The ‘Film Evening of Shaw and Shaviana!’ on Wednesday 19 November has sadly been postponed due to illness in the technical team. It will be rescheduled soon. #shawsociety #theoscarwildesociety

Photo of Bernard Shaw taken in 1934 Shaw has white hair and beard He is sitting with his hand on his chest looking to the side of the camera

OTD in 1950 Irish playwright, critic & activist #BernardShaw died aged 94. Author of over 60 plays including Man and Superman, Pygmalion, and Saint Joan. He was the first person to win both a NobelPrize and an Oscar. His words continue to challenge, charm & change the world #ShawSociety

Black and white block print by Aubrey Beardsley of Salome, holding the decapitated head of St. John the Baptist used in first English edition of Oscar Wilde’s play in 1893

Our next Playreading is ‘Salomé’ by #OscarWilde. A one-act play combining elements of biblical drama, French Symbolism, & the Decadent movement. Wed 24 Sept 7pm with theatre director Catherine Arden. To book email evelyn@shawsociety.org.uk
£10 (Members £8) Zoom FREE #ShawSociety

What a weekend! Sat 23 Aug - last night of ‘Shaw vs Chekhov’ great comedy at @theatreattabard.bsky.social starts 6pm.
Sun 24 Aug - ‘The Shaw Crawl’ FREE #literarywalk with Shaw readings. Starts midday Fitzroy Square WIT 6ED To book: esme@shawsociety.org.uk #bernardshaw #shawsociety #londonevents

Poster showing photo of blue plaque at Shaw’s House in Fitzroy Square

A group listening to a reading on The Shaw Society Shaw Crawl in 2024

Two people attending the Shaw Society Shaw Crawl having a drink at the refreshment stop

Wit, wisdom & walking shoes! It’s the Shaw Crawl! A FREE literary themed stroll with al fresco readings of tragedy & comedy from the pen of Bernard Shaw
Email to book at: esme@shawsociety.org.uk
Bank Holiday Sun 24 Aug
Starts 12Noon
FITZROY SQUARE
WIT 6ED
#Literarywalk #BernardShaw #shawsociety

Still a chance to see ‘Mrs Warren’s Profession’ with mother and daughter Imelda Staunton and Bessie Carter at the Garrick Theatre - But Hurry ! It closes on Saturday. #BernardShaw #LondonTheatre #shawsociety

Curtain up soon at Britten Theatre @RCMLondon @PegasusOpera double bill ‘Opera Royale’ includes Philip Hagemann’s opera based on Shaw’s ‘The Dark Lady of the Sonnets’ What if Shakespeare met Elizabeth I ? #HappyBirthday #BernardShaw #ShawSociety

Shaw Society Chair Maureen Clark Darby presenting a bas relief of Bernard Shaw to Chair of the Irish Cultural Centre Peter Power-Hynes

@irishculturalcentr.bsky.social Chair Peter Power-Hynes accepting a bas relief of #BernardShaw by Lawrence Holofcener from Maureen Clark Darby on behalf of Lawrence’s wife Julia a #ShawSociety Trustee. The sculpture will honour one of Ireland’s literary greats at the heart of Irish culture in London

Special Film Screenings of Two Operas Adapted from George Bernard Shaw’s One-Act Plays, “The Six Of Calais” & “Passion, Poison, and Petrifaction” - Irish Cultural Centre Here at the Irish Cultural Centre, we invite you to check out Special Film Screenings of Two Operas Adapted from George Bernard Shaw’s One-Act Plays, “The Six Of Calais” & “Passion, Poison, and Petrif...

Join us at 2.30 pm Sunday 13 July @MyICCLondon for a celebration of #BernardShaw - 2 short films of @PegasusOpera performing Philip Hagemann’s Shaw operas. And much more! Full details here:

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Pack your picnics, rugs & chairs for Rumpus Theatre Company production of Bernard Shaw’s delightful romantic comedy ‘Arms and the Man’ at Shaw's Corner - @nationaltrust.org.uk
Fri 25th & Sat 26th July 6.30pm
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#BernardShaw #OpenAirTheatre #ShawSociety