All’s Well That Ends Well is Shakespeare’s romantic story about Helena, in love with the unloving Bertram and the lengths she’ll go to to make it work. Learn more...
Forced into exile in the Forest of Arden, lovers Rosalind and Orlando become entangled in a beguiling game of love, lust and mistaken identity. Learn more...
Shakespeare's farcical comedy of twins and mistaken identity. Learn more...
The King and his friends take an oath to dedicate themselves to a life of study and avoid the company of women for three years. No sooner have they made their idealistic pledge than the Princess of France and her ladies-in-waiting arrive, presenting the men with a severe test of their high-minded resolve. Learn more...
Measure for Measure written between 1603 and 1604 is seen as one of Shakespeare’s problem plays due to its shift in mood. Vienna is beset with brothels and loose morality, it's up to the Duke to provide some divine intervention. Learn more...
The Merchant of Venice written between 1596 and 1598 is Shakespeare's comedy centered around love, money, prejudice and social injustice. Learn more...
Shakespeare's The Merry Wives of Windsor is a story of marriage, wealth, jealousy and lies. Sir John Falstaff, staying in Windsor and down on his luck, decides to restore his fortunes by seducing the wives of two wealthy citizens. He sends Mistress Page and Mistress Ford identical love letters, but they discover his double dealing and set about turning the tables. Learn more...
On a Midsummer’s night, four young lovers find themselves wrapped in the dream-like arms of an enchanted forest where sprites lurk and fairies rule. While a feuding Fairy King and Queen are at war, their paths are crossed by Bottom, Quince and their friends presenting a play within a play. Chief mischief-maker Puck is on-hand to ensure that the course of true love is anything but smooth, and games of fantasy, love and dreams ensue in Shakespeare’s most beguiling comedy. Learn more...
A group of soldiers return from the war. The world-weary Benedick and his friend Claudio find themselves reacquainted with Beatrice and Hero. As memories of conflict give way to a life of parties and masked balls, Claudio and Hero fall madly, deeply in love, while Benedick and Beatrice reignite their own altogether more combative courtship. Learn more...
Shakespeare’s comedy about a prank on the local drunk, intertwined relationships and the dramatic transformation of an ill-tempered woman. Learn more...
On an isolated island, a magician plots revenge for his brother's betrayal. Learn more...
Christopher Luscombe returns to direct Shakespeare’s tale of unrequited love; hilarious yet heart breaking. Learn more...
The Two Gentlemen of Verona is one of Shakespeare's earliest plays and also one of the most rarely performed. It's about betrayal, love and disguise. Learn more...
Considered either as a comedy or a romance, Shakespeare's The Winter's Tale contains his most famous and challenging stage direction: 'Exit, pursued by a bear'. Learn more...
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