The Royal Shakespeare Company's fresh and vibrant contemporary restaging of Shakespeare's dark comedy, All's Well That Ends Well directed by Blanche McIntyre. 

Bursting with energy and creativity, Blanche McIntyre has triumphantly brought this problematic dark comedy into the 21st Century, exploring themes of toxic masculinity, consent, and romantic fantasy in a social media-addicted era. 

Low-born Helena is convinced that she and the high-born Bertram are meant to be. Bertram does not, so he runs off to fight in the Italian wars with his "#bff" Parolles, where he meets Diana. The lopsided love triangle all comes crashing down when the two women meet and devise a diabolical plan. 
  

The Royal Shakespeare Company's fresh and vibrant contemporary restaging of Shakespeare's dark comedy, directed by  Blanche McIntyre. 

All's Well That Ends Well

Step behind the scenes and become a part of The Royal Shakespeare Company with exclusive access to the open rehearsal for their production of Henry VI: Part One. 

Get unprecedented access to the rehearsal process of the RSC from morning warmups to lunchtime rehearsals, and fascinating green room chats. Filmed at Stratford-upon-Avon, directors Gregory Doran and Owen Horsley lead a talented cast through a fascinating three-week rehearsal process concluding in a full run of Henry VI: Part One. 

Don't miss this rare opportunity to witness the inner workings of one of the world's most renowned theatre companies. Experience the magic of the rehearsal process and get closer to the art of bringing Shakespeare's masterpieces to life. 

Step behind the scenes and become a part of The Royal Shakespeare Company with exclusive access to the open rehearsal for their production of Henry VI: Part One. 

Henry VI - Part I: Open Rehearsal Project

Dive into the final chapter of the Royal Shakespeare Company's gripping Henry VI trilogy, directed by Owen Horsely.

The Duke of York has won the battle at St.Albans, deepening the brutal feud between the House of Plantagenet: Lancaster and York and The Wars of the Roses rages on.

Featuring an amateur chorus made of the RSC's Next Generation Act young company and Shakespeare Nation community participants alongside a professional cast, Owen Horsely's brilliant production has been called a ''Bloody, unruly triumph'' by the Daily Mail.  With the most battles of any Shakespeare play, this is a brilliantly epic finale to the Henry VI trilogy. 

Dive into the final chapter of the Royal Shakespeare Company's gripping Henry VI trilogy, directed by Owen Horsely. 

Henry VI - Part III: Wars of the Roses

Gregory Doran's thrilling production of Shakespeare's Richard III featuring Arthur Hughes. 

''Now is the winter of our discontent '' ( Act 1, Scene 1). In the aftermath of the bloody Wars of the Roses, the amoral and narcissistic Duke of Gloucester begins his ruthless climb to power. Through blood, terror, and tyranny, he claims the crown as King Richard III. 

Dead-eyed and murderous, Arthur Hughes (The Innocents, Help) gives an exceptional performance as Shakespeare's most evil villain, Richard III. Gregory Doran's production is a beautiful traditional staging of this historical tale featuring moody sets designed by Stephen Brimson Lewis.  Leaning into every fiendishly dark detail, Doran still manages to eke out brilliant bits of humor. 

Gregory Doran's thrilling production of Shakespeare's Richard III with the Royal Shakespeare Company featuring Arthur Hughes. 

Richard III

Experience the Royal Shakespeare Company's five-star production of Henry VI Part Two, directed by Owen Horsley.

King Henry VI's marriage to the French Princess Margaret has caused friction within the English Court. Plots to remove The Duke of Gloucester unfold, the Duke of York lays plans to take the throne, and violent rebellions begin to rise across the country. 

In this action-packed retelling of a tumultuous period in English history, a dynamic chorus of the RSC's Next Generation Act young company and Shakespeare Nation community participants join a stellar professional cast. Horsley's brilliant staging focuses on the action of Shakespeare's lengthy trilogy, creating a gripping Game of Thrones-like epic. Featuring Mark Quartley ( Criminal UK, Inside Man), as Henry VI, Mariah Gale ( Broadchurch, Dr.Who), as the warrior Queen Margaret, and Arthur Hughes ( The Innocents, Help) as the Duke of Gloucester, this production is a triumphant exploration of power, betrayal, and rebellion. 

