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
FEATURED REVIEWS FOR The Tempest
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).
Sigourney Weaver makes her West End debut
4 / 10
Lloyd’s chuck-it-at-the-wall-and-see-what-works vision doesn’t help. The auteur’s trademark visual austerity strips the island of specifics, with piles of black ash flecked by glaring crepuscular light forming a planetary hellscape. If you squint, it could almost be a stage version of Dune with its slightly campy sci-fi costumes but especially when a pale-faced Caliban pops his bald head up from the gravel like a sandworm.
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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 |
Off-Broadway |
| 1981 | Off-Broadway |
Off-Broadway |
| 1989 | Off-Broadway |
Off-Broadway |
| 1991 | Off-Broadway |
Off-Broadway |
| 1995 | Off-Broadway |
Off-Broadway |
| 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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| 2026 | West End |
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