Shakespearean Insult Workshop - Nottingham

Welcome, thou dunghill villain!

Join our resident Shakespeare Scholar, Dr Kibrina Davey for a fun-filled look at Shakespearean insults!

Learn all about Shakespeare’s theatre, hear some of the best insults in the Shakespearean canon, learn the meaning behind them, and have a go at creating and performing your own!

This event will last for approximately two hours (including a break for juice and biscuits)

Kibrina Davey is the Events Manager at Waterstones Nottingham. She has a Ph.D in early modern drama from Sheffield Hallam University and is a qualified teacher. Her research interests include Shakespeare and his contemporaries, early modern emotion, and the history of medicine. Kibrina has published articles in Textus, Early Modern Literary Studies, and Cahiers Elisabethains and co-edited and contributed a chapter to Poison on the Early Modern Stage, published by Manchester University Press.

This event is part of Waterstones Nottingham Children’s Gala which is taking place from Saturday 28th March to Sunday 5th April. Why not check out the rest of our events?

Did you know that 2026 is the National Year of Reading? A Department for Education initiative, in collaboration with The National Literacy Trust, the campaign aims to tackle the profound decline in reading enjoyment in the UK and reconnect people of all ages with reading as a relevant and immediately rewarding activity. Our children’s gala is one of the ways in which we are helping to encourage a love of reading! Find out more at National Year of Reading 2026 | National Literacy Trust

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