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

Saturday, 2 November, 2019 To Saturday, 28 March, 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

Regent's Park Open Air Theatre

Thursday Matinee

To Saturday, 27 July, 2019

Shakespeare's fantastical fable of desire, confusion, jealousy and growing up.

"Lord, what fools these mortals be!"

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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Richard III

Alexandra Palace

Thursday Matinee

Wednesday, 13 March, 2019 To Sunday, 31 March, 2019

John Haidar directs Tom Mothersdale as Shakespeare’s most notorious and complex villain, Richard III. This inventive new staging is a co-production between Headlong, Alexandra Palace and Bristol Old Vic with Royal & Derngate Northampton and Oxford Playhouse.
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Romeo And Juliet - The Royal Ballet

Royal Opera House

No Matinee

Tuesday, 26 March, 2019 To Tuesday, 11 June, 2019

Kenneth MacMillan poignant setting of Sergei Prokofiev’s classic score draws out the emotional and psychological intensity of the tale. Romeo and Juliet contains three passionate pas de deux: the lovers’ first meeting, the famous balcony scene and the devastating final tragedy, in which Romeo dances desperately with the lifeless Juliet.
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A Midsummer Night's Dream - Bridge Theatre

The Bridge Theatre

Thursday Matinee

Monday, 3 June, 2019 To Saturday, 31 August, 2019

Shakespeare’s great comedy plunges its audience into the heart of an enchanted forest, a place of change and infinite possibility. In the Bridge’s immersive production, you sit close up to the action, or follow it on foot into a dream world of feuding fairies and uncontrollable desire.