TWELFTH NIGHT
With original music composed by singer songwriter Matt Maltese, Prasanna Puwanarajah returns to the RSC to direct a cast including Samuel West as Malvolio, Gwyneth Keyworth as Viola, Freema Agyeman as Olivia, and Bally Gill as Orsino in Shakespeare’s bittersweet winter masterpiece; a freewheeling miracle of farce, longing, love and life.
HAMLET
Following their hugely successful recent collaborations on Cold War and Patriots, multi award-winner Rupert Goold (Dear England, National Theatre; Romeo and Juliet, The Merchant of Venice RSC), directs Luke Thallon as Hamlet in this new production of Shakespeare’s family saga.
CHRISTOPER MARLOWE’S EDWARD II
Double Olivier Award-winner and RSC Co-Artistic Director Daniel Evans returns to the stage in Daniel Raggett’s production of Marlowe’s violent (very!) and tender play.
HAMLET HAIL TO THE THIEF
Shakespeare’s great tragedy and Radiohead’s seminal album collide for a feverish experience that fuses theatre, music, and movement.
In this frenetic distillation of Shakespeare’s masterpiece, music becomes an integral part of the narrative. Radiohead frontman Thom Yorke has reworked the band’s critically acclaimed album into a deconstructed score that illuminates the text and is performed by live musicians.
The production is co-created by Yorke and celebrated directors, Steven Hoggett and Christine Jones. Hoggett is a founder member of Frantic Assembly whose other credits include Sweeney Todd, The Curious Incident of the Dog in the Nighttime and Black Watch.
