN PALACE: Shakespeare Collections Workshop primary image

EVERYTHING TO EVERYBODY FUN PALACE: Shakespeare Collections Workshop

Sat, Oct 1, 3:00 PM

Free

EVERYTHING TO EVERYBODY FUN PALACE: Hip Hop Workshops with Told By An Idiot primary image

EVERYTHING TO EVERYBODY FUN PALACE: Hip Hop Workshops with Told By An Idiot

Sat, Oct 1, 2:00 PM

Free

E2E FUN PALACE: 'Modern-dress Shakespeare "starring"  The Rude Mechanicals primary image

E2E FUN PALACE: 'Modern-dress Shakespeare "starring" The Rude Mechanicals

Sat, Oct 1, 1:00 PM

Free

EVERYTHING TO EVERYBODY FUN PALACE: Lightpost Drama Workshop primary image

EVERYTHING TO EVERYBODY FUN PALACE: Lightpost Drama Workshop

Free

EVERYTHING TO EVERYBODY FUN PALACE: Hip Hop Workshops with Told By An Idiot primary image

EVERYTHING TO EVERYBODY FUN PALACE: Hip Hop Workshops with Told By An Idiot

Sat, Oct 1, 12:00 PM

Free

EVERYTHING TO EVERYBODY FUN PALACE: Shakespeare Collections Workshop primary image

EVERYTHING TO EVERYBODY FUN PALACE: Shakespeare Collections Workshop

Sat, Oct 1, 12:00 PM

Free

Book sniffing the Shakespeare Collection! primary image

Book sniffing the Shakespeare Collection!

Free

Bards Without Borders! A creative writing & drama workshop primary image

Bards Without Borders! A creative writing & drama workshop

Sat, Jul 29, 2:00 PM

Free

Limbo, Exile and Shakespeare - a poetry and drama workshop primary image

Limbo, Exile and Shakespeare - a poetry and drama workshop

Mon, Jun 12, 4:30 PM

Free

Looking for / at Polish Shakespeare:  Translation, Freedom, Theatre primary image

Looking for / at Polish Shakespeare: Translation, Freedom, Theatre

Fri, Nov 4, 6:00 PM

Free

A little patch of ground primary image

A little patch of ground

Free

All The World’s A Stage primary image

All The World’s A Stage

Check ticket price on event

EVERYTHING TO EVERYBODY FUN PALACE: Shakespeare Collections Workshop primary image

EVERYTHING TO EVERYBODY FUN PALACE: Shakespeare Collections Workshop

Sat, Oct 1, 3:00 PM

Free

EVERYTHING TO EVERYBODY FUN PALACE: Hip Hop Workshops with Told By An Idiot primary image

EVERYTHING TO EVERYBODY FUN PALACE: Hip Hop Workshops with Told By An Idiot

Sat, Oct 1, 2:00 PM

Free

E2E FUN PALACE: 'Modern-dress Shakespeare "starring"  The Rude Mechanicals primary image

E2E FUN PALACE: 'Modern-dress Shakespeare "starring" The Rude Mechanicals

Sat, Oct 1, 1:00 PM

Free

EVERYTHING TO EVERYBODY FUN PALACE: Lightpost Drama Workshop primary image

EVERYTHING TO EVERYBODY FUN PALACE: Lightpost Drama Workshop

Free

EVERYTHING TO EVERYBODY FUN PALACE: Hip Hop Workshops with Told By An Idiot primary image

EVERYTHING TO EVERYBODY FUN PALACE: Hip Hop Workshops with Told By An Idiot

Sat, Oct 1, 12:00 PM

Free

EVERYTHING TO EVERYBODY FUN PALACE: Shakespeare Collections Workshop primary image

EVERYTHING TO EVERYBODY FUN PALACE: Shakespeare Collections Workshop

Sat, Oct 1, 12:00 PM

Free

‘Everything to Everybody’ aims to revive Birmingham’s almost-forgotten Birmingham Shakespeare Memorial Library and reconnect the collection with the diverse and youthful modern city of Birmingham. The collection was founded by reformer and activist George Dawson, whose pioneering ‘everything to everybody’ ethos helped make 19th-century Birmingham the world’s most progressive modern city. It is the third largest Shakespeare collection in the world, and the only one freely available in a public library.

The project will include an innovative programme of public engagement activities and community-led exhibitions, cataloguing and digitising collections, creating a new exhibition space in the Shakespeare Memorial Room at the Library of Birmingham, restoration and conservation of at risk items from the collection, an education programme and a volunteer programme. A festival and major exhibition will be hosted at Library of Birmingham in 2022.

The project is a collaboration between the University of Birmingham and Birmingham City Council.

