To promote Shakespeare’s work in the community, including to explore the teaching and learning of Shakespeare in educational settings; to embed accessibility in Shakespeare’s works as staged, translated, adapted and performed, including BSL (British Sign Language); to explore Shakespeare’s literary, cultural and performance body of work, including translations and adaptations, as intangible world heritage.
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Reticulating Splines
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4 Current APPG Officers
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Manuela Perteghella
Chair & Registered Contact
Liberal Democrat - Stratford-on-Avon
Joined: 12th February 2025Citizens' Rights , Gaps in Covid-19 Financial Support , Italy , Visual Arts and Artists
8 APPG Memberships
Carers , Climate Change , Early Education and Childcare , Environment , Healthy Homes and Buildings , Prostate Cancer , Theatre , Water Pollution
Dark Skies , Genetic Haemochromatosis , Parkrun , Shellfish Aquaculture
5 APPG Memberships
Beer , Defence Technology , Furniture Industry , Parks and Green Spaces , Tidy Britain
Food Banks , Housing and Care for Older People
9 APPG Memberships
Anti-Corruption and Responsible Tax , Autism , Beer , Freight and Logistics , Gypsies, Travellers and Roma , Homelessness , International Students , United Nations Global Goals , Writers
Baroness Bonham-Carter of Yarnbury
Vice Chair
Liberal Democrat - Life peer
Joined: 12th February 2025BBC , Italy , ITV , Media , Mexico , Publishing
6 APPG Memberships
Intellectual Property , Music , Music Education , Performing Arts Education and Training , Theatre , Writers
Contact Details
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Manuela Perteghella MP, House of Commons, London, SW1A 0AA.
Email: manuela.perteghella.mp@parliament.uk
Public Enquiry Point:
Maiya James, Office of Manuela Perteghella MP. Tel: 0207 219 7779
Email: maiya.james@parliament.uk
Secretariat:
The Shakespeare Institute, University of Birmingham acts as the group's secretariat. https://www.birmingham.ac.uk/schools/edacs/departments/shakespeare
Group's Website:
No benefits in kind are on record for the Shakespeare APPG
No direct financial benefits are on record for the Shakespeare APPG
Former APPG Officers
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James Morris
Chair & Registered Contact
Conservative - Former Member for Halesowen and Rowley Regis
Joined: 22nd February 2023Departed: 30th May 2024
No other APPG Memberships
Gary Sambrook
Vice Chair
Conservative - Former Member for Birmingham, Northfield
Joined: 22nd February 2023Departed: 30th May 2024
No other APPG Memberships
William Wragg
Vice Chair
Independent - Former Member for Hazel Grove
Joined: 22nd February 2023Departed: 30th May 2024
No other APPG Memberships
George Howarth
Vice Chair
Labour - Former Member for Knowsley
Joined: 22nd February 2023Departed: 30th May 2024
No other APPG Memberships