The Read

Love Labour’s Lost is one of Shakespeare’s lightest comedies, and this RSC production is visually sumptuous and accessible.

The Royal Shakespeare Company's fresh and vibrant contemporary restaging of Shakespeare's dark comedy, directed by Blanche McIntyre.

A group of soldiers returns from the trenches. The worldweary Benedick and his friend Claudio find themselves reacquainted with Beatrice and Hero.

Poignant, funny and bitter, Shakespeare’s dark satire forces us to question where happiness really lies.

In the seventh year of the siege of Troy Troilus and Cressida's innocence is exposed to the corrupting influence of war, with tragic consequences.

Director Erica Whyman transforms Shakespeare's emotionally charged play into a dystopian drama filled with The Handmaid's Tale-like horrors.

Mischievous fairies weave a web of confusion for four young lovers in the Royal Shakespeare Company's "A Midsummer Night's Dream."

Phillip Breen's hilarious production of The Comedy of Errors, set in the 1980s, with the Royal Shakespeare Company.

Narrated by Callum Scott Howells, Bruce Chatwin's "On The Black Hill" tells of twin brothers bound to their Welsh farm. A story of love and belonging.

Set in 1960s Newcastle, this gritty tale follows Arthur Haggerston, a rebellious teen. Narrated by Mark Benton.

Follow Janey James as she navigates 1960s London's glamorous yet hollow social scene in this darkly comic tale, narrated by Liv Hill.