The Read

Narrated by Callum Scott Howells, Bruce Chatwin's "On The Black Hill" tells of twin brothers bound to their Welsh farm. A story of love and belonging.

Set in 1960s Newcastle, this gritty tale follows Arthur Haggerston, a rebellious teen. Narrated by Mark Benton.

Follow Janey James as she navigates 1960s London's glamorous yet hollow social scene in this darkly comic tale, narrated by Liv Hill.

Alex Kingston breathes life into Mary Shelley’s timeless Gothic horror story.

Laurent Pelly's expression of Berlioz's adaptation of Much Ado about Nothing as an opera comique becomes ''an elegant treatise on love and music".

An earnest young American woman, a louche English lord, and an innocent young chap join a house party of fin de siècle fools andgrotesques.

The RSC’s 2019 production of As You Like It, Shakespeare’s tale of love, lust and mistaken identity.

The Rolls-Royce of English comedies, this entertaining and still topical play brings an act of political sin into the heart of the English home.

A group of soldiers returns from the trenches. The worldweary Benedick and his friend Claudio find themselves reacquainted with Beatrice and Hero.

A modern opera adaptation by Charles Wuorinen based on Annie Proulx’s short story.

Globe Theatre presents William Shakespeare's Love's Labour's Lost. Visual humour and sexual innuendo leap off the stage in this wonderful production.

The Globe Theatre presents William Shakespeare's As You Like It. Naomi Frederick shines as feisty Rosalind in this irresistible romantic comedy.