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Shakespeare

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    The RSC’s Dream takes audiences into a virtual forest

    Dream, the Royal Shakespeare Company (RSC) online

    12 Mar 21 – 20 Mar 21

    In Dream, the RSC brings to life the world of Shakespeare’s A Midsummer Night’s Dream for audiences at home

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  • In the Know

    Theatre 

    Sir Ian McKellen's one-man show transfers to West End

    Sir Ian McKellen in Shakespeare, Tolkien, Others & You, Harold Pinter Theatre

    20 Sep 19 – 05 Jan 20

    In Shakespeare, Tolkien, Others & You, Sir Ian McKellen guides audiences through a retrospective of his 50-year career

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  • Preview

    Theatre 

    Richard III, Sam Wanamaker Playhouse

    Richard III, Sam Wanamaker Playhouse

    13 Nov 19 – 26 Jan 20

    The Globe stages Richard III, a deliciously villainous play featuring the hunchback that everyone loves to hate.

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  • Essential

    Theatre 

    A magical and menacing Midsummer Night's Dream

    A Midsummer Night's Dream, Regent's Park Open Air Theatre review ★★★★★

    28 Jun 19 – 27 Jul 19

    Dominic Hill's A Midsummer Night's Dream at Regent's Park is dark, hilarious and open air theatre at its very best

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  • In the Know

    Kids 

    Summer of Shakespeare, Blenheim Palace

    Summer of Shakespeare, Blenheim Palace

    08 Jul 19 – 07 Sep 19

    Blenheim Palace will welcome Europe's first pop-up Shakespearean theatre with a season of Renaissance revelry

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    Theatre 

    A Midsummer Night's Dream in a square near you

    Shakespeare in the Squares: A Midsummer Night's Dream

    19 Jun 19 – 11 Jul 19

    Head to one of London's historic squares to watch the summertime Shakespeare favourite, A Midsummer Night's Dream

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  • Book Now

    Theatre 

    Book now for the Globe's summer season

    Summer Season, Shakespeare's Globe

    Michelle Terry is back for her second summer season

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  • Book Now

    Theatre 

    Richard III opens Ally Pally Theatre

    Richard III, Alexandra Palace Theatre review ★★★★★

    13 Mar 19 – 31 Mar 19

    Headlong theatre company bring a radically different take on Shakespeare's Richard III to the newly-restored Alexandra Palace Theatre

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  • Tried and Tested

    Cinema 

    See Kenneth Branagh play Shakespeare in All Is True

    All is True film review ★★★★★

    08 Feb 19 – 08 Feb 20

    Retelling the final days of William Shakespeare, All Is True sees Kenneth Branagh direct and star in a lesser-known literary life story

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    Theatre 

    The Merry Wives of Windsor, Barbican Theatre review

    The Merry Wives of Windsor, Barbican Theatre review ★★★★★

    07 Dec 18 – 07 Jan 19

    Modern Essex meets Elizabethan Windsor in this playful production of Shakespeare's silly Falstaff spin-off

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    Theatre 

    Doctor Faustus at the Sam Wanamaker Winter Season

    Doctor Faustus, Sam Wanamaker Playhouse review ★★★★★

    01 Dec 18 – 02 Feb 19

    Female comedians Pauline McLynn and Jocelyn Jee Esien have livened up Doctor Faustus into a giggling romp for the 2019 Sam Wanamaker Winter season

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  • In the Know

    Theatre 

    Romeo and Juliet, Barbican Theatre review

    Romeo and Juliet, Barbican Theatre review ★★★★★

    02 Nov 18 – 19 Jan 19

    The Royal Shakespeare Company brings the Bard’s most famous love story to the Barbican Theatre

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  • In the Know

    Kids 

    The Winter’s Tale, National Theatre

    The Winter’s Tale, National Theatre

    06 Feb 19 – 21 Feb 19

    Justin Audibert’s child-friendly production of The Winter’s Tale comes to the National Theatre

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  • Essential

    Themes 

    Measure for Measure for the #MeToo generation

    Measure for Measure, Donmar Warehouse review ★★★★★

    28 Sep 18 – 24 Nov 18

    Hayley Atwell and Jack Lowden alternate roles in a gender swapping production of Measure for Measure

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  • Essential

    Themes 

    The Shakespeare Plays To See In London Theatres Right Now

    Three Shakespeare shows to see

    Me Too era updates, R n B soundtracks or steamy romance: the three Shakespeare shows to see this autumn

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    Musicals 

    Musical adaptation makes Twelfth Night into Notting Hill Carnival

    Twelfth Night, Young Vic Theatre review ★★★★★

    02 Oct 18 – 17 Nov 18

    Shorn in half, stuffed with poptastic songs, and relocated to a vibey Notting Hill Carnival: Kwame Kwei-Armarh's Twelfth Night is a bombastic take on Shakespeare

