Royal Shakespeare Company News

Husband and wife Tim Hardy and Alison Skilbeck bring award-winning work to the Old Red Lion, including Alison Skilbeck’s Uncommon Ground and The Trials of Galileo!

Shakespeare Theatre Company has announced the location, cast, and creative team for the highly-anticipated spring production of Macbeth. Directed by STC Artistic Director Simon Godwin, Macbeth stars Tony and BAFTA Award-winner Ralph Fiennes and Olivier Award-winner Indira Varma as the leading lord and lady. Learn more about the location, cast, and creative team here!

Mathew Baynton, co-creator of Ghosts, is set to play Bottom in the Royal Shakespeare Company's production of A Midsummer Night's Dream.

Woolly Mammoth Theatre Company and Theatre for a New Audience will present the Soho Rep and NAATCO National Partnership Project production of Public Obscenities. Learn how to purchase tickets!

West End ticket prices have been steadily rising for years, but it is still possible to get some real bargains if you know where to look.

SIX's Monique Ashe-Palmer and RSC's Yasmin Taheri lead the cast of £1 THURSDAYS, the new play from Kat Rose-Martin.

Pilot Theatre, in association with Northern Stage and York Theatre Royal, have announced full casting for their forthcoming production of A Song for Ella Grey, Zoe Cooper's new adaptation of David Almond's (Skellig) award-winning novel, a contemporary retelling of the Orpheus myth directed by Esther Richardson.

Birmingham Hippodrome Theatre Trust has today, (Thu 26 Oct) announced Catherine Mallyon as its new Chair.

Headlong has begun recruitment for the next wave of Headlong Origins Directors. The programme, which forms part of the company's commitment to supporting the next generation of theatre makers, looks to celebrate and nurture early career directors from throughout the UK, outside of London.

Samuel Collings, from Hammersmith in West London, is one of the UK’s most versatile actors and can be found on stage, screen, radio and voicing audiobooks. He spoke with BroadwayWorld about his journey into acting, being part of a 'perfect couple' and the relvance of the story today.

Frigid NYC Days of the Dead Festival presents NELL'S PLAGUE PLAY, a one-woman play set in 1616 during the plague year and Shakespeare's death. Join the wardrobe mistress of Shakespeare's company on a mystical journey of hope and survival. Featuring original music by John Gromada.

BroadwayWorld is very sad to report that actor Haydn Gwynne, who starred in Billy Elliot the Musical on stage, has died aged 66.

Theatre Royal Bath Productions production presents the world premiere production of THE SCORE, starring legendary stage and screen actor Brian Cox (HBO’s multi award-winning Succession) as Johann Sebastian Bach. Check out all new photos here!

Join the South Bend Symphony Orchestra and Shakespeare at Notre Dame on November 11 for an extraordinary event - Shakespeare's Dreams. This immersive performance combines Mendelssohn's A Midsummer Night's Dream and Sibelius's The Tempest with the words of William Shakespeare, promising an unforgettable evening of enchantment. Get your tickets now!

The Royal Shakespeare Company has announced casting for The Fair Maid of the West, which will run in the Swan Theatre, Stratford-upon-Avon, from Saturday 2 December 2023 to Sunday 14 January 2024, with press night on Tuesday 12 December.  

The Acting Company will present their annual Louanna O. Carlin & John MacDonald Reading Series, featuring a trio of unique Shakespeare interpretations. Get all the details about this exciting event in New York City.

Annaleigh Ashford, Lindsay Mendez, Norm Lewis, Danny Burstein, and more will be performing at The Drama League's 'Embrace The Season' Gala.

This winter, the festive season wouldn't be complete without a Bristol Old Vic spectacular. From 23 Nov–6 Jan, the Theatre will be lit up with a modern reimagining of Arabian Nights from writer Sonali Bhattacharyya. Find out who is in the cast here!

There are meaty themes, moments of humour and insight, and the standard of professionalism you’d expect from a Royal Shakespeare Company production first staged in Stratford in 2013 and now playing at the Lyric Hammersmith. But somehow Tanika Gupta’s script doesn’t quite take off.