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Merseyside's 30 million pound Shakespeare North theatre has revealed it will open to the public in July with a world class opening programme of shows.

The Playhouse in Prescot will become the only 17th-century style timber theatre outside London and is expected to attract 140 thousand visitors a year.

Highlights include A Midsummer Night鈥檚 Dream, A Christmas Carol and audiences with Johnny Vegas and Jimmy McGovern.