Helpful productions of A Level syllabus Shakespeare

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Hamlet

• ACS Random.  Park Theatre, London, 2 – 14 December (020 7870 6876). http://www.acsrandom.co.uk/ACS_Random/Home.html 
• Sonia Friedman Productions.  Directed by Lyndsey Turner.  Benedict Cumberbatch as (Hamlet). Barbican, London, 5 August – 31 October 2015 (0845 120 7550)

Henry IV, pt.1

• Royal Shakespeare Company. Directed by Gregory Doran. Antony Sher (Falstaff)
  • Alhambra Theatre, Bradford, 28 October - 1 November (01274 432 000)
  • Theatre Royal, Bath, 4 November -  8 November (01225 448 844)
  • Marlowe Theatre, Canterbury, 11 November - 15 November (01227 787 787)
  • Barbican Centre, London, 29 November - 24 January 2015 (0845 120 7550). www.rsc.org.uk [P]
• Donmar Warehouse.  Directed by Phyllida Lloyd.  Harriet Walter (Henry IV).  Donmar Warehouse, London, 3 October – 29 November (0844 871 7624). http://www.donmarwarehouse.com/ [P]
• Pleasance, Inner London. 26 Nov – 4 Dec. (0207 609 1800). www.pleasance.co.uk [P]

King Lear

• Crescent Theatre Company. Crescent Theatre, Birmingham, 8 – 15 November (0121 643 5858). www.crescent-theatre.co.uk [A]

Macbeth

• National Youth Theatre.  Directed by Ed Hughes. Ambassador Theatre, London, 19 September – 26 November (08448 112 334).  http://www.nyt.org.uk/ [A]
• Brixham Theatre, Devon. 19 November. (01803 852 829) www.uktw.co.uk/Brixham/Brixham-Theatre/V884/ [P]
• Sharnbrook Mill Theatre Trust, Sharnbrook Mill Theatre, Bedford, 15-20 September 2015 www.sharnbrookmilltheatre.co.uk [A]
• Macbeth – in pitch black.
  • St George’s Theatre, Great Yarmouth, 1 November (01493 745 461) www.stgeorgestheatre.com
  • Square Chapel Arts Centre, Halifax, 16 November (01422 349 422) www.squarechapel.co.uk [P]

A Midsummer Night’s Dream

• Questor’s Theatre, Ealing, London, 11 – 15 November (020 8567 5184). www.questors.org.uk [P]

Othello

• Frantic Assembly.  Directed by Scott Graham.  http://www.franticassembly.co.uk/  [P]
  • The Curve, Leicester, 28 October - 1 November (0116 242 3595)
  • CAST, Doncaster, 4 - 8 November (01302 303 959)
  • REP, Birmingham, 12 - 15 November (0121 236 4455)
  • The Lowry (Quays), Salford, 18 - 29 November (0843 208 6000)
  • Lyric Hammersmith, London, 13 January 2015 - 7 February 2015 (020 8741 6850).  
• Royal Shakespeare Theatre, Stratford-upon-Avon. Directed by Iqbal Khan. 4 June – 28 August 2015. (0870 609 1110) www.rsc.org.uk [P]

Richard III

• Theatre Collection, Upstairs at the Lord Stanley, London. 10 October – 2 November. www.theatrecollection.net  [P]
• Theatre Royal, Norwich. 11 – 13 December. (01603 630 000) www.theatreroyalnorwich.co.uk [P]
• The Cotswold Arcadians. Directed by David Sherratt. Hatherop Castle School, Gloucestershire, 20 - 25 July 2015. Open-air production. www.arcadians.org [A]

The Tempest

• The Apollo Theatre, Newport, Isle of Wight, 15 – 23 May 2015 (01983 527 267).
• This Last Tempest.  (adaptation) Uninvited Guests & Fuel.
  • Festival Theatre, Malvern, 4 – 5 November (01684 892 277)
  • Quarterhouse, Folkestone, 7 – 8 November (01303 858 500)
  • Cambridge Junction, Cambridge, 26 November (01223 511 511)
  • Lakeside Theatre, Colchester, 27 November (01206 873 261)
  • Theatre Royal, Margate, 28 – 29 November (0845 130 1786). 

Twelfth Night

• English Touring Theatre (ETT). Directed by Jonathan Munby. 
  • Grand Theatre, Blackpool, 28 August – 1 November
  • Watford Palace Theatre, 4 – 8 November
  • Cambridge Arts Theatre, 11 – 15 November
  • Hall for Cornwall, 18 – 22 November
  • Richmond Theatre, London, 18 – 22 November (0870 060 6651)
  • Theatre Royal, Brighton, 25 – 29 November (08700 606 650). www.ett.org.uk 
• Watermill Young Company. Directed by Seamus Allen. Watermill Theatre, Newbury, 12 – 15 November (01635 46044). www.watermill.org.uk  [A]
• Brighton Little Theatre,  
  • Brighton, 23 - 27 June 2015 (0844 888 0432)
  • Lewes Castle, Lewes, 2 – 5 July 2015 (01273 486 290).  www.brightonlittletheatre.com  [A]

The Winter’s Tale

• Lion and Unicorn Theatre, London, 9 December 2014 – 3 January 2015 (08444 771 000).  www.giantolive.com [P]