The Tempest
Closing: February 01, 2025The Tempest - 2024 West End History , Info & More
Theatre Royal Drury Lane
Catherine Street London
The Jamie Lloyd Company presents a joyous and captivating season of Shakespeare in London’s iconic Theatre Royal Drury Lane.
“We are such stuff as dreams are made on.”
The legendary Sigourney Weaver makes her West End debut as Prospero in this enchanting story of revenge and forgiveness
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Captioned: Saturday 25th January 14:30
Audio Described: Saturday 18th January 14:30
BSL: Saturday 11th January 14:30
The Tempest - 2024 - West End Cast
FEATURED REVIEWS FOR The Tempest
Sigourney Weaver’s blank Prospero makes zero impression
4 / 10
While it’s good to see a VIP of Sigourney Weaver’s stature making her belated West End debut — the 75-year-old Hollywood actress is surely bringing in lots of people who haven’t bothered with iambic pentameters since they were at school — she turns in a strangely impersonal performance as Prospero, as if encountering the script for the first time. That all-around household helper, Alexa, could have breathed more life into the lines.
Sigourney Weaver makes her West End debut in Jamie Lloyd's stylish production
6 / 10
Mason Alexander Park as the spirit Ariel brings an ethereal, otherworldly presence to the stage, descending from the sky dressed in a gold corset and feathered neckerchief. They veer between fearful servitude and biting anger, spitting out the demand to be given “my liberty” in a rich, husky voice, which also sings beautifully. Forbes Masson is grotesque as the slave Caliban, emerging from volcanic rubble head first, with black spittle running down his chin. When his full body is revealed, it is clad in a bondage style corset, while the rest is covered in dirty smudges. He snarls and thrusts, crawling through people’s legs in a show of his baseness, and cleaves to pretend lords Stephano (Jason Barnett) and Trinculo (Mathew Horne, both ridiculous though mildly entertaining).
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Two Charged After Just Stop Oil Protesters Interrupt West End Performance of THE TEMPEST
by Stephi Wild - January 30, 2025
by Stephi Wild - January 30, 2025
Just Stop Oil interrupted a recent performance of The Tempest on the West End, starring Sigourney Weaver. Now, two people have been charged. Learn more here.
Video: Just Stop Oil Protesters Interrupt West End Performance of THE TEMPEST
by Stephi Wild - January 28, 2025
by Stephi Wild - January 28, 2025
Just Stop Oil interrupted a recent performance of The Tempest on the West End, starring Sigourney Weaver, stopping the performance briefly. Learn more and watch the video here!
Review Roundup: What Did the Critics Think of Sigourney Weaver in THE TEMPEST?
by Aliya Al-Hassan - December 20, 2024
by Aliya Al-Hassan - December 20, 2024
The Jamie Lloyd Company presents The Tempest, the first production in a season of Shakespeare in London’s iconic Theatre Royal Drury Lane.
Review: THE TEMPEST, Theatre Royal Drury Lane
by Alexander Cohen - December 20, 2024
by Alexander Cohen - December 20, 2024
As achingly monotone as it is aggressively monochrome.
Photos: Sigourney Weaver and More in THE TEMPEST
by Stephi Wild - December 13, 2024
by Stephi Wild - December 13, 2024
All new production photos have been released for The Jamie Lloyd Company’s production of Shakespeare’s The Tempest starring Sigourney Weaver in her West End debut.
Interview: ‘It’s Like All My Birthdays Have Come At Once’: Actor Selina Cadell on Surrendering to Shakespeare in THE TEMPEST
by Sarah OHara - December 16, 2024
by Sarah OHara - December 16, 2024
The Jamie Lloyd Company’s production of Shakespeare’s The Tempest, starring Sigourney Weaver, opened at Theatre Royal Drury Lane on 7 December 2024.
Photo: Sigourney Weaver in THE TEMPEST at Theatre Royal Drury Lane
by Chloe Rabinowitz - December 11, 2024
by Chloe Rabinowitz - December 11, 2024
William Shakespeare’s The Tempest is running at Theatre Royal Drury Lane, starring Sigourney Weaver. Get a first look at Sigourney Weaver here!
The Tempest History
Other Productions of The Tempest
| 1910 | Broadway |
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| 1916 | Broadway |
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| 1945 | Broadway |
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| 1945 | Broadway |
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| 1974 | Off-Broadway |
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| 1981 | Off-Broadway |
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| 1989 | Off-Broadway |
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| 1991 | Off-Broadway |
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| 1995 | Off-Broadway |
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| 1995 | Broadway |
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| 2008 | Off-Broadway |
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| 2011 | West End |
Theatre Royal Haymarket Company Production West End |
| 2015 | Off-Broadway |
Shakespeare in the Park Production Off-Broadway |
| 2018 | West End |
Iris Theatre's production West End |
| 2019 | Off-Broadway |
The Public Theater Mobile Unit Production Off-Broadway |
| 2024 | West End |
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