Calendar

Sep
23
Tue
Love’s Labour’s Lost, Royal Shakespeare Company
Sep 23 2014 @ 5:30 am – Mar 14 2015 @ 5:30 am

Royal Shakespeare Company

23 September 2014 – 14 March 2015

Directed by Christopher Luscombe

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Set in the Summer of 1914, love and merriment ensue in Shakespeare’s sparkling comedy before the lives of the blissfully unaware lovers are about to be utterly transformed by the war to end all wars.

 

Oct
3
Fri
Love’s Labour’s Won, Royal Shakespeare Company
Oct 3 2014 @ 5:30 am – Mar 14 2015 @ 5:30 am

Royal Shakespeare Company

3 October 2014 – 14 March 2015

Directed by Christopher Luscombe

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Autumn 1918. 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.

 

 

Oct
23
Thu
The Witch of Edmonton, Royal Shakespeare Company
Oct 23 @ 5:15 am – Nov 29 @ 5:15 am

Royal Shakespeare Company

23 October – 29 November 2014

Directed by Gregory Doran

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Elizabeth Sawyer is a lonely old woman. Ostracised and accused of being a witch. In her misery, she wishes that she really were bewitched and so able to wreak vengeance. Unluckily, someone with the power to grant that wish is listening.

 

 

Nov
29
Sat
The Christmas Truce, Royal Shakespeare Company
Nov 29 2014 @ 4:30 am – Jan 31 2015 @ 5:30 am

Royal Shakespeare Company

29 November 2014 – 31 January 2015

Directed by Erica Whyman

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Christmas 1914, as the men of the Warwickshire Regiment shelter in their trenches, something astonishing happens. Across no-man’s land they hear music. German soldiers are singing carols.

Inspired by real events 100 years ago, Erica Whyman directs Phil Porter’s uplifting new play for families that celebrates a remarkable story.

 

Dec
11
Thu
The Shoemaker’s Holiday, Royal Shakespeare Company
Dec 11 2014 @ 4:15 am – Mar 7 2015 @ 5:15 am

Royal Shakespeare Company

11 December 2014 – 7 March 2015

Directed by Phillip Breen

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Rowland Lacy loves Rose Oatley but it’s not going to work out. An aristocrat and a middle class girl aren’t supposed to marry, not least because her parents really don’t approve.

Following his acclaimed RSC debut, The Merry Wives of Windsor (2012), Phillip Breen returns to direct Dekker’s glorious city comedy of class, conflict and cobblers in love.

Jan
15
Thu
Oppenheimer, Royal Shakespeare Company
Jan 15 @ 4:15 am – Mar 7 @ 5:15 am

Royal Shakespeare Company

15 January – 7 March 2015

Directed by Angus Jackson

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Tom Morton-Smith’s new play takes us to the heart of the Manhattan Project, exploring tensions between the scientific advances that shape our understanding of the fabric of the universe, and the justification of their use during wartime, revealing the personal cost of making history.

Directed by Angus Jackson whose recent credits include King Lear at Chichester Festival Theatre.