Sitting In The Cheap Seats

The Royal Shakespeare Company have today announced their winter season, including the next step of their campaign to cover all of the Bard’s work. Read on to find out more!

Photo by Ellie Kurttz (c) RSC For many actors Lear is the ultimate role, hence the proliferation of productions that appear every year. In 2016 alone we’ve had Timothy West, Don Warrington and Michael Pennington all pop up in the role and Glenda Jackson is currently giving us a female perspective over at the Old Vic. RSC stalwart Antony Sher ’s take on the role has been something we’ve been waiting a few years for… so how does he do?

The Royal Shakespeare Company (RSC) returns to the Barbican in November with Henry V, followed by a major theatrical event in January 2016 to mark the 400th anniversary of Shakespeare’s death – with performances of all four productions of Gregory Doran’s history plays in repertoire.

Very exciting news this morning as the Royal Shakespeare Company  announce their spring/summer season for 2016. A special year as it marks the 400th Anniversary of Shakespeare himself! Read on below for full details.

It’s strangely comforting to realise that even the greatest actors have their fair share of fears and worries over their performances. Though most performers work hard to hide them, in his latest book  Year of The Fat Knight   Antony Sher  (a Sir himself) confronts those feelings head on in a brilliantly honest and wonderfully engrossing diary that encompasses the days between the  Gregory Doran  deciding to direct the Henry plays and opening night at the Royal Shakespeare Theatre.