The Tempest
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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
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Jamie Lloyd’s take on Shakespeare’s magical late play is stylish, but star Sigourney Weaver just isn’t up to the role of Prospero
6 / 10
Bagging the UK stage debut of movie icon Sigourney Weaver feels like a coup on paper, but maybe not so much in practice. She’s not embarrassingly bad or anything, but the role of exiled magician Prospero simply feels beyond her – this is a giant theatre, a tricky role, and she’s not done any Shakespeare since the ’80s. She’s not a good verse speaker, delivering everything in a sort of concerned mom monotone that fails to hold this big, weird play together. Having her on stage constantly – usually seated in a chair, observing the action – feels like a sop to her celebrity that isn’t really borne out by her ability.
A production stripped of poetry and wonder
4 / 10
No-one, apart from Selina Cadell who makes an honourable character of Gonzalo, one of the nobles of Milan that Prospero causes to be shipwrecked on the island, seems to have much idea about what they are saying. Weaver absolutely looks the part, commanding the stage with her charisma, brooding watchfully over the action, but she speaks in an unrelenting and perversely unrhythmic monotone.
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.
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!
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.
by Alexander Cohen - December 20, 2024
As achingly monotone as it is aggressively monochrome.
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.
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.
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 |
Broadway |
| 2008 | Off-Broadway |
Off-Broadway |
| 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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