Cast Set For MARY PAGE MARLOWE at the The Old Vic
by Stephi Wild - Aug 14, 2025
The Old Vic has announced the full cast and further creative team for the UK premiere of Pulitzer Prize-winning Tracy Letts’ play Mary Page Marlowe. Learn more here!
BBC to Run Extensive Shakespeare Season to Celebrate 400th Anniversary of First Folio
by Aliya Al-Hassan - Oct 11, 2023
The BBC is celebrating this extraordinary anniversary with an ambitious season of content across TV, Radio, BBC iPlayer & BBC Sounds exploring why, 400 years on, Shakespeare's relevance and influence is as strong as ever. A wealth of programming featuring major actors and leading experts, including new documentaries, performance, music, drama, comedy, news coverage and the best of the BBC archive, as well as special items on flagship BBC shows, will celebrate the man, his world and his timeless writing.
Photos: World Stage Premiere Of HAMNET Opens In The Swan Theatre, Stratford-upon-Avon
by A.A. Cristi - Apr 14, 2023
Last night (Wednesday 12 April), the Royal Shakespeare Company and Neal Street Productions, in association with Hera Pictures, welcomed special guests to the world stage premiere of Hamnet, which opened its sold-out run in the newly restored Swan Theatre, Stratford-upon-Avon. See photos from inside opening night!
RSC's HAMLET With Paapa Essiedu, and More Will Be Broadcast on BBC Four
by Stephi Wild - Jun 12, 2020
The Royal Shakespeare Company production of Macbeth (2018) will be broadcast on BBC Four this Sunday 14 June at 9.30pm as part of Culture in Quarantine. This will be followed by Simon Godwin's landmark production of Hamlet (2016) with Paapa Essiedu in the title role on Sunday 21 June at 9pm.
VIDEO: RSC Actors Help Students Studying Shakespeare Under Lockdown
by Stephi Wild - Apr 27, 2020
As part of the newly launched Royal Shakespeare Community initiative, artists from the Royal Shakespeare Company, who are currently unable to rehearse or perform, will lend a hand in helping to unlock Shakespeare for thousands of children and young people studying at home.
VIDEO: Watch the All New Trailer For TO GILLIE, WITH LOVE
by Stephi Wild - May 19, 2019
An unforgettable evening of stellar performances in celebration of the prolific and dearly-loved director choreographer, Gillian Lynne DBE will take place on Tuesday 2nd July 2019 at 7.30pm at The Gillian Lynne Theatre, Drury Lane in London.
TV Exclusive: Watch a Clip from RSC's OTHELLO; Opens in Theatres on 9/23
by TV - On the Road - Sep 8, 2015
Beginning September 23, the Royal Shakespeare Company's acclaimed production of Shakespeare's Othello will play in select movie houses across North America. The production, which opened to rave reviews at the RSC's home in Stratford-upon-Avon, was filmed for 'Live from Stratford-upon-Avon,' the RSC program that screens the world's greatest classical theatre company from Shakespeare's home town around the world through a continued partnership with Picturehouse Entertainment.
Below, we are excited to bring you an exclusive clip of Act 3, Scene 3!
RSC Live to Bring OTHELLO to US Cinemas Next Month
by Tyler Peterson - Aug 26, 2015
Beginning September 23, the Royal Shakespeare Company's acclaimed production of Shakespeare's Othello will play in select movie houses across North America. The production, which opened to rave reviews at the RSC's home in Stratford-upon-Avon, was filmed for "Live from Stratford-upon-Avon," the RSC program that screens the world's greatest classical theatre company from Shakespeare's home town around the world through a continued partnership with Picturehouse Entertainment.
BBC America's WHITE HEAT Premieres Tonight, 5/9
by TV News Desk - May 9, 2012
BBC AMERICA's Dramaville presents US premiere of WHITE HEAT, starring ensemble cast including Sam Claflin, Claire Foy and MyAnna Buring. WHITE HEAT, the next instalment of BBC AMERICA's Dramaville, charts the lives of seven friends from 1965 through to present day.
BBC America's WHITE HEAT to Premiere 5/9
by Caryn Robbins - Apr 11, 2012
BBC AMERICA's Dramaville presents US premiere of WHITE HEAT, starring ensemble cast including Sam Claflin, Claire Foy and MyAnna Buring. WHITE HEAT, the next instalment of BBC AMERICA's Dramaville, charts the lives of seven friends from 1965 through to present day.