What's On in Stratford-upon-Avon Feb-Sep 2012

Join us to celebrate Shakespeare as the world's playwright.

The World Shakespeare Festival runs from 23 April to November 2012. It is an unprecedented collaboration with leading UK and international arts organisations, produced by the Royal Shakespeare Company.

28 May - 7 July 2012

Royal Shakespeare Theatre

The dictator must be assassinated. But who will replace him?

Shakespeare's great political thriller, Julius Caesar, finds dark, contemporary echoes in modern Africa, directed by RSC Chief Associate Director Gregory Doran.

16 March - 6 October 2012

Royal Shakespeare Theatre

Shakespeare's joyful comedy of mistaken identity.

Directed by Amir Nizar Zuabi, The Comedy of Errors is part of the What Country Friends Is This? trilogy.

8 March - 6 October 2012

Royal Shakespeare Theatre

Shipwrecked on the shores of a strange land and living under a disguise, Viola finds herself torn between the man she serves, and the woman he loves.

Directed by David Farr, Twelfth Night is part of the What Country Friends Is This? trilogy.

30 March - 7 October 2012

Royal Shakespeare Theatre

Twelve years ago, Prospero was cast away with his daughter to a remote island, and now he is intent on revenge.

 Directed by David Farr, The Tempest is part of the What Country Friends Is This? trilogy.

6 April - 15 September 2012

Swan Theatre

Shakespeare's play about a weakened King, clinging to power, is directed by Maria Aberg who has directed in the UK for the RSC, the Royal Court, Soho Theatre and Southwark Playhouse.

22 March - 15 September 2012

Swan Theatre

Shakespeare's brilliant expose of this infamous monarch.

Directed by Roxana Silbert, Artistic Director (Designate) of Birmingham Repertory Theatre.

29 June - 28 July 2012

Swan Theatre

Spanning a century and based on true events chronicled in the Aztec codices, A Soldier In Every Son – An Aztec Trilogy, unfolds in three parts, closely inspired by Shakespeare's history plays.

Join us in bringing our new home to life as we test the transformed theatres with a jam-packed calendar full of exciting events.

Discover more about the music, comedy, poetry and tours on offer and opportunities to get creative and discover tricks of the theatrical trade. There are plenty of chances to delve deeper, to explore and explode our work.

Discover a new programme of exhibitions at the RSC.

We commission some of today's most interesting artists to create new work for our two dedicated exhibition spaces, the Swan Room and the PACCAR Room, and as interventions around the building.

23 May - 17 June 2012

Swan Room

Oily Cart go on a voyage of discovery with their young audiences through the landscapes of Shakespeare's imagination and the music of his language.

 

13 June - 6 July 2012

Swan Theatre

Written for ages 11+, I, Cinna (The Poet) engages a young audience to think and write, to consider the relationship between words and actions, art and politics, self and society.

 

3 - 18 August 2012

Swan Theatre

Shakespeare's epic Trojan play about love, war and politics.

A groundbreaking, multi-media collaboration between the RSC and The Wooster Group.

26 July - 15 September 2012

The Courtyard Theatre

This vibrant and colourful production transposes Shakespeare's vivacious, and at times unsettling, comedy of love and deceit to an Indian setting, directed by Iqbal Khan with Meera Syal as Beatrice.

10 August - 18 August 2012

Royal Shakespeare Theatre

Shakespeare's magical, shape-shifting play from director Dmitry Krymov.

Expect his take on Shakespeare's most magical of comedies to be unlike any Dream you have seen before.

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