RSC Announces Star-Studded 2025/26 Season with Rose Leslie, Simon Russell Beale, and More

The Royal Shakespeare Company (RSC) has unveiled its highly anticipated 2025/26 season, featuring exciting new Shakespeare productions, UK and world premieres, and a stellar cast including Rose Leslie and Simon Russell Beale.

Shakespeare Productions

• Much Ado About Nothing (Dates TBA)

  • Directed by Michael Longhurst

  • Reimagined in the world of professional football

• Titus Andronicus (Swan Theatre, 17 April – 7 June 2025)

  • Directed by Max Webster

  • Starring Simon Russell Beale (Titus), Emma Fielding (Marcia Andronicus), and Natey Jones (Aaron)

• I, Peaseblossom (Swan Theatre, 28 – 31 May 2025)

  • Written and performed by Tim Crouch

  • A fresh perspective on A Midsummer Night’s Dream

• The Winter’s Tale (Royal Shakespeare Theatre, 12 July – 30 August 2025)

  • Directed by Yaël Farber

• The Two Gentlemen of Verona (The Other Place, 2 – 31 August 2025)

  • Directed by Joanna Bowman

  • A new, fast-paced 80-minute adaptation

• Measure for Measure (Royal Shakespeare Theatre, 13 September – 25 October 2025)

  • Directed by Emily Burns

New & Adapted Works

• The Constant Wife (Swan Theatre, 20 June – 2 August 2025)

  • Directed by Tamara Harvey

  • A new adaptation by Laura Wade

  • Starring Rose Leslie (Game of Thrones, The Good Fight)

• An Actor Convalescing in Devon (Swan Theatre, One Night Only – 20 July 2025)

  • Written by Richard Nelson

  • Starring Paul Jesson

• Fat Ham (Dates TBA)

  • UK premiere of James Ijames’ Pulitzer Prize-winning play

• 4.48 Psychosis (The Other Place, July 2025)

  • By Sarah Kane

  • Returns 25 years after its original premiere with the original cast and creative team

• The BFG

  • Royal Shakespeare Theatre, Stratford-upon-Avon: 25 November 2025 – 31 January 2026

  • Chichester Festival Theatre: 16 March – 12 April 2026

  • Adapted by Tom Wells, directed by Daniel Evans