Theatre reviews

Macbeth

William Shakespeare

HER Productions, Girl Gang Manchester and Unseemly Women

Hope Mill, Manchester

18–29 June 2025

Duke Orsino (Arjun Pande) and Olivia (Jasmine Jean Sim)

Twelfth Night

William Shakespeare

ACT Contemporary Theatre and Seattle Shakespeare

Falls Theatre

7–22 June 2025

Alby Baldwin (Horatio) and Samuel Blenkin (Hamlet)

Hamlet Hail to the Thief

William Shakespeare, adapted by Christine Jones with Steven Hoggett

Royal Shakespeare Company and Factory International

Royal Shakespeare Theatre, Stratford-upon-Avon

4–28 June 2025

A Midsummer Night's Dream

William Shakespeare

London Theatre Company

Bridge Theatre

2 June–23 August 2025

Royal Shakespeare Company Collection

William Shakespeare

Royal Shakespeare Company

Released 25 April 2025

Luke Barton as Mr Darcy and April Hughes as Lizzy Bennet

Pride and Prejudice

Jane Austen adapted by Abigail Pickard Price with Sarah Gobran and Matt Pinches

Guildford Shakespeare Company

59e59 Theatres, Brits OffBroadway, New York

30 May–29 June 2025

Romeo and Juliet

William Shakespeare

Shakespeare's Globe

23 May–2 August 2025

Macbeth

Music by Giuseppe Verdi, libretto by Francesco Piave and Andrea Maffei after ...

Gran Teatre del Liceu, Barcelona

Released 4 April 2025

Hannah Saxby as Abigail Williams and Gavin Drea as John Proctor

The Crucible

Arthur Miller

Shakespeare's Globe

6 May–12 July 2025

Hamlet Hail To The Thief

William Shakespeare, adapted by Christine Jones with Steven Hoggett, music by...

Factory International, Royal Shakespeare Company and ATC Experience

Aviva Studios, Manchester

27 April–18 May 2025

Titus Andronicus

William Shakespeare

Royal Shakespeare Company

Swan Theatre, Stratford-Upon-Avon

17 April–7 June 2025

Hotel Elsinor

Susanna Hamnett (with adapted text from Shakespeare’s Hamlet)

Plant[UnLtd]

Riverside Studios, Hammersmith

25 April–3 May 2025

Ben and Imo

Mark Ravenhill

Royal Shakespeare Company

Orange Tree Theatre

19 April–17 May 2025

Much Ado About Nothing

William Shakespeare

Royal Shakespeare Company

Royal Shakespeare Theatre, Stratford-upon-Avon

12 April–24 May 2025

The Play's The Thing. A One Person Hamlet

William Shakespeare

Regeneration Theatre

Wilton's Music Hall

1–12 April 2025

Geoffrey Lumb (Warwick), Evan Milton (Lancaster), Emilio Doorgasingh (Pembroke) and Enzo Cilenti (Mortimer)

Edward II

Christopher Marlowe

Royal Shakespeare Company

Swan Theatre, Stratford-upon-Avon

21 February–5 April 2025

Macbeth

William Shakespeare

English Touring Theatre with Northern Stage, Shakespeare North Playhouse and ...

Lyric Hammersmith, London

28 February–29 March 2025

Mia Khan (Juliet) and Kyle Ndukuba (Romeo)

Romeo and Juliet

William Shakespeare and That's A Rap

Belgrade Theatre, Bristol Old Vic and Hackney Empire

Belgrade Theatre

21 February–8 March 2025

Richard II

William Shakespeare

London Theatre Company

Bridge Theatre

10 February–10 May 2025

Hamlet

William Shakespeare

Royal Shakespeare Company

Royal Shakespeare Theatre, Stratford-upon-Avon

From 29 March 2025

Reviews

Macbeth

Twelfth Night

Hamlet Hail to the Thief

A Midsummer Night's Dream

Royal Shakespeare Company Collection

Pride and Prejudice

Romeo and Juliet

Macbeth

The Crucible

Hamlet Hail To The Thief

Titus Andronicus

Hotel Elsinor

Ben and Imo

Much Ado About Nothing

The Play's The Thing. A One Person Hamlet

Edward II

Macbeth

Romeo and Juliet

Richard II

Hamlet