RSC The Comedy of Errors 2021 Performances
July 1, 2021 Last updated:
July 1, 2021
These are strange times. Confusion and uncertainty everywhere. A father ends up in the wrong country on the wrong day as a government makes hasty proclamations about travel. A lonely son, while searching for his brother, loses himself. Across town a wife starts to realise her husband is not the man she thought he was (but rather likes it). Will anything ever be the same again?
Shakespeare’s
The Comedy of Errors, a fairytale farce of everyday miracles, mistaken identity and double vision, is directed by comedy master Phillip Breen (The Provoked Wife 2019, The Hypocrite 2017). Join us for a joyous moment of reunion, celebration and laughter in the brand new open air Lydia & Manfred Gorvy Garden Theatre, on the banks of the Avon. Come outside and play.
The picturesque Minack Theatre in Cornwall
Credit: Matt Cardy/Getty Images
For most of history, theatre has happened outside. More than two thousand years’ worth of plays, from Sophocles to Shakespeare, were staged under open skies. Now, thanks to the pandemic, outdoor theatre is making a comeback. Several major theatres across the country are unveiling purpose-built outdoor performance spaces in the coming weeks. If the spread of the Indian variant means the industry’s worst fears are realised, they may prove our best hope of enjoying theatre this summer.
The RSC’s 500-seat garden theatre on the banks of the River Avon in Stratford is opening in July with a production of The Comedy of Errors; the Arcola in Hackney has converted plans for a new indoor space into the 200-seat Arcola Outside, a largely open-sided space with a roof; while Homeground, a 400-seat off-shoot of Manchester arts centre Home, built on a disused piece of real estate in the city centre, a rotten tomato�
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Royal Shakespeare Company in Stratford-upon-Avon announces summer programme at new outdoor theatre
A new outdoor theatre space - the Lydia & Manfred Gorvy Garden Theatre - will open in Stratford
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A visualisation of the Lydia & Manfred Gorvy Garden Theatre which will open in Stratford in July
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