What’s to come at the RSC in Stratford

Following the success of the RSC’s 2008 production of Hamlet, which was co-produced by Tennant, who also starred in the play, the colloboration continues with Richard II, which will be directed by Gregory Doran and staged at the Royal Shakespeare Theatre (RST) in Stratford in October and November.

Ella Hickson will give a fresh new perspective on a much loved JM Barrie children’s classic with her new adaptation of Wendy and Peter Pan, also on at the RST, from December to April 2014.

The production continues the RSC’s tradition of family shows after last winter’s The Mouse and his Child, 2011’s The Heart of Robin Hood by David Farr and 2010’s Matilda The Musical.

At the Swan Theatre, a much-anticipated double bill of Hilary Mantel’s Man Booker prize-winning novels, Wolf Hall and Bring up the Bodies, will be premiered from December to March 2014.

Wolf Hall won the Man Booker in 2009, and Bring up the Bodies won in 2012, making Mantel the first woman ever to have received the award twice.

Also to look forward to is a free exhibition, opening this spring, that celebrates the RSC’s costume collection. In Stitches, which is on at all the company’s theatres, will give visitors the chance to see the best costumes, discover how they are made and try some of them on.

To find out more and book tickets, call 0844 800 1110 or go online.