Romeo & Juliet

Reviews

​★★★★ ‘Bold…clever, energetic!’ The Guardian

★★★★★ ‘Urgent, vibrant production’ The Review Hub

★★★★★ ‘Bold visceral…unmissable’ What’s Good to do

★★★★ ‘Vital take on a classic’ My Theatre Mates

★★★★ ‘Current and exciting’ Culture Whispers

‘Then the director Ola Ince wowed me — first at the Royal Court with her excellent production of Aleshea Harris’s “Is God Is,” and the next afternoon at Shakespeare’s Globe with the best “Romeo and Juliet” I have ever seen: lively, love-struck and full of laughter, but with a postmodern awareness of the play’s sociopolitical resonances, and a million miles from romanticizing its suicides. The deaths at the end are horribly sad.’ The New York Times

Description

Romeo & Juliet by William Shakespeare

From historic feud to ill-fated union, Shakespeare’s Romeo & Juliet finds new significance this summer in the Globe Theatre.

Verona is sick. Its structures broken and its citizens in a state of desperation. When a system favours the few, the many are left with nothing but unhealthy choices.

Amidst the violence, bloodshed, fear and unrest, two teenagers find unexpected relief in each other. But will love be enough to save them from society’s sickness?

‘Black and portentous must this humour prove
Unless good counsel may the cause remove’

– Act I, scene 1

 This production contains depictions of suicide, moments of violence and references to drug use. It contains gunshot sound effects and the use of stage blood.

Venue

Globe Theatre

Creative Team & Cast