Starring Sigourney Weaver, Tom Hiddleston and Hayley Atwell.
The Jamie Lloyd Company presents a joyous and captivating season of Shakespeare in London’s iconic Theatre Royal Drury Lane. The Tempest starring BAFTA winner Sigourney Weaver, who is being awarded the Golden Lion for Lifetime Achievement at the 81st Venice International Film Festival, making her West End debut as Prospero; and Much Ado About Nothing starring Tom Hiddleston (Benedick) and Hayley Atwell (Beatrice), both directed by Jamie Lloyd.
The two productions run at the Theatre Royal Drury Lane, owned and operated by Andrew Lloyd Webber’s LW Theatres, marking the first Shakespeare plays to be presented at the venue since Peter Brook’s production of The Tempest starring John Gielgud in 1957. The Tempest opens on Thursday 19 December, with previews from 7 December 2024, running until 1 February 2025, and Much Ado About Nothing opens Wednesday 19 February, with previews from 10 February, running until 5 April 2025. Full cast and creatives to be announced.
Tickets for The Tempest go on sale to those signed up for priority booking on Tuesday 6 August at 11am; general booking opens on Wednesday 7 August at 11am. On sale dates for Much Ado About Nothing to be announced.
THE TEMPEST Saturday 7 December 2024 – Saturday 1 February 2025
By William Shakespeare | Directed by Jamie Lloyd
Theatre Royal Drury Lane | Tickets: Jamie Lloyd Co. at Drury Lane (lwtheatres.co.uk)
“We are such stuff as dreams are made on.”
The legendary Sigourney Weaver makes her West End debut as Prospero in this enchanting story of revenge and forgiveness.
GENERAL ONSALE: Wednesday 7 August
MUCH ADO ABOUT NOTHING Monday 10 February – Saturday 5 April 2025
By William Shakespeare | Directed by Jamie Lloyd
“I do love nothing in the world so well as you: is not that strange?”
Tom Hiddleston is Benedick and Hayley Atwell is Beatrice. Two of their generation’s finest actors collaborate with director Jamie Lloyd again in this savagely funny and beautifully tender battle of wits.
Theatre Royal Drury Lane | Tickets: Jamie Lloyd Co. at Drury Lane (lwtheatres.co.uk)