Jamie Lloyd Company announces season of Shakespeare at Theatre Royal Drury Lane

The Jamie Lloyd Company has announced a season of Shakespeare at the Theatre Royal Drury Lane with The Tempest starring BAFTA winner Sigourney Weaver, making her West End debut as Prospero; and Much Ado About Nothing starring Tom Hiddleston (Benedick) and Hayley Atwell (Beatrice), both directed by Jamie Lloyd.

The two productions will run at the Theatre Royal Drury Lane marking the first Shakespeare plays to be presented at the venue since Peter Brook’s production of The Tempest starring John Gielgud in 1957. The Tempest previews from 7 December 2024, running until 1 February 2025, and Much Ado About Nothing previews from 10 February, running until 5 April 2025. Full cast and creatives to be announced.

Jamie Lloyd said: “It is such an honour to be invited by Andrew Lloyd Webber to be the first company to present Shakespeare at the Theatre Royal Drury Lane in decades. I could not be more thrilled to welcome three-time Academy Award nominated and BAFTA and Golden Globe winning actress, Sigourney Weaver — an international icon of stage and screen — to London. Then to collaborate again with two of the greatest actors of their generation — Tom Hiddleston and Hayley Atwell — on one of Shakespeare’s wittiest and most tender comedies is a dream come true.”

Tickets for The Tempest go on sale to those signed up for priority booking on 6 August at 11am; general booking opens on 7 August at 11am. On sale dates for Much Ado About Nothing are to be announced.

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