The Winter's Tale Tickets
Garrick Theatre
Kenneth Branagh and Judi Dench appear together for the first time in 20 years to star in Shakespeare’s classic tragicomedy, The Winter’s Tale. This unmissable psychological drama features dangerous suspicion, forbidden love, and of course, actors pursued by a bear.
Shakespeare royalty Sir Kenneth Branagh and Dame Judi Dench star in The Bard’s classic tragicomedy The Winter’s Tale. This tale of toxic suspicion and ultimate redemption is part of the stunning inaugural series of the Kenneth Branagh Theatre Company, Plays at the Garrick.
The Winter’s Tale follows the dramatic consequences of Leontes’ capricious suspicion of the close relationship between his pregnant wife, Hermione, and his friend the king, Polixenes. Despite their apparent innocence, Leontes is blinded by his pride and imprisons his wife and forces Polixenes to flee. When his daughter, Perdita, is born, Leontes is convinced of her illegitimacy and banishes the new-born. The severe costs of his actions are relentless and swift, and with broken families scattered across kingdoms, a tangle of love, disguises and mistaken identities, will Perdita be reunited with her father, and will Leontes ever be redeemed?
This is a play full of interesting and unique moments such as violent storms, the coming-to-life of a statue, and theatre’s most famous and problematic stage direction: ‘Exit, pursued by a bear’. Each new production anticipates fresh takes on these themes, and with Branagh and multi award-winning director Rob Ashford at the helm, this collaboration will not disappoint. That The Winter’s Tale plays at the Garrick Theatre seems particularly apt and serendipitous, seeing as the play owes much of its current success to David Garrick, who in 1754 brought the play to life for contemporary audiences after it had lain forgotten for years; a feat which the Kenneth Branagh Theatre Company will be keen to replicate.
With this play Branagh and Dench appear together on the stage for the first time in over 20 years, and both have developed reputations as actors of the highest calibre. The Winter’s Tale will open on 17th October 2015 at the Garrick Theatre and play until 16th January 2016.
The Winter’s Tale follows the dramatic consequences of Leontes’ capricious suspicion of the close relationship between his pregnant wife, Hermione, and his friend the king, Polixenes. Despite their apparent innocence, Leontes is blinded by his pride and imprisons his wife and forces Polixenes to flee. When his daughter, Perdita, is born, Leontes is convinced of her illegitimacy and banishes the new-born. The severe costs of his actions are relentless and swift, and with broken families scattered across kingdoms, a tangle of love, disguises and mistaken identities, will Perdita be reunited with her father, and will Leontes ever be redeemed?
This is a play full of interesting and unique moments such as violent storms, the coming-to-life of a statue, and theatre’s most famous and problematic stage direction: ‘Exit, pursued by a bear’. Each new production anticipates fresh takes on these themes, and with Branagh and multi award-winning director Rob Ashford at the helm, this collaboration will not disappoint. That The Winter’s Tale plays at the Garrick Theatre seems particularly apt and serendipitous, seeing as the play owes much of its current success to David Garrick, who in 1754 brought the play to life for contemporary audiences after it had lain forgotten for years; a feat which the Kenneth Branagh Theatre Company will be keen to replicate.
With this play Branagh and Dench appear together on the stage for the first time in over 20 years, and both have developed reputations as actors of the highest calibre. The Winter’s Tale will open on 17th October 2015 at the Garrick Theatre and play until 16th January 2016.
Sorry this show closed 16 January 2016, we recommend these similar productions.
