The Tempest West End Tickets, News, Info & More
The Jamie Lloyd Company presents a joyous and captivating season of Shakespeare in London’s iconic Theatre Royal Drury Lane.
“We are such stuff as dreams are made on.”
The legendary Sigourney Weaver makes her West End debut as Prospero in this enchanting story of revenge and forgiveness
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Captioned: Saturday 25th January 14:30
Audio Described: Saturday 18th January 14:30
BSL: Saturday 11th January 14:30
The Tempest - West End Cast
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Jamie Lloyd’s take on Shakespeare’s magical late play is stylish, but star Sigourney Weaver just isn’t up to the role of Prospero
6 / 10
Bagging the UK stage debut of movie icon Sigourney Weaver feels like a coup on paper, but maybe not so much in practice. She’s not embarrassingly bad or anything, but the role of exiled magician Prospero simply feels beyond her – this is a giant theatre, a tricky role, and she’s not done any Shakespeare since the ’80s. She’s not a good verse speaker, delivering everything in a sort of concerned mom monotone that fails to hold this big, weird play together. Having her on stage constantly – usually seated in a chair, observing the action – feels like a sop to her celebrity that isn’t really borne out by her ability.
Sigourney Weaver makes her West End debut
4 / 10
Lloyd’s chuck-it-at-the-wall-and-see-what-works vision doesn’t help. The auteur’s trademark visual austerity strips the island of specifics, with piles of black ash flecked by glaring crepuscular light forming a planetary hellscape. If you squint, it could almost be a stage version of Dune with its slightly campy sci-fi costumes but especially when a pale-faced Caliban pops his bald head up from the gravel like a sandworm.
Review Roundup: What Did the Critics Think of Sigourney Weaver in THE TEMPEST?
by Aliya Al-Hassan - December 20, 2024
by Aliya Al-Hassan - December 20, 2024
The Jamie Lloyd Company presents The Tempest, the first production in a season of Shakespeare in London’s iconic Theatre Royal Drury Lane.
Review: THE TEMPEST, Theatre Royal Drury Lane
by Alexander Cohen - December 20, 2024
by Alexander Cohen - December 20, 2024
As achingly monotone as it is aggressively monochrome.
Photos: Sigourney Weaver and More in THE TEMPEST
by Stephi Wild - December 13, 2024
by Stephi Wild - December 13, 2024
All new production photos have been released for The Jamie Lloyd Company’s production of Shakespeare’s The Tempest starring Sigourney Weaver in her West End debut.
Interview: ‘It’s Like All My Birthdays Have Come At Once’: Actor Selina Cadell on Surrendering to Shakespeare in THE TEMPEST
by Sarah OHara - December 16, 2024
by Sarah OHara - December 16, 2024
The Jamie Lloyd Company’s production of Shakespeare’s The Tempest, starring Sigourney Weaver, opened at Theatre Royal Drury Lane on 7 December 2024.
Photo: Sigourney Weaver in THE TEMPEST at Theatre Royal Drury Lane
by Chloe Rabinowitz - December 11, 2024
by Chloe Rabinowitz - December 11, 2024
William Shakespeare’s The Tempest is running at Theatre Royal Drury Lane, starring Sigourney Weaver. Get a first look at Sigourney Weaver here!
The Tempest History
Other Productions of The Tempest
| 1910 | Broadway |
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| 1916 | Broadway |
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| 1945 | Broadway |
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| 1945 | Broadway |
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| 1974 | Off-Broadway |
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| 1981 | Off-Broadway |
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| 1989 | Off-Broadway |
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| 1991 | Off-Broadway |
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| 1995 | Off-Broadway |
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| 1995 | Broadway |
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| 2008 | Off-Broadway |
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| 2011 | West End |
Theatre Royal Haymarket Company Production West End |
| 2015 | Off-Broadway |
Shakespeare in the Park Production Off-Broadway |
| 2018 | West End |
Iris Theatre's production West End |
| 2019 | Off-Broadway |
The Public Theater Mobile Unit Production Off-Broadway |
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