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Welcome to the Royal Shakespeare Company (a very brief introduction)
Audience at the Royal Shakespeare Theatre awaiting a performance of Othello (2015-07) by David Tett (C) RSCRoyal Shakespeare Company
Who we are
We perform Shakespeare’s plays, as well as works by Shakespeare’s contemporaries and plays by today’s writers. We want as many people as possible to be able to access theatre at its best, so we bring our work to the widest possible audience.
David Tennant as Richard II (2013) by Kwame Lestrade © RSCRoyal Shakespeare Company
We want as many people as possible to be able to access theatre at its best, so we bring our work to the widest possible audience.
Henry IV Part II Schools Broadcast at a Birmingham school (2014) by Lucy Barriball © RSCRoyal Shakespeare Company
We do this thorough touring and residencies, broadcasting to cinemas live from Stratford-upon-Avon, education work reaching out to 530,000 children and young people (including free Schools' Broadcasts), online activity and by consistently making our theatre’s more accessible.
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RSC costume workshop by Gina Print © RSCRoyal Shakespeare Company
Made in Stratford-Upon-Avon
Our shows begin life in our Stratford workshops and theatres, where we design and build the sets, costumes and props, and rehearse and perform the plays in our three theatres: the Royal Shakespeare Theatre, the Swan Theatre and the Studio Theatre at The Other Place.
RSC costume workshop by Andrew Fox © RSCRoyal Shakespeare Company
Everyone in our company, from actors to armourers...
Control room for live broadcast of Henry IV Part II (2014) by Lucy Barriball © RSCRoyal Shakespeare Company
Musicians to technicians...
Backstage at the Royal Shakespeare Theatre (2013) by David Woodings © RSCRoyal Shakespeare Company
The people serving your interval drinks to our ushers, play a part in creating the world you see on stage.
Curtain call at the Royal Shakespeare Theatre for Othello (2015) by David Tett © RSCRoyal Shakespeare Company
Wherever you experience the RSC, you experience work made in Shakespeare’s home town.
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