Cheer on the finalists at the BBC’s first ever national Shakespeare recital contest Off by Heart. Nine teenage finalists have won their place at this event by competing against their peers from schools across the UK. Jeremy Paxman presents as they deliver some of Shakespeare’s most famous speeches in front of a panel of judges including [...]
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Join Jeremy Paxman, Samuel West and Simon Schama and watch a BBC programme in the making
Posted in News, What's On, tagged jeremy paxman, samuel west, simon schama on January 17, 2012 | Leave a Comment »
Celebrations continue
Posted in RSC Events, Shakespeare, What's On, tagged Adrian Noble, Educating Rita, Howard Davies, LES LIAISONS DANGEREUSES, Michael Attenborough, The Lion, The Witch and The Wardrobe, Willy Russell on November 21, 2011 | Leave a Comment »
This weekend join us in Stratford-upon-Avon for three more events celebrating the history of the RSC. Howard Davies: The Place, The Other Place and The Warehouse Saturday 26 November, 10am Swan Theatre, £8 Howard Davies, director of productions including Les Liaisons Dangereuses, was the catalyst for big changes at the RSC. The (Donmar) Warehouse first opened [...]
Anthony Neilson and Forbes Masson for this Saturday’s RSC 50th Birthday Events
Posted in RSC Company Q&A, RSC Events, What's On on October 21, 2011 | Leave a Comment »
Join guests including Anthony Neilson and Forbes Masson this weekend to examine the controversial world of Theatre of Cruelty and The Hang of the Gaol by Howard Barker A Cruel Morning with Anthony Neilson Saturday 22 October, 10am, Royal Shakespeare Theatre, £8 Buy tickets Play Reading: The Hang of the Gaol by Howard Barker Saturday [...]
A Celebration of The Life and Adventures of Nicholas Nickleby
Posted in RSC Events, What's On on August 30, 2011 | Leave a Comment »
On Sunday 4 September, join guests including David Threlfall, Suzanne Bertish and Edward Petherbridge in the Royal Shakespeare Theatre as we celebrate one of the RSC’s most successful productions – The Life and Adventures of Nicholas Nickleby. Created in 1980 by playwright David Edgar, this production was an eight-hour tour-de-force which played over two consecutive [...]
Celebrate the Swan Theatre
Posted in RSC Events, Shakespeare, What's On on August 15, 2011 | Leave a Comment »
Join us next Saturday for two events revelling in the playwrights who adore the Swan Theare – past and present The Swan and the Lost Library of Jacobethan Plays Sunday 21 August, 11.30am Swan Theatre, Stratford-upon-Avon RSC Chief Associate Director Gregory Doran hosts a mischievous reunion of the writers who were Shakespeare’s contemporaries. Ben Jonson, [...]
Theatre, Art & the 1960s – panel including Michael Billington
Posted in RSC Events, What's On on July 11, 2011 | Leave a Comment »
Theatre, Art and the 1960s Saturday 16 July, 10am Royal Shakespeare Theatre, Stratford-upon-Avon The RSC’s 50th Birthday events series continues next Saturday with Theatre, Art and the 1960s. 1961 ushered in a decade of explosive cultural revolution and Britain was about to take centre stage on the international arts scene. That same year the RSC [...]
Join actor Scott Handy
Posted in RSC Friends Events - Stratford-upon-Avon, What's On on June 21, 2011 | Leave a Comment »
‘Scott Handy’s excellent Antonio’ Telegraph Scott Handy who is currently playing Antonio in The Merchant of Venice and Ross in Macbeth will be joining the RSC Friends next Friday to talk about his career and working for the RSC. Scott last acted with the company in 1998 when he played a most impressive Arial in [...]
SEE BEHIND THE SCENES OF THE ROYAL SHAKESPEARE COMPANY
Posted in RSC Events, Shakespeare, What's On on May 26, 2011 | Leave a Comment »
On Sunday 12 June the we are opening the doors to our new home in Stratford-upon-Avon and giving you the chance to see behind the scenes at the RSC. Open Day gives you the unique opportunity to delve into the world of theatre making and see how the company works. This is the first [...]
THE RSC ENSEMBLE REVEALED
Posted in News, What's On, tagged James Gale, Jonjo O'Neill, RSC Ensemble, Sophie Russell, Stratford upon Avon, Sunday March 27th 2010, Swan Theatre on March 17, 2011 | Leave a Comment »
Something that is certainly different and should be special for you. Put the date in your diary!!! – Sunday 27th March, Swan Theatre, 4pm (doors open from 3pm). The RSC ensemble will be producing a gala to celebrate their extraordinary time together. All proceeds of which will go to support the needs of ensemble member, [...]
There are alumni in the state of Denmark
Posted in News, What's On, tagged Clare Higgins, David Calder, Hamlet, James Laurenson, Kate Waters, National Theatre, Rory Kinnear, RSC on December 6, 2010 | Leave a Comment »
In an earlier blog, I indicated that I would write something about the production of Hamlet at the National Theatre. Here goes! There are six RSC alumni involved including director Nicholas Hyntner and Fight Arranger Kate Waters (who has arranged the fights in our current ensemble’s King Lear ).On stage, you may see Rory Kinnear [...]
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