Experience William Shakespeare’s romantic play told like never before across the Sam Wanamaker Playhouse and Shakespeare's Globe.
It’s not all happy at the start of The Winter’s Tale play. When King Leontes, the King of Siciilia, accuses his wife Queen Hermione of sleeping with King Polixenes, the King of Bohemia, he grows paranoid. As a result, he abandons his daughter, Perdita, who is left to be raised by shepherds. Perdita then falls for King Polixenes’s son, Florizel. 16 years later, Leontes wants to restore his destructive ways. Can time heal the past, or will his history catch up with him?
Explore what it means to love in this Shakespeare play.
Access Performances
Relaxed Performances - Sunday 19 March 2023 6.30pm, Wednesday 5 April 2023 2.00pm.
Captioned Performances - Sunday 5 March 2023 1.00pm, Friday 14 April 2023, 7.30pm.
Audio-described Performances - Saturday 19 March 2023 1.00pm, Wednesday 12 April 2023 2.00pm.
Signed Performances - Friday 14 April 2023 7.30pm
Contain adult themes that some children may find upsetting.
9th February, 2023
16th April, 2023
By: William Shakespeare
Director: Sean Holmes
Cast list: Sergo Vares, John Lightbody, Jacoba Williams, Ed Gaughan, Nadine Higgin, Beruce Khan, Bea Segura, Saran Slimani, Colm Gormley, Samuel Creasey, Toby Barnett-Jones, George Robinson
Composition: Laura Moody
Design: Grace Smart
Movement: Tamsin Hurtado-Clarke
Location: Fringe/Off West End
Railway station: Blackfriars
Bus numbers: Lavington Street (Stop SW) 381
In this adaptation of The Winter’s Tale, audiences will be able to discover more of Sicilia and Bohemia. During each performance, theatregoers walk between Sicilia (located in the Sam Wanamaker Playhouse) and Bohemia (located in Shakespeare’s Globe), ultimately bringing the kingdoms closer together. It’s the first time both Globe theatres will be utilised in one production.
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