Northern Broadsides is a theatre company formed in 1992 and based at Dean Clough Mill in Halifax

Halifax, West Yorkshire

Halifax is a minster town, within the Metropolitan Borough of Calderdale in West Yorkshire, England. It has an urban area population of 82,056 in the 2001 Census. It is well-known as a centre of England's woollen manufacture from the 15th century onward, originally dealing through the Halifax Piece...

, West Yorkshire

West Yorkshire

West Yorkshire is a metropolitan county within the Yorkshire and the Humber region of England with a population of 2.2 million. West Yorkshire came into existence as a metropolitan county in 1974 after the passage of the Local Government Act 1972....

, England

England

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. The founder and artistic director is Barrie Rutter

Barrie Rutter

Barrie Rutter is an English actor and the founder and Artistic Director of the Northern Broadsides theatre company based in Halifax, West Yorkshire, England....

. The company performs in Halifax and on tour, a mix of Shakespeare

William Shakespeare

William Shakespeare was an English poet and playwright, widely regarded as the greatest writer in the English language and the world's pre-eminent dramatist. He is often called England's national poet and the "Bard of Avon"...

and other productions. Music is specially written for each production by Composer and Associate Director Conrad Nelson. Barrie Rutter has described the company's style as "Northern voices, doing classical work in non-velvet spaces" .

External links

• Northern Broadsides website
• British Council web page about the company