Events

Sorry, there are no upcoming events
Book sniffing the Shakespeare Collection! primary image

Book sniffing the Shakespeare Collection!

Free

Bards Without Borders! A creative writing & drama workshop primary image

Bards Without Borders! A creative writing & drama workshop

Sat, Jul 29, 2:00 PM

Free

Limbo, Exile and Shakespeare - a poetry and drama workshop primary image

Limbo, Exile and Shakespeare - a poetry and drama workshop

Mon, Jun 12, 4:30 PM

Free

Looking for / at Polish Shakespeare:  Translation, Freedom, Theatre primary image

Looking for / at Polish Shakespeare: Translation, Freedom, Theatre

Fri, Nov 4, 6:00 PM

Free

A little patch of ground primary image

A little patch of ground

Free

All The World’s A Stage primary image

All The World’s A Stage

Check ticket price on event

EVERYTHING TO EVERYBODY FUN PALACE: Shakespeare Collections Workshop primary image

EVERYTHING TO EVERYBODY FUN PALACE: Shakespeare Collections Workshop

Sat, Oct 1, 3:00 PM

Free

EVERYTHING TO EVERYBODY FUN PALACE: Hip Hop Workshops with Told By An Idiot primary image

EVERYTHING TO EVERYBODY FUN PALACE: Hip Hop Workshops with Told By An Idiot

Sat, Oct 1, 2:00 PM

Free

E2E FUN PALACE: 'Modern-dress Shakespeare "starring"  The Rude Mechanicals primary image

E2E FUN PALACE: 'Modern-dress Shakespeare "starring" The Rude Mechanicals

Sat, Oct 1, 1:00 PM

Free

EVERYTHING TO EVERYBODY FUN PALACE: Lightpost Drama Workshop primary image

EVERYTHING TO EVERYBODY FUN PALACE: Lightpost Drama Workshop

Free

EVERYTHING TO EVERYBODY FUN PALACE: Hip Hop Workshops with Told By An Idiot primary image

EVERYTHING TO EVERYBODY FUN PALACE: Hip Hop Workshops with Told By An Idiot

Sat, Oct 1, 12:00 PM

Free

EVERYTHING TO EVERYBODY FUN PALACE: Shakespeare Collections Workshop primary image

EVERYTHING TO EVERYBODY FUN PALACE: Shakespeare Collections Workshop

Sat, Oct 1, 12:00 PM

Free

Book sniffing the Shakespeare Collection! primary image

Book sniffing the Shakespeare Collection!

Free

Bards Without Borders! A creative writing & drama workshop primary image

Bards Without Borders! A creative writing & drama workshop

Sat, Jul 29, 2:00 PM

Free

Limbo, Exile and Shakespeare - a poetry and drama workshop primary image

Limbo, Exile and Shakespeare - a poetry and drama workshop

Mon, Jun 12, 4:30 PM

Free

Looking for / at Polish Shakespeare:  Translation, Freedom, Theatre primary image

Looking for / at Polish Shakespeare: Translation, Freedom, Theatre

Fri, Nov 4, 6:00 PM

Free

A little patch of ground primary image

A little patch of ground

Free

All The World’s A Stage primary image

All The World’s A Stage

Check ticket price on event

EVERYTHING TO EVERYBODY FUN PALACE: Shakespeare Collections Workshop primary image

EVERYTHING TO EVERYBODY FUN PALACE: Shakespeare Collections Workshop

Sat, Oct 1, 3:00 PM

Free

EVERYTHING TO EVERYBODY FUN PALACE: Hip Hop Workshops with Told By An Idiot primary image

EVERYTHING TO EVERYBODY FUN PALACE: Hip Hop Workshops with Told By An Idiot

Sat, Oct 1, 2:00 PM

Free

E2E FUN PALACE: 'Modern-dress Shakespeare "starring"  The Rude Mechanicals primary image

E2E FUN PALACE: 'Modern-dress Shakespeare "starring" The Rude Mechanicals

Sat, Oct 1, 1:00 PM

Free

EVERYTHING TO EVERYBODY FUN PALACE: Lightpost Drama Workshop primary image

EVERYTHING TO EVERYBODY FUN PALACE: Lightpost Drama Workshop

Free

EVERYTHING TO EVERYBODY FUN PALACE: Hip Hop Workshops with Told By An Idiot primary image

EVERYTHING TO EVERYBODY FUN PALACE: Hip Hop Workshops with Told By An Idiot

Sat, Oct 1, 12:00 PM

Free

EVERYTHING TO EVERYBODY FUN PALACE: Shakespeare Collections Workshop primary image

EVERYTHING TO EVERYBODY FUN PALACE: Shakespeare Collections Workshop

Sat, Oct 1, 12:00 PM

Free