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  • In the Know

    Theatre 

    A new Macbeth takes to the London stage

    Macbeth, The Barbican

    15 Oct 18 – 18 Jan 19

    Christopher Eccleston and Niamh Cusack star in the RSC's production of Macbeth, which transfers to London

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  • We love

    We love

    Theatre 

    Unmissable: Ian McKellen is King Lear

    Ian McKellen's King Lear, Duke of York's Theatre review ★★★★★

    11 Jul 18 – 03 Nov 18

    If you only see one Shakespeare, make it this: the almighty Ian McKellen plays King Lear in Jonathan Munby's triumphant production

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  • In the Know

    Theatre 

    As You Like It, Regent's Park Open Air Theatre review:

    Pastoral comedy on alfresco stage ★★★★★

    06 Jul 18 – 28 Jul 18

    Shakespeare's As You Like It brings pastoral comedy and gender-swapping to the Open Air Theatre

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  • Tried and Tested

    Theatre 

    As You Like It / Hamlet, The Globe review

    As You Like It / Hamlet, The Globe review ★★★★★

    02 May 18 – 26 Aug 18

    Michelle Terry shows that Shakespeare can be woke with a gender-blind, race-blind, disability-blind company collaborating on Hamlet and As You Like It

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  • We love

    Theatre 

    Open air Shakespeare at Westminster Abbey

    The Merchant of Venice, Westminster Abbey

    08 Aug 18 – 09 Aug 18

    Soak up Shakespearean comedy in the historic surroundings of Westminster Abbey

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  • In the Know

    Theatre 

    The Two Noble Kinsmen, The Globe Theatre

    The Two Noble Kinsmen, The Globe Theatre

    25 May 18 – 30 Jun 18

    Director Barrie Rutter revives a lesser known Shakespeare play at The Globe Theatre this summer

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  • In the Know

    Theatre 

    Pericles, National Theatre

    Pericles, National Theatre

    26 Aug 18 – 28 Aug 18

    Public Acts invites a huge company of Londoners to join professional actors on stage in a community production of Pericles

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  • Book Now

    Theatre 

    A hollow, post-apocalyptic Macbeth

    Macbeth, National Theatre review ★★★★★

    26 Feb 18 – 12 May 18

    Rufus Norris' Macbeth, starring Rory Kinnear and Anne-Marie Duff loses the poetry in a hollow, overdone production

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  • Tried and Tested

    Best of 

    An immersion into post-truth politics: Julius Caesar starring Ben Wishaw

    Julius Caesar, The Bridge Theatre review ★★★★★

    20 Jan 18 – 15 Apr 18

    Nicholas Hytner directs an atmospheric promenade production of Julius Caesar at The Bridge

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  • In the Know

    Theatre 

    Julius Caesar, Barbican Centre

    Julius Caesar, Barbican Centre

    24 Nov 17 – 20 Jan 18

    The RSC rattle over the Rubicon this winter as Shakespeare’s Julius Caesar comes to the Barbican

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  • In the Know

    Theatre 

    Antony and Cleopatra, Barbican Centre

    Antony and Cleopatra, Barbican Centre

    30 Nov 17 – 20 Jan 18

    Shakespeare's most sensual tragedy heats up the Barbican this winter, as the RSC's Antony and Cleopatra heads to London

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  • In the Know

    Theatre 

    Coriolanus, Barbican Centre

    Coriolanus, Barbican Centre

    06 Nov 17 – 18 Nov 17

    Action is eloquence this November as the RSC’s Coriolanus comes to the Barbican as part of the Rome MMXVII season

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  • In the Know

    Theatre 

    Titus Andronicus, Barbican Centre

    Titus Andronicus, Barbican Centre

    07 Dec 17 – 19 Jan 18

    Blood and revenge are hammering in our heads - the RSC's Titus Andronicus comes to the Barbican

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  • We love

    Theatre 

    Kiss Me Kate, London Coliseum

    Kiss Me Kate, London Coliseum

    20 Jun 18 – 30 Jun 18

    Opera North's sizzling production of Kiss Me Kate comes to the Coliseum for ten nights only

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  • Tried and Tested

    Theatre 

    King Lear review, The Globe 2017

    King Lear review, The Globe 2017 ★★★★★

    10 Aug 17 – 14 Oct 17

    Kevin McNally steals the show as the ill-fated King Lear in Nancy Heckler's new production of the Shakespearean tragedy

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  • We Love

    Tried and Tested

    Theatre 

    'Mesmerising and arresting': Hamlet transfers from Almeida Theatre to the West End and comes to the BBC

    West End transfer for Andrew Scott's Hamlet, Harold Pinter Theatre

    09 Jun 17 – 02 Sep 17

    Andrew Scott captivates in Robert Icke's sleek, minimalist Hamlet, transferring to the West End after a sell-out run at the Almeida

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