The Other Place

Our home for new writing, intimate performances and family events.

Our theatres

We're delighted that the Royal Shakespeare Theatre is open. The Swan Theatre and The Other Place both remain closed.

A trip to Stratford-upon-Avon isn't complete until you've visited The Other Place.

Located just down the road from the Royal Shakespeare and Swan Theatres, it's a great place to grab a bite to eat and watch a performance, whether in the 200-seat theatre or Susie's cafe bar. Every year we showcase new plays and writers in the theatre, alongside regular music, poetry and family events.

People going into the main entrance to The Other Place, which is festooned with bunting
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Past productions

The Other Place has hosted a range of new plays and writers, including being the home of our regular Mischief Festivals. Browse the gallery below to learn more about some of our past shows.

Peter Hamilton Dyer and Indra Ove in #WeAreArrested.

The play was part of our spring 2018 Mischief Festival and told the story of a journalist arrested and exiled for publishing information about illegal government activity.

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Jay Taylor as Lermontov in Maydays.

In 2018, David Edgar's award-winning 1983 play was revisited at The Other Place as part of the autumn Mischief Festival.

Photo by Richard Lakos © RSC Browse and license our images

Fehinti Balogun and Rebecca Humphries in Myth.

Truths were revealed around the dining table in this play from the spring 2017 Mischief Festival.

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Emmanuella Cole, Tom Lyall, Solomon Israel and Madeleine Worrall in Kingdom Come (2017).

This powerful play set during the English Civil War saw the actors and audience moving around the Other Place.

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Julie Legrand and Ruth Gemme in The Ant and the Cicada.

Erica Whyman directed this version of the Timberlake Wertenbaker play as part of the 2014 Mischief Festival.

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Laura Howard and Ifan Meredith in Always Orange.

The play was part of the Making Mischief festival in 2016.

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Jimena Larraguivel in Day of the Living.

Telling the story of 43 disappeared Mexican students, this play was part of a double bill with #WeAreArrested.

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Ruth Lass in Crooked Dances.

Robin French's compelling play about music, time and attention in our modern digital age first played at The Other Place in summer 2019.

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Launch Gallery


Opening Times

Monday to Tuesday
9.30am - 6pm
Wednesday to Saturday
9.30am - 8pm
Sundays open for events only

Daytime menu

Monday to Saturday
11.30am - 4pm

Pre-theatre menu

Wednesday to Saturday
4.30pm - 7pm

The University of Birmingham 

The University of Birmingham is a founding partner in The Other Place theatre in Stratford. Our new five year collaboration with the University is based on a mutual aspiration to develop The Other Place theatre as a unique hub for rehearsal, training, learning and creativity, with artists and academics working alongside each other. More about our partnership with the University of Birmingham.

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