<img src='' title='Event Category: Shakespeare Festival' alt='' id='templ_icon_' width='' height='' /> Event Category: Shakespeare Festival

OPENING NIGHT TICKETS JUST £15.00

Stafford Shakespeare proudly presents AS YOU LIKE IT in Summer 2027.

Often called The Bard’s quintessential comedy, this warm-hearted tale of love gone astray – and back again – has delighted audiences for centuries.

Follow Rosalind as she flees persecution in the royal court and escapes to the magical Forest of Arden.

Along with her loyal cousin Celia, her fool Touchstone, and her potential suitor Orlando, the group of loveable characters shed their social statuses and identities.

Through clever disguises, chirpy debates, and multiple interwoven romances, love brings everyone together for a memorable finale that will leave you all aglow.

‘All the world’s a stage, and all the men and women merely players’ (Act 2, Scene 7)

Stafford Shakespeare proudly presents RICHARD III at the Gatehouse Theatre.

Set around a bombed-out post-war pub, players jostle for England’s crown. But who will prevail? And just how far are they prepared to go to seize power?

Inspired by the gangland world of Peaky Blinders, this stylish production is directed by RICHARD CHESHIRE, with set design by PATRICK CONNELLAN, who both worked so successfully on last year’s HAMLET.

Netflix star MATTHEW DUCKETT will play Richard III; having worked with the Royal Shakespeare Company, he starred in Lady Chatterley’s Lover (Netflix).

Channelling memorable productions at Stafford Castle in 1992 and 1999, this will be the first time The Bard’s War of the Roses masterpiece has been performed in Stafford for 27 years.

Pitching the infamous King as an unloved, murderous hunchback, Shakespeare’s seminal script twists and turns as rivals, opponents and even family members are swept away amid a lust for power. But what will become of Richard at the Battle of Bosworth?

Performed among the biggest-ever set in Gatehouse Theatre history, this production promises to be spectacular, gripping and enlightening as the story of one of England’s most notorious kings unfolds.

‘Stylish, stunning and satisfyingly superb. Five stars!’ – David Banner, online review

DON’T MISS OUT: June 30 CLASSIC SHAKESPEARE AