Environment
Shakespeare’s plays teem with metaphors drawn from the life of plants and animals and the Mid-Wales Shakespeare Centre offers a chance to share in some of his inspiration of rural life.
As well as our totally natural theatre, we have seeded and planted an organic hay meadow with plant species which Shakespeare would have known and which are found in his plays. We currently have plans for a kitchen garden of Elizabethan culinary herbs, and a children’s nature trail with natural treasure hunt.
To build on the environmentally sound and holistic identity of the Mid Wales Shakespeare Centre, we developed a stand-alone energy system. Eight photovoltaic panels and a windmill generate enough electricity to power the stage lighting and sound in the theatre and Black Barn, the power tools used by our volunteers and lighting and household appliances in the Stable which houses the reference library, costume store and workshop space. We believe we are probably the first static theatre facility in the UK to be powered entirely by green energy!