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We are the Pride Knights, and this is our battle cry No enemy can shake us, as hard as they can try There’s a fire in our eyes that no hatred can kill A passion in our hearts that’s as strong as our will To our fellow queers who fight their battles on their own We promise to fight with you, you are never alone To our fellow queers who have fallen with the pain We thank you for your courage, your fight is not in vain

We are defenders of the right to be proud of who you are To love who you love and to accept every scar We are your knights, protectors of our pride Together we stand, together we ride

These are back! 

[Tees | Hoodies | Sweatshirts]

With pride coming up soon we really want to do something to help raise spirits. Pride may be cancelled this year, but that doesn’t mean we still can’t celebrate it. We know some of you have been wanting a PK t-shirt for a long time. So, we are doing a giveaway of some Pride Knights merch!

Streaming Shakespeare: May 2020 

A sampling of this month’s theatrical offerings, available for free on your couch. 

Stage Plays: 

Romeo and Juliet, Shakespeare’s Globe (through May 3)

King Lear, Stratford Festival (through May 14)

Antony and Cleopatra, National Theatre Live (May 7-May 14)

Two Noble Kinsmen, Shakespeare’s Globe (May 4-May 17)

Coriolanus, Stratford Festival (through May 21)

Much Ado About Nothing, The Public Theatre via Great Performances (through May 27)

Macbeth, Stratford Festival (May 7-May 28)

The Winter’s Tale, Shakespeare’s Globe (May 18-May 31)

The Tempest, Stratford Festival (May 14-June 4)

Timon of Athens, Stratford Festival (May 21-June 11)

Love’s Labour’s Lost, Stratford Festival (May 28-June 18)

Macbeth, Folger Theatre (through July 1)

The Tempest, Shakespeare’s Globe (UK only)

A Midsummer Night’s Dream, Shakespeare’s Globe (UK only)

Macbeth, Royal Shakespeare Company (UK only)

Much Ado About Nothing, Royal Shakespeare Company (UK only)

Othello, Royal Shakespeare Company (UK only)

Romeo and Juliet, Royal Shakespeare Company (UK only)

The Merchant of Venice, Royal Shakespeare Company (UK only)

More cool stuff:

Macbeth, from the Shakespeare’s Globe Playing Shakespeare series, produced especially for young people. This performance will be available from May 7 until UK schools re-open, and the website also posts material for students and teachers.

The Show Must Go Online, a weekly series working its way through the canon in chronological order, created by Rob Myles and starring actors all over the world.

There are so many excellent Shakespeare podcasts to binge, but shout out here to The Shakespeare Sessions for their star-studded and ambitiously produced audio plays.

The Folger Shakespeare Library, in partnership with Simon and Schuster, is making seven of their full-cast audio plays available for free through July 1

Paid services with free trials:

MarqueeTV (Probably the best bang for your buck, Shakespeare-wise, highlights include Anthony Sher as Falstaff, Papaa Essiedu as Hamlet, David Tennant as Richard II, Phyllida Lloyd’s Donmar Warehouse trilogy, Thea Sharrock’s irresistible 2009 As You Like It)

Amazon Prime (Highlights include the Amazon Original production of Lear, Fiona Shaw as Richard II in the 2016 National Theatre production)