When Julian Chenery founded Shakespeare 4 Kidz twenty-five years ago he had a young family. I interviewed him – and them – for a national newspaper not long after S4K launched. Today, three of his four adult children are professionally involved in the company to some extent. His wife, Carolyn (they were celebrating their 36th wedding anniversary in the week that he and I met for this interview) is company producer. It’s very much a family business.
S4K works very hard to present Shakespeare to children in an accessible, musical