Shakespeare’s Globe Theatre perform a classic comedic, romantic, yet tragic tale.

When Leontes, Sicilian king, becomes convinced his pregnant wife Hermione is conducting an affair with his closest friend Polixenes, King of Bohemia, he is so enraged he banishes her newborn child, while Hermione apparently dies of grief. Sixteen years later, the child, Perdita, having been raised in Bohemia by shepherds, is in love with Florizel, son of Polixenes, who forbids their marriage. The lovers travel to Leontes’ court seeking happiness, which they find – in ways nobody expected.

Blanche McIntyre directs a new version of Shakespeare’s great play of the irrational and inexplicable.

Set in a world of monsters, gods and natural disasters, travel from the stifling atmosphere of the Sicilian court to the unbuttoned joy of a Bohemian festival.

“A superb cast deliver striking performances” – The Guardian ★★★★

“A production that is knowingly dissonant, from the costumes to the climax… It is all subtly, knowingly, dissonant, down to the climactic Elizabethan jig combined with the stagy high kicks of a West End musical.” – The Guardian ★★★★★

“McIntyre has a sure hand on the verse, and there’s an excellent performance from Norah Lopez-Holden as Perdita.” – The Independent

Cast:
- Old Shepherd: Annette Badland
- Emilia / Cleomenes / Mopsa: Zora Bishop
- Camillo: Adrian Bower
- Hermione: Priyanga Burford
- Autolycus: Becci Gremmell
- Leontes: Will Keen
- Perdita: Norah Lopez-Holden
- Florizel: Luke MacGregor
- Clown: Jordan Metcalfe
- Polixenes: Olivier Ryan
- Paulina: Sirine Saba
- Antigonus: Howard Ward
- Mamillius / Time / Dion / Dorcas: Rose Wardlaw

Director: Blanche McIntyre
Designer: James Perkins
Movement director: Coral Messam
Composer: Stephen Warbeck

Duration: approx. 161 minutes
Audio: Stereo
Subtitles: EN
FSK: 0