Experience the Royal Shakespeare Company's five-star production of Henry VI Part Two directed by Owen Horsley. 

Henry VI - Part II: Rebellion

Paapa Essiedu stars as Hamlet in the Royal Shakespeare Company’s critically-lauded production of Shakespeare’s tragedy. 

Directed by Simon Godwin, Essiedu (I May Destroy You) takes on the role of Hamlet, transposed from the court of Denmark to a modern-day African republic. 

Paapa Essiedu’s award-winning turn as a modern-day Hamlet in the RSC’s 2016 production directed by Simon Godwin.

Hamlet

Sit down with Royal Shakespeare Company actors Josette Simon (Cleopatra), Antony Byrne (Antony), and Ben Allen (Octavius Caesar) for an in-depth discussion about their roles in Shakespeare's tragedy, Julius Caesar. 

Sit down with Royal Shakespeare Company actors Josette Simon (Cleopatra), Antony Byrne (Antony), and Ben Allen (Octavius Caesar) for a discussion about their roles in Shakespeare's Julius Caesar.

Antony and Cleopatra: Cast Interviews

Director Erica Whyman transforms Shakespeare's emotionally charged play into a dystopian drama filled with The Handmaid's Tale-like horrors. 

Set in the 16 years between the 1953 coronation and the moon landing, Whyman crafts a beautiful narrative where the shadows of a tumultuous Europe collide with the timeless story of jealousy and redemption.  

King Leontes, consumed by baseless jealousy, tears his family apart, suspecting his pregnant wife, Queen Hermione, of infidelity with his friend, King Polixenes of Bohemia. His loyal courtier, Camillo, warns the Queen triggering a dramatic escape to Bohemia. Across 16 years, amidst grief and remorse, a journey of redemption unfolds as Leontes seeks the child he abandoned, wondering if there's still time for reconciliation before it's too late. 

Director Erica Whyman transforms Shakespeare's emotionally charged play into a dystopian drama filled with The Handmaid's Tale-like horrors. 

The Winter's Tale

The Royal Shakespeare Company's hilarious production of The Comedy of Errors, set in the 1980s. 

Two sets of twins are accidentally separated at birth - two masters, both named Antipholus, and their servants, both named Dromio. When one set of twins suddenly washes up on the other's shore a hilarious string of mistaken identity and slapstick antics unfolds.

Phillip Breen's radical production of Shakespeare's shortest play is a riotous blast from the past. Featuring Guy Lewis and Rowan Polonski as the masters Antipholus and Jonathan Broadbent and Greg Haiste as the servants Dromio, this production is packed with perfectly timed punchlines and nostalgic physical comedy that will leave you in stitches. 

Phillip Breen's hilarious production of The Comedy of Errors, set in the 1980s, with the Royal Shakespeare Company.  

The Comedy of Errors

Kit Harington (Game of Thrones) plays the title role in Shakespeare's epic story of nationalism, war, and the intricate dance of power in Henry V.

Immerse yourself in this gripping live capture, filmed from the Donmar Warehouse in London. Director Max Webster (Life of Pi) delivers a bold and modern take on a timeless classic. 

Driven by ambition, King Henry V embarks on a brutal campaign to seize the French throne. In a modern setting rife with gunfire and explosive bomb blasts, the young monarch must rise to the challenge of leading his beloved Englishmen to victory while proving himself worthy of the throne.  

 ''The diverse and immensely talented cast breathed life into the performance... Kit Harington as Henry cuts both a heroic and hateful character, perfectly encapsulating Shakespeare’s complex depiction of the king and his war.'' - Theatre Weekly 

Kit Harington (Game of Thrones) plays the title role in Shakespeare's epic story of nationalism, war, and the intricate dance of power in Henry V.

