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NT Live: Hamlet

Thu 22 Jan 2026

Main House

Prices from £12.00 *

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Olivier Award-winner Hiran Abeysekera (Life of Pi) is Hamlet in this fearless, contemporary take on Shakespeare’s famous tragedy. Trapped between duty and doubt, surrounded by power and privilege, young Prince Hamlet dares to ask the ultimate question – you know the one.

RSC First Encounters: King Lear

Thu 4 Dec - Sat 6 Dec 2025

Studio

Prices from £11.00 *

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A king announces that he will divide his kingdom between his three daughters according to how much they love him. This First Encounters with Shakespeare production makes Shakespeare’s play about family, power and betrayal relevant for a new generation of theatregoers.

Macbeth

Sat 28 Feb 2026

Prices from £22.00 *

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Flabbergast’s Macbeth fuses a rigorous and respectful approach to text and storytelling to bring a magical, lucid interpretation of Shakespeare’s blood-soaked tragedy to life.
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CRANFORD

Wed 18 Jun - Sat 21 Jun 2025

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Based on the novel by Elizabeth Gaskell, Laura Turner’s adaptation brings to life the rural village with its unique social structure.  It is a gentle story of friendship and mutual support in a close community whose residents are predominantly female.   

Guards Guards

Wed 13 Aug - Sat 16 Aug 2025

Prices from £18.00 *

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On their third outing, the Revellers once again prepare themselves to enter Terry Pratchett’s Discworld; this time, in the city of Ankh-Morpork, all are under threat from a 60-foot fire-breathing dragon, summoned by malcontented tradesmen.