Our performances, events and other activities are cancelled up to 30 June 2020 following government guidelines around the COVID-19 pandemic Find out more Play Video Keep Your RSC Make a donation Available from Midday Find out more Countdown Hours Minutes Seconds - - - Rush tickets available from midday Find out more Get your rush tickets now Available from midday every Friday Find out more Rush returns next week Latest updates Short films in lockdown Original short films created in lockdown, beginning with The Tale of Miss Bear Winters. Watch the video Family Activities Theatre games you can play together, Shakespeare-inspired crafts and stage fighting techniques you can learn at home. Discover activities Craft Activities Free printable craft instructions and activity sheets inspired by Shakespeare, for all the family to enjoy at home. Find out more Shakespeare's tips for working from home Still trying to work in your pyjamas? See if these words of wisdom from Shakespeare can help get you motivated during the lockdown. Get wisdom Sonnets in Solitude When Covid-19 has closed theatres and performances of Shakespeare's plays are suspended, our Artistic Director Gregory Doran turns to the playwright's poetry. Watch the sonnets Give without spending Theatres across the UK are in crisis and facing unprecedented challenges to survive. Find out more More about us Shakespeare Learning Zone The Shakespeare Learning Zone contains loads of information about the story, setting and characters of Shakespeare’s plays, with useful revision help and notes for teachers. Find out more Shakespeare's plays Discover a wealth of information on all of Shakespeare’s plays, including plot synopses, history, videos of plays in performance and details of our past productions. Find out more RSC YouTube Watch extracts from shows, interviews with cast and creatives and go behind the scenes. Watch RSC YouTube Shakespeare's life and times Discover more about the life and times of William Shakespeare, from his birth in 1564 through to his death 52 years later in 1616. Discover more Upcoming shows The Comedy of Errors Shakespeare's farcical comedy of twins and mistaken identity Read More The Winter's Tale The Winter's Tale contains Shakespeare's most famous (and challenging) stage direction: 'Exit, pursued by a bear' (Act 3, Scene 2). Read More First Encounters Twelfth Night We bring this hilarious story of heartbreak, hoaxes and hidden identities to life in just 90 minutes. Find out more The Magician's Elephant A magician conjures an elephant from the sky, setting off a remarkable chain of events. Find out more The Wars of the Roses: Part 1 Shakespeare’s Henry VI takes you headlong through one of the most turbulent periods of English history. Find out more The Wars of the Roses: Part 2 The country descends into barbarism as all around the crown seek to seize it for personal gain. Find out more Matilda The Musical The multi-award-winning show at the Cambridge Theatre in London's West End. Find out more Pericles Pericles, Prince of Tyre is a story of a family separated at sea and brought together again by fate Find out more