NEW SEASON SHOWS 2025/26

PRIORITY BOOKING DATES

Artists Circle/Gold Patrons Tuesday 10 June
Silver Patrons Wednesday 11 June
Bronze Patrons Thursday 12 June
Members Tuesday 17 June
Subscribers Tuesday 24 June
Public Booking Wednesday 25 June

Explore the newly announced shows below:

CYRANO DE BERGERAC

'No master to serve, no leash to bear. I walk as I please, and I speak as I dare.'

Poet, soldier and philosopher. Cyrano de Bergerac burns with brilliance. He's fiercely funny and intensely romantic – but behind the veil of wit is one large problem: his nose.

Olivier Award-winning actor Adrian Lester (Riviera, Hustle, National Theatre Othello and Henry V) is Cyrano. Director Simon Evans (Staged, The Dazzle, A Day in the Death of Joe Egg) co-adapts with Debris Stevenson (Poet in Da Corner, My Brother’s a Genius), bringing new life to this thrilling, lyrical tale of love and lies, longing and disguise.

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MACBETH

'What's done cannot be undone.'

The Scottish Play. 

The Other Place. 

Daniel Raggett, whose acclaimed Edward II played in the Swan Theatre earlier this year, directs Shakespeare’s story of love, power and ambition in the intimate setting of The Other Place. Sam Heughan (Outlander, Love Again) makes his RSC debut as Macbeth and Lia Williams (The Crown, Skylight) is Lady Macbeth.

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THE FORSYTE SAGA PARTS 1 & 2

★★★★★ ‘Sumptuous, panoramic, intense… a masterpiece.’ (Times)

1886. The Empire is at its peak. Business is good for the Forsytes. Over sixty years they have invested, acquired and saved their way towards wealth. But the Forsyte lust for ownership is relentless.

John Galsworthy’s Nobel-winning saga about love, ownership and the end of Empire is retold by Lin Coghlan and Shaun McKenna across two plays, spanning over 40 years from 1886 to 1927. Josh Roche revives his acclaimed, two-part production, with Fiona Hampton, Joseph Millson and Flora Spencer-Longhurst reprising their roles as Irene, Soames and Fleur.

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ALL IS BUT FANTASY

Some people make history. 

Lady Macbeth, Juliet, Emilia and Richard III. Each has a finger on the self-destruct button, sometimes by accident, sometimes by design.

Award-winning artist Whitney White explodes into The Other Place with a groundbreaking theatrical event, featuring four of Shakespeare’s most famous characters. 

Their stories are revisited across two high-energy gig-theatre performances, catalysed by a red-hot soundtrack of musical genres from rock and soul to pop and gospel. With the three Witches as backing singers, one question comes up time and again: 'Can you have ambition and love and still be alive in Act V?'

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THE BOY WHO HARNESSED THE WIND

William wants to build a windmill. Nobody believes he can. Hope feels out of reach where the land is thirsty but the rains don't come. As drought closes in on his family’s farm and the village he loves, everyone prays for a miracle. 

The Boy Who Harnessed the Wind is a bold and uplifting new musical telling the true story of William Kamkwamba.

This world premiere is directed by Lynette Linton (Alterations, Shifters), formerly Artistic Director of the Bush Theatre, with book and lyrics by Richy Hughes (Southwark Playhouse Superhero) and music and lyrics by Tim Sutton (Restless Natives, RSC The Merry Wives of Windsor).

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HENRY V

‘This story shall the good man teach his son…’

From a rebellious, carefree young man to the King of England. Overnight. And now this new king has an eye on the throne of France. Henry V declares war but there’s a human price to pay for his pursuit of power and thousands could die at Agincourt.

Henry must unite his country, defeat the French, and prove himself worthy of the crown of England. Does he have what it takes?

RSC Co-Artistic Director Tamara Harvey directs Alfred Enoch as Shakespeare’s Henry V, following on from their acclaimed collaboration on Pericles in 2024.

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NEXT GENERATION: TIMON OF ATHENS

'How goes the world? It wears, sir, as it grows.’

Athens is on the brink of collapse: lavish parties for the few and an oppressive senate for the rest. In the centre of it all sits Timon, surrounded by guests who gladly take all they can get. But as Timon’s credit runs out and the city teeters on the brink it all comes crashing down.

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.

Next Generation is our talent development programme for young theatre makers across England recruited through the RSC Associate Schools Programme.

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