The RSC announces further activity for 2022
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The RSC have announced further details of its 2022 activity including three new Shakespeare productions that speak directly to our world today, the launch of TikTok Tickets, and details of how people can participate in 37 Plays: a nationwide search to write the stories of today.
Gregory Doran directs Shakespeare’s final instalment of the vivid and enthralling story of the brutal struggle for the English crown, Richard III, running in the Royal Shakespeare Theatre from 23 June-8 October. This premiere features Arthur Hughes (The Innocents, Help) in the title role of Richard.
Playing in repertoire with Richard III this summer will be Blanche McIntyre’s contemporary take on William Shakespeare’s enduring dark comedy All’s Well That Ends Well, in the Royal Shakespeare Theatre from 16 August-8 October.
Touring to UK theatres and schools in their community in the autumn, Shakespeare’s comedy of mistaken identity First Encounters with Shakespeare: Twelfth Night receives a 21st Century update in a new production edited and directed by Robin Belfield, co-created in partnership with young people from communities across the English regions to tour to UK theatres and schools including Stratford-upon-Avon.
The company will also be launching TikTok Tickets: a new initiative to open access to high quality theatre for young people targeted particularly at those living in communities facing structural disadvantage. The £10 TikTok Tickets are available for all RSC productions for any 14 -25 year olds, students and state schools.
Finally, the RSC announce 37 Plays: a major new national playwriting project to capture the stories of today. Further details can be found here.
Acting Artistic Director of the RSC, Erica Whyman, said: “I am delighted to announce this bold creative programme, spanning a groundbreakingly ambitious partnership project to find the UK’s plays of today, investment in our collaborations with young people and the very proud completion of the canon of Shakespeare's plays we began in 2012.
“Across ten unforgettable years, our commitments to partnership, to inclusion and justice, and to innovative ways to share our work have deepened and evolved. All three are demonstrated in this announcement, and our new collaboration with TikTok perfectly illustrates our determination to entice new audiences. I'm delighted to welcome back the visionary Blanche McIntyre for All’s Well That Ends Well, and thrilled by the pairing of Arthur Hughes and Gregory Doran who together will breathe new life into Shakespeare’s masterpiece, Richard III.”
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