Shakespeare in London

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Theatregoers flock from far and wide to experience the classic works of William Shakespeare across London. Whether it’s an authentic production of Hamlet at the open-air Shakespeare’s Globe, or a new production of King Lear in the West End, there is always plenty to choose from.

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& Juliet

Shaftesbury Theatre

Thursday Matinee

To Saturday, 30 May, 2020

& Juliet is the irreverent and fun-loving new West End musical that asks: what if Juliet’s famous ending was really just her beginning? What if she decided to choose her own fate? This is Juliet’s story now. So don’t tell her how it ends...

Soaring with pop anthems including ...Baby One More Time, Everybody (Backstreet's Back), Love Me Like You Do and Can’t Feel My Face, & Juliet is a riotous blast of fun and glorious music that proves when it comes to love, there’s always life after Romeo...
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A Midsummer Night's Dream

Criterion Theatre

Thursday Matinee

To Friday, 17 January, 2020

Shakespeare's fantastical fable of desire, confusion, jealousy and growing up. Through live music, playful adventure and physical invention, see the lovers' world transformed into a place of magic, laughter and healing, as we journey into the woods.
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RSC: Measure for Measure

Barbican

Thursday Matinee

To Thursday, 16 January, 2020

When a novice nun is compromised by a corrupt official who offers to save her brother from execution in return for sex, she has no idea where to turn for help.
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RSC: As You Like It

Barbican

Thursday Matinee

To Saturday, 18 January, 2020

Rosalind is banished, and with her best friend Celia by her side, she journeys into exile. But not before catching the eye of love-struck Orlando, who is also forced from The Court into the dappled Forest of Arden.
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Romeo and Juliet

Regent's Park Open Air Theatre

No Matinee

To Saturday, 25 July, 2020

Kimberley Sykes directs Shakespeare’s timeless story of two young people torn apart by a divided society and forbidden love.
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Upstart Crow

Gielgud Theatre

Wednesday Matinee

Friday, 7 February, 2020 To Saturday, 25 April, 2020

Ben Elton brings his critically acclaimed and much adored BBC sitcom UPSTART CROW to its natural home, the stage, with an all-new comic play set to delight London’s West End. Starring David Mitchell, once more donning the bald wig and bardish coddling pouch in his iconic characterisation of Will Shakespeare and Gemma Whelan as the sweet and fragrant Kate.
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Kunene and the King

Ambassadors Theatre

Wednesday Matinee

Friday, 24 January, 2020 To Saturday, 28 March, 2020

Don’t miss John Kani’s highly acclaimed play Kunene and the King marking the 25th anniversary of the end of apartheid with a strictly limited London run, following its premiere in Stratford-upon-Avon and a sold-out run in Cape Town.
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RSC: The Taming of the Shrew

Barbican

Thursday Matinee

To Saturday, 18 January, 2020

The ultimate battle of the sexes is turned on its head in Justin Audibert’s The Taming of the Shrew as the 1590s are reimagined – with women in charge.