A Level Shakespeare texts on stage
If you live within reach of one of the following productions, which are all on exam board syllabuses, do try and get to see ‘your’ play acted live. Some productions are soon to end their run, but others are listed to book for 2014. It is the best way to make the most of the bard’s drama:
Antony and Cleopatra
- RSC Swan Theatre, Stratford-upon-Avon, 7 – 30 November (0870 6091110). www.rsc.org.uk
- Southend Shakespeare Company, Dixon Studio, Palace Theatre, Southend-on-Sea, 20 - 30 November (01702 351 135). http://eskape.brinkster.net/home/index.asp
As You Like It
- Shakespeare at the Tobacco Factory. The Tobacco Factory, Bristol, 13 Feb - 22 March 2014 (0117 902 0344).
Coriolanus
- Donmar Warehouse. London, 6 December – 8 February 2014 (0844 871 7624). www.donmarwarehouse.com
Hamlet
- The Faction. The New Diorama Theatre, London, 4 January – 22 February 2014 (0844 2090344). www.thefaction.org.uk
Henry IV, pt.1
- RSC. Royal Shakespeare Theatre, 18 March – 16 September 2014 (0844 800 1110). www.rsc.org.uk
King Lear
- Chichester Festival. Minerva Theatre, Chichester, 31 October – 30 November (01243 781 312). http://www.cft.org.uk/
- National Theatre. Olivier Theatre, from January 2014 (dates TBA) (020 7452 3000). www.nationaltheatre.org.uk
A Midsummer Night’s Dream
- Propeller. Theatre Royal, Bath, 19 – 23 November (01225 448844); Swan Theatre, High Wycombe (01494 512 000); Lyceum, Sheffield, 23 January - 1 February 2014 (0114 249 6000); Belgrade Theatre, Coventry, 11 - 15 February (024 7655 3055); Theatre Royal, Manchester, 18 - 22 February (0115 989 5555); The Lowry, the Lyric, Salford, 26 February - 1 March (0843 208 6000); The Marlowe Theatre, Canterbury, 4 - 8 March (01227 787787); Rose Theatre, Kingston, week of 10 March 2014 (08444 821 556); Everyman Theatre, Cheltenham, week of 17 March 2014 (01242 572573); Theatre Royal, Norwich, 25 - 29 March (01603 63 00 00); Theatre Royal, Newcastle, 1 - 5 April (08448 11 21 21); King's Theatre, Edinburgh, 16 - 19 April (0131 529 6000); Theatre Royal, Plymouth, week of 5 May 2014 (01752 267222). http://propeller.org.uk
- Brewery Arts. The Brewery Arts Centre, Kendal, 28 – 30 November (01539 725 133). www.breweryarts.co.uk
- London Academy of Music and Dramatic Art. Pleasance Theatre, Islington, London, 28 November – 5 December (020 7609 1800). www.lamda.org.uk
Othello
- The Icarus Theatre Collective. Weston Auditorium, Hatfield, 2 December (01707 281127); Mumford Theatre, Cambridge, 3 – 4 December (01223 352932); Millfield Theatre, London, 27 – 28 January 2014 (0208 8076680); Venue Cymru, Llandudno, Wales, 30 January 2014 (01492 872000); Braintree Arts Theatre, 1 February 2014 (01376 556354); Buxton Opera House, 6 – 7 February 2014 (0845 1272190); Theatre Severn, Shrewsbury, 10 – 11 Feburary 2014 (01743 281281); Wyvern Theatre, Swindon, 17 March 2014 (01293 553636); Pomegranate Theatre, Chesterfield, 19 March 2014 (01246 345222); The Atkinson, Southport, 20 – 21 March 2014 (01704 533333); Stafford Gatehouse, 24 March 2014 (01785 254653); Hartlepool Town Hall Theatre, 25 March 2014 (01429 890000); Queen's Hall, Hexham, 26 March 2014 (01434 652477); Customs House, South Shields, 27 March 2014 (0191 4541234); Harpenden Public Halls, 7 April 2014 (01582 767525). http://www.icarustheatre.org/
Richard II
- RSC. The Royal Shakespeare Theatre, Stratford-upon-Avon, 10 October – 16 December; Barbican, London, 9 December – 25 January 2014 (0870 6091110). www.rsc.org.uk
Richard III
- Nottingham Playhouse and York Theatre Royal. York Theatre Royal, 19 – 30 November (01904 623 568). www.yorktheatreroyal.co.uk
- Cambridge University European Theatre Group. ADC Theatre, Cambridge, 14 – 18 January 2014 (01223 300085). http://www.adctheatre.com
- Bournemouth Shakespeare Players. Priory House Garden, Christchurch, 15 – 19, and 22- 26 July 2014 (01202 534779) http://www.bshakespearep.org/
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