Theatre reviews

Daniel Evans, Madeleine Potter and Jo McInnes

4:48 Psychosis

Sarah Kane

Royal Shakespeare Company with Royal Court Theatre

The Other Place, Stratford-upon-Avon

10–27 July 2025

George Fouracres as Falstaff and Emma Pallant as Mistress Page

The Merry Wives of Windsor

William Shakespeare

Shakespeare's Globe

8 July–20 September 2025

Midsummer Night's Dream

William Shakespeare

Bard in the Botanics

Glasgow Botanical Gardens

25 June–12 July 2025

Rose Leslie and Luke Norris (Constance and John Middleton)

The Constant Wife

Laura Wade after Somerset Maugham

Royal Shakespeare Company

Swan Theatre, Stratford-upon-Avon

20 June–2 August 2025

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

Reviews

4:48 Psychosis

The Merry Wives of Windsor

Midsummer Night's Dream

The Constant Wife

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