Coming for summer 2025...​

The Castle Players are delighted to announce details of their 2025 summer production - a sumptuous stage adaptation of the much-loved movie ‘Shakespeare in Love’!

 

Written by Lee Hall (Billy Elliot), this faithful yet hilarious adaptation of the original Oscar-winning screenplay by Marc Norman and Tom Stoppard, will tour five local venues from July 1 - 5 2025, including TCR The Hub, and the grounds of the spectacular Raby Castle.

 

Plagued by debt, tormented by writer’s block and in desperate need of a new hit, the young Will Shakespeare finally finds his muse - a passionate young noblewoman, Viola De Lesseps. Their forbidden love soon draws everyone, including Queen Elizabeth herself, into the drama and inspires Will to write the greatest love story of all time, Romeo and Juliet.

 

The production will be directed by Gordon Duffy-McGhie and features a new pop-up stage design, created by the winner of an innovative Theatre Design Competition.

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Details of tickets, venues and how to book will appear on our main page shortly.

 

In the meantime, click HERE to find out more about the amazing music and songs that will bring Shakespeare to life.