In a promotion from Viscount Bridgerton to the King of England, Jonathan Bailey returns to the stage in 2025 in Nick Hytner's newest production for The Bridge Theatre. Bailey will star as the titular monarch in Richard II, the first of Shakespeare's tetralogy of plays about the wars of succession during the Middle Ages, otherwise known as the 'Henriad'.

The second play in The Jamie Lloyd Company's much anticipated Shakespeare season at the Theatre Royal Drury Lane, join Tom Hiddleston and Haley Atwell as they play the 'merrily warring' will-they-won't-they couple Benedick and Beatrice in the Bard's witty romantic comedy. Much Ado About Nothing reunites the director and Hiddleston following their collaboration on Harold Pinter's Betrayal in 2019, an experience Tom described as "one of the most fulfilling and meaningful experiences of my performing life." Adding "I could not be more thrilled to have been given the opportunity to collaborate with (Lloyd) again, this time on one of Shakespeare's most warm-hearted and joyful plays"

Following its critically acclaimed 2019 run, the Bridge Theatre's five-star production of A Midsummer Night's Dream is making a triumphant return! This August, immerse yourself in one of William Shakespeare's most beloved comedies, directed by the brilliant Nicholas Hytner. With the unique seating arrangement wrapping around the stage, prepare to be fully captivated by this timeless classic!

Ola Ince's incredible production of the Arthur Miller classic is coming to The Globe this summer after a triumphant run at the Gielgud Theatre, for nine weeks only as part of the venue's 2025 Summer Season! With a creative team featuring some of contemporary theatre's best talent, including Assistant Director Lindsay McAllister and Composer Renell, don't miss your chance to experience this searing allegory once more.

Coming to Shakespeare's Globe as part of the 2025 Summer Season is Shakespeare's delightfully spirited tale of Viola, a shipwrecked orphan who takes matters into her own hands when stranded on the shores of the ancient isle of Illyria. Viola assumes the disguise of a man just to find her way, but when that disguise lands her in a love triangle, she has no choice but to hold on as the hijinks flow. Love, laughter, and delight shine on all corners of the Bard's madcap masterpiece.

Worlds collide in Shakespeare's darkly comic and rarely staged Troilus and Cressida, coming to the Globe Theatre this summer! In his Globe debut, director Owen Horsley, the man behind Twelfth Night at Regent's Park Open Air, peels back the polished surface of heroism, exposing the greed, ego and absurdity that fuels the war.