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Shakespeare’s tragic teens get a fresh twist at Wilton’s Music Hall—expect live music, mask work, and swordplay in a limited-run that’s anything but old-school.
- Experience Shakespeare’s most iconic love story reimagined through a thrilling fusion of live music, clowning, and mask work, directed by Henry Maynard (The Nature of Forgetting).
- This fresh take brings new urgency to themes of fate, duality, and honour, with poetic language colliding against bold physical theatre and cinematic flair.
- Don’t miss on this limited run Romeo and Juliet, applauded for its intense physicality as “Shakespeare’s words are wrung into new shapes through raw physical movement” (The Telegraph UK)
- Set in a vivid Verona and performed at the historic Wilton’s Music Hall, this production offers both heart and spectacle for fans of modern Shakespeare. Book your tickets to this limited run of Romeo and Juliet now!
In Verona, two young lovers defy their feuding families in a tale of forbidden passion and fate. Director Henry Maynard infuses this classic with live music, clowning, and mask work, highlighting themes of honor, friendship, and duality. As tensions rise and secrets unfold, will love triumph over enmity, or is tragedy inevitable?
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Show details
Genre: Shakespeare, Drama, Classic, Plays
Audience: Suitable for 12 + yrs
Theater name: Wilton's Music Hall
Theater facilities: Restrooms, bar, restaurant
Theater accessibility: Wheelchair accessible, accessible restrooms, companion seating, lift access to all floors, assistance dogs welcome, captioned and BSL-interpreted performances available at various times.
Dress code: Smart casual
Cast & crew
- Leading roles: Kyll Thomas-Cole as Romeo, Lennie Longworth as Juliet, Henry Maynard as Lord Capulet/Benvolio, Simon Gleave as Mercutio, Vyte Garriga as Nurse, Daniel Chrisotomou as Duke/Friar Lawrence/Peter, Nadav Burstein as Tybalt.
- Director: Henry Maynard
- Musical consultant: Nick Hart
- Lighting design: Rachel Shipp
- Design & costume: Henry Maynard
- Choreography: Briony O’Callaghan
- Associate directors: Briony O’Callaghan & Simon Gleave
- Movement consultant: Matej Matejka
Additional info
- This show is suitable for ages 12 years and above. Children under 4 years and babies in arms will not be admitted.
- This show depicts scenes of violence and suicide. Viewer discretion is advised.
- Age suitability recommendations are just suggestions. So, trust your judgment when booking tickets for any show, and enjoy!
- Most theatres are air-conditioned year-round, so it can get a bit chilly. Bring a light jacket just in case.
- You will receive an email with your Romeo and Juliet voucher. Please display the same on your mobile phone with a valid photo ID.
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