You can really immerse yourself in culture and the arts in Stratford. With theatre, music, festivals, art galleries and sculpture displays, there is much to appreciate throughout the year.
Enjoy the sounds of the Stratford Music Festival (October 2009). The Civic Hall offers an exciting cultural programme with opera, dance and drama.
The Royal Shakespeare Company are currently transforming the Royal Shakespeare Theatre and Swan Theatre in Stratford-upon-Avon to create a dynamic space for performing and enjoying Shakespeare. The transformation project is due for completion in 2010. In the meantime, the RSC's main playhouse in Stratford-upon-Avon is The Courtyard Theatre. Indeed, The Courtyard Theatre's auditorium will be a template for the new Royal Shakespeare Theatre.
In 2009 RSC Artistic Director, Michael Boyd will be directing one of Shakespeare’s great comedies, As You Like It, whilst The Winter’s Tale will be directed by David Farr, a late Shakespeare play about jealousy, loss and redemption. A powerful production of Julius Caesar will also be showing, as well as a RSC Young People’s Shakespeare production of The Comedy of Errors. The Tempest will be visiting The Courtyard as a touring production in the spring of 2009 in association with South Africa’s Baxter Theatre Centre. Other productions in 2009 include The Drunks by Mikhail and Vyacheslav Durnenkov, The Grain Store by Natal’ia Vorozhbit and A Tender Thing by Ben Power.
For more information click here for the official Stratford visitor website: www.shakespeare-country.co.uk
