This bold season is an exploration of old and new, with some of the best-known stories reimagined and new stories brought to life. We're throwing open the doors to a breadth of genres and expressions, and giving artists a platform to experiment with techniques and forms that reflect the scope of our creative ambition.

We're also looking outward to the world, with stories this season coming from Malawi to Manhattan, taking us to French fields, Scottish heaths, mythical lands and Giant country.

Renowned artists will be making their RSC debuts, such as Whitney White, who presents her two-part multi-disciplinary performance All Is But Fantasy at The Other Place, and Lynette Linton, former Artistic Director of the Bush Theatre, who directs our brand new muscial, The Boy Who Harnessed the Wind.

Meanwhile you might recognise some familiar faces, such as Daniel Raggett, who returns to direct Outlander's Sam Heughan in Macbeth, and Alfred Enoch, who follows up his stunning performance in Pericles in the Swan by bringing Henry V to the Royal Shakespeare Theatre, directed once again by Tamara Harvey.

Join us this 2025/26 season for stories that connect us, create opportunities and bring joy.

Read on for the new additions, and for the season as a whole.

NEWLY ANNOUNCED

2025/26 SEASON IN FULL

Royal Shakespeare Theatre

• Hamlet Hail To The Thief | Shakespeare’s great tragedy and Radiohead’s critically acclaimed album collide in this world premiere, adapted by Christine Jones with Steven Hoggett, with music by Radiohead and orchestrations by Thom Yorke | 4 - 28 June 2025
• The Winter's Tale | Director Yaël Farber makes her RSC debut with Shakespeare's enigmatic story of love, loss and rebirth | 12 July - 30 August 2025
• Measure For Measure | Emily Burns returns to direct a new staging of William Shakespeare’s razor-sharp examination of hypocrisy and corruption | 13 September - 25 October 2025
• The BFG | Roald Dahl’s unforgettable story in Tom Wells’ magical new adaptation, directed by RSC Co-Artistic Director Daniel Evans, an RSC, Chichester Festival Theatre and Roald Dahl Story Company production | 25 November 2025 - 31 January 2026

NEWLY ANNOUNCED

• Henry V | Co-Artistic Director Tamara Harvey reunites with Alfred Enoch, who returns to the RSC as Shakespeare’s rebellious, carefree young man who becomes the King of England overnight | 14 March - 25 April 2026

SWAN THEATRE

• The Constant Wife | Rose Leslie and Kate Burton star in a sparkling new version of W. Somerset Maugham’s play, adapted by Olivier Award-winning playwright Laura Wade and directed by Co-Artistic Director Tamara Harvey | 20 June - 2 August 2025
• Fat Ham | James Ijames’ Pulitzer prize-winning play makes its European premiere with original direction by Saheem Ali, directed by Sideeq Heard | 15 August - 13 September 2025
• An Actor Convalescing in Devon | Richard Nelson’s moving and compelling one-man play starring RSC Associate Artist Paul Jesson | Sunday 20 July 2025

NEWLY ANNOUNCED

• Cyrano De Bergerac | Olivier Award-winning actor Adrian Lester is Cyrano, fiercely funny and intensely romantic but with one large problem: his nose | 27 September - 15 November 2025
• The Forsyte Saga Parts 1 & 2 | Josh Roche directs John Galsworthy's Nobel-winning saga about love, ownership and the end of Empire, retold in this acclaimed, two-part ‘masterpiece’ (Times)
  Irene | 28 November 2025 - 10 January 2026
  Fleur | 1 December 2025 - 10 January 2026
• The Boy Who Harnessed the Wind | Lynette Linton (former Artistic Director of The Bush) directs this bold and uplifting new musical that tells the true story of William Kamkwamba, based on his memoir and Chiwetel Ejiofor's film | 10 February - 28 March 2026

THE OTHER PLACE

• 4.48 Psychosis | Sarah Kane’s final masterpiece returns 25 years on in a new co-production with the Royal Court Theatre reuniting the entire original cast and creative team. Directed by the award-winning James Macdonald | 10 - 27 July 2025
• The Two Gentlemen of Verona | Joanna Bowman directs a new 80-minute version of Shakespeare’s gloriously silly comedy of love and friendship | 4 - 31 August 2025

NEWLY ANNOUNCED

• Next Generation: Timon of Athens | A collaborative new version of Shakespeare and Middleton’s morality fable by our Next Generation Act Young Company made up of young people from across England | 20 - 21 August 2025
• Macbeth | Daniel Raggett returns from his triumphant Edward II to direct Sam Heughan (Outlander) and Lia Williams (The Crown) as Macbeth and Lady Macbeth in Shakespeare’s story of love, power and ambition | 9 October - 6 December 2025
• All Is But Fantasy | Can you have ambition and love and still be alive in Act V? Whitney White directs and stars in this groundbreaking theatrical event of two high-energy gig-theatre performances that revisit the stories of four of Shakespeare's most famous characters.
  Lady Macbeth, Emilia | 21 January - 21 February 2026
  Juliet, Richard III | 28 January - 21 February 2026

IN LONDON

• Born With Teeth | Daniel Evans directs Ncuti Gatwa as Christopher Marlowe and Edward Bluemel as William Shakespeare in Liz Duffy Adams' thrilling imagining of the relationship between two literary icons at odds with their time | 13 August - 1 November 2025 | Wyndham's Theatre, London

TOURING

• First Encounters: King Lear | This 80-minute production uses an edited version of Shakespeare's play to create the perfect introduction for young people aged 7-13 and their families, making his story about family, power and betrayal relevant for a new generation of theatregoers | 12 September - 5 December 2025
• Matilda The Musical: UK & Ireland Tour | Our multi-award winning musical, inspired by the beloved book by Roald Dahl, is heading back out on tour across the UK and Ireland, with 13 venues announced so far | 10 October 2025 - 17 January 2027
• Hamlet: UK Tour | Following its in smash hit run Stratford-upon-Avon, Shakespeare’s epic family saga Hamlet heads on a UK tour in 2026, directed by multi award-winning Director and incoming Artistic Director of the Old Vic, Rupert Goold | 25 February - 25 April 2026