Timon of Athens (German)
The Bremer Shakespeare Company is among the world’s most successful and longest-running Shakespearean companies, and they bring that storied legacy with them in staging this Read More …
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The Winter’s Tale (Yoruba)
The Renegade Theatre takes this classic tale and puts their own spin on it. Yoruba folk tales inform this magical new production where Leontes becomes Read More …
The Two Noble Kinsmen (2018)
2003 Sam Wanamaker Award winner Barrie Rutter directs his first play since stepping down as Artistic Director of Northern Broadsides. The result? A riotous and Read More …
The Two Gentlemen of Verona (Shona)
Denton Chikura and Tonderai Munyevu take on what could be the toughest assignment of both their careers: slipping into all 15 characters for this staging Read More …
The Tempest (2013)
The Tempest is Shakespeare’s late great masterpiece of forgiveness, generosity and enlightenment. In order to bring this iconic tale to life, director Jeremy Herrin leads Read More …
The Tempest (Bangla)
The Dhaka Theatre, Bangladesh’s most prominent theatre group, brings their production of The Tempest to the UK after their soaring success staging The Merchant of Read More …
The Taming of the Shrew (Urdu)
The Taming Of The Shrew is one of the most outrageous comedies ever produced. And the Theatre Wallay aims to give justice to that age-old Read More …
The Taming of the Shrew (2012)
Shakespeare’s most outrageous comedy, The Taming of the Shrew introduces one of theatre’s great screwball double-acts, a couple hell-bent on confusing and outwitting each other Read More …
The Merry Wives of Windsor (Swahili)
An exuberant, African take on Shakespeare’s comedy of failed courtship. That’s what viewers can expect when they see this adaptation by the Bitter Pill company. Read More …
The Merry Wives of Windsor (2010)
Featuring many characters from Henry IV Parts 1 and 2, Shakespeare’s brilliantly constructed farce, which gave birth to a tradition that reaches down to the Read More …
The Merchant of Venice (Hebrew)
The Hebrew language takes centre stage in this adaptation of the Merchant of Venice, staged by the eponymous Habima company. As the national theatre of Read More …
The Merchant of Venice (2015)
In some of his most highly-charged scenes, Shakespeare dramatises the competing claims of tolerance and intolerance, religious law and civil society, justice and mercy; while Read More …
The Duchess of Malfi (2014)
The Duchess of Malfi is a thrilling combination of brilliant coups de théâtre, horrific set-pieces and vivid characters. Actress Gemma Arterton returns to play the Read More …
The Comedy of Errors (2014)
Director Blanche McIntyre helms this classical production of one of Shakespeare’s lesser-known but still theatrically significant works. Basing his plot on a farce by Plautus, Read More …
The Comedy of Errors (Dari Persian)
Afghan theatre group Roy-e-Sabs leaves their home country for the UK after their trailblazing performance of Love’s Labour’s Lost, which features men and women acting Read More …
