NEW SEASON SHOWS 2026

PRIORITY BOOKING DATES

Artists Circle/Gold Patrons Monday 22 September
Silver Patrons Tuesday 23 September
Bronze Patrons Wednesday 24 September
Members Tuesday 30 September
Subscribers Tuesday 7 October
Public Booking Wednesday 8 October

Explore the newly announced shows below:

THE TEMPEST

'But this rough magic I here abjure.'

On a remote island, an exiled Duke prepares to perform his swansong, his great act of revenge. Kenneth Branagh takes the role of Prospero in Shakespeare’s final play, a meditation on art, power and freedom, directed by Sir Richard Eyre. 

Prospero summons his magical gifts into a devastating sea storm which hurls a ship’s crew onto the island – among them his usurping brother. With supernatural islanders as unwilling agents of his scheme and the castaways spellbound, Prospero’s plot advances.

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THE RESISTIBLE RISE OF ARTURO UI

'This city’s sick. You need me. Arturo Ui.'

A small-time crook with big boss ambitions.

While the Great Depression inflicts hardship across the nation, Chicago’s underworld festers with sex, scandal, violence and corruption. It’s the perfect storm for a schemer like Ui, his reputation as hot as hell. 

The simmering streets of Chicago come to the Swan Theatre for Seán Linnen’s RSC directorial debut. Double Olivier Award-winner Mark Gatiss debuts as the Notorious Arturo Ui, in Stephen Sharkey’s version of Brecht’s riotous 1941 ‘gangster spectacle’, a blistering satire on Hitler’s ascent to power.

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DRIFTWOOD

'dis is my home. My whole life. My history here. And de only future I go have is here.'

As colonial Trinidad advances towards political independence, a downtown Port of Spain gentlemen’s club becomes entangled in a different kind of custody battle.

One wrong move and everything could shatter. 

Driftwood is the first play from Martina Laird. Directed by Chichester Festival Theatre’s Artistic Director Justin Audibert and set in 1950s Caribbean, it’s a deeply evocative story of self-determination and the search for family and belonging.

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THE CHERRY ORCHARD

Helen Hunt and Kenneth Branagh play Ranyevskaya and Lopakhin, giants at war over a cherished estate. Madame Ranyevskaya returns from five years in Paris to find her beloved cherry orchard under threat. 

Beyond the orchard, people are starving and the aristocracy is in decline. In this collision of past and future, it’s dangerous to stand still when the world demands change. 

RSC Co-Artistic Director Tamara Harvey directs Laura Wade’s vital new version of Anton Chekhov’s great final play, tragic and comic in equal measure, set in a world tilting towards revolution.

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A MIDSUMMER NIGHT'S DREAM

'The course of true love never did run smooth.'

Desperate to escape their unhappy fates, young lovers Demetrius, Lysander, Helena and Hermia flee Athens for the moonlit woods, tumbling into a dream world where illusion and reality are hilariously confused. 

A Midsummer Night’s Dream is the RSC’s first co-production with Unicorn Theatre, the UK’s leading children’s theatre. Unicorn's Artistic Director Rachel Bagshaw directs Robin Belfield’s fresh retelling of Shakespeare’s classic comedy exploring unrequited love, self-discovery and seeing the world anew. 

A feast of magic and mayhem for everyone aged 7 and above.

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READY STEADY COLOUR'S CHRISTMAS FEAST

Dinner, designed by you.

Take a seat at our make-believe Christmas restaurant, choose your ‘food’ and colour it in.

One waiter's lost their Christmas spirit, another's got too much, and Head Chef's patience is fast running out - they need your help to find their festive joy.

Ready Steady Colour's Christmas Feast, an A Line Art Production, comes to The Other Place. A chance for children and adults to take part together in a merry blend of creativity, comedy and music.

Suitable for young audiences age 3+

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Our multi-award winning musical, inspired by the beloved book by Roald Dahl, embarks on its second tour across the UK and Ireland, with all 15 venues now announced.

The show starts in Leicester on 10 October 2025, before travelling to Bradford, Liverpool, Plymouth, Sunderland, Edinburgh, Manchester, Southampton, Bristol, Birmingham, Norwich, Dublin, Milton Keynes, Glasgow and Cardiff.

All venues are open for Public Booking, except the most recently announced Dublin and Glasgow, the on-sale dates for which are below:

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