Henry V

Richard is hideous. Born prematurely, he is a deformed, hobbling, hunchbacked cripple who, on the battlefields of the Wars of the Roses – which flared up after the death of Henry V – served his family and above all his brother, Edward, well. Now Edward is king, thanks to a number of murders carried out on his crippled brother’s own initiative. But the end of war brings Richard no peace. His hatred for the rest of the world, to which he will never belong, lies too deep. And so he does what he does best and kills some more, clearing away every obstacle that lies in his path to becoming king. If fate prevents him from being part of a society of those blessed by good fortune, he will at least lord over them. He plays off his rivals against each other with political cunning, unscrupulously exploits the ambitions of others for his own ends and strides spotless through an immense bloodbath until there is no one left above him and the crown is his. But even this triumph, purchased with the death of enemies, allies and relatives alike, still fails to heal the great insult nature has visited upon him. Alone at the apex of the English kingdom, deprived of all his adversaries, he now turns his rage on his true nemesis – himself.

Alone at the apex of the English kingdom, deprived of all his adversaries, Richard lll now turns his rage on his true nemesis – himself.

Britain is in crisis. Alienated, insular and on the brink of disaster. Can it be saved?
An ineffectual Queen Cymbeline rules over a divided dystopian Britain. Consumed with grief at the death of two of her children, Cymbeline’s judgement is clouded. When Innogen, the only living heir, marries her sweetheart Posthumus in secret, an enraged Cymbeline banishes him. Behind the throne, a power-hungry figure plots to seize power by murdering them both. In exile Innogen's husband is tricked into believing she has been unfaithful to him and in an act of impulsive jealousy begins a scheme to have her murdered. Warned of the danger, Innogen runs away from court in disguise and begins a journey fraught with danger that will eventually reunite Cymbeline with a long-lost heir and reconcile the young lovers.

Britain is in crisis. Alienated, insular and on the brink of disaster. Can it be saved?

Cymbeline

Shakespeare’s rarely performed tale of a nation in turmoil vibrates with modern resonance in this vivid new production by Director Eleanor Rhode.

King John

Caius Martius Coriolanus is a fearless soldier but a reluctant leader. His ambitious mother attempts to carve him a path to political power, but he struggles to change his nature and do what is required to achieve greatness. In this new city state struggling to find its feet, where the gap between rich and poor is widening every day, Coriolanus must decide who he really is and where his allegiances lie.

This is one of Shakespeare's most overtly political plays, the modern dress setting for Angus Jackson's production emphasises the contemporary relevance of the themes explored in ‘Coriolanus’. This release completes the RSC’s tetralogy of Shakespeare’s Roman plays.

Caius Martius Coriolanus is a fearless soldier but a reluctant leader. He struggles to change his nature and do what is required to achieve greatness.

Coriolanus

Autumn 1918. A group of soldiers returns from the trenches. The worldweary Benedick and his friend Claudio find themselves reacquainted with Beatrice and Hero. As memories of conflict give way to a life of parties and masked balls, Claudio and Hero fall madly, deeply in love, while Benedick and Beatrice reignite their own rather more combative courtship.
Shakespeare's comic romance plays out amidst the brittle high spirits of a post-war house party, as youthful passions run riot, lovers are deceived and happiness is threatened – before peace ultimately wins out.

A group of soldiers returns from the trenches. The worldweary Benedick and his friend Claudio find themselves reacquainted with Beatrice and Hero.

Love's Labours Won

The Royal Shakespeare Company reimagines Taming of the Shrew, transporting the story of hierarchy and power into a matriarchal society where women rule. 

Funny, fresh and filled with stellar performances, the 2019 production was directed by Justin Audibert.

The RSC offers a fresh perspective of The Taming of the Shrew, flipping the setting to an old England where women rule.

The Taming of the Shrew

All the world’s a stage… Most people are familiar with this line, first uttered in Shakespeare’s As You Like It. 

The Royal Shakespeare Company’s 2019 production of As You Like It stars rising stars in the theater including Lucy Phelps. 

The story follows lovers Rosalind and Orlando who, after being forced into exile, become entangled in a beguiling game of love, lust and mistaken identity.

The RSC’s 2019 production of As You Like It, Shakespeare’s tale of love, lust and mistaken identity.

As You Like It

Starring David Tennant, the Royal Shakespeare Company’s production of Shakespeare’s Richard II has been hailed as the “definitive production of a great play.”

Watch as David Tennant masterfully captures the downfall of the plotting King Richard II, live on stage from Stratford-upon-Avon, the home of William Shakespeare.

Richard's vanity threatens to divide the great houses of England and drag his people into a dynastic civil war that will last 100 years

The Merry Wives of Windsor

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