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Rebecca Halliwell receives the Shakespeare Club Bursary to support her PhD research on Shakespearean comedy and wellbeing.

Dr Tracy Borman explores the dramatic transfer of power in 1603 and how Elizabeth I’s death shaped Shakespeare’s plays, drawing on her new book The Stolen Crown.

Rob Eastaway revealed Shakespeare’s surprising fascination with numbers, from mental arithmetic to music and science, showing how maths, myth and magic coexisted in his lifetime in an engaging and accessible talk.

Rev Dr Paul Edmondson opened the new season with a warmly received address reflecting on his lifelong relationship with Shakespeare, Stratford, and the global connections shaped by the Bard’s work.