Happy 170th birthday Bernard Shaw Born 26 July 1856. Playwright, Nobel Prize laureate & Oscar winner. Shaw transformed modern theatre and his ideas continue to resonate & challenge accepted wisdom

“The golden rule is that there are no golden rules.”

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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

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

Welcome Jeffrey Liu as Vice President of The #ShawSociety A Cambridge Fellow, entrepreneur, lawyer, & UNESCO Cultural Heritage Ambassador, we’re thrilled that Jeffrey will extend Shaw's legacy across the #AsiaPacific region.
#BernardShaw #worldliterature
#CulturalExchange #Education #jeffreyliu

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

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

@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

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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Picnic with some great theatre this summer at @nationaltrust.org.uk - Shaw’s Corner home of playwright #BernardShaw on 26 July. Join us to celebrate the great man’s birthday - Rumpus Theatre Company ‘Arms and the Man’ Tickets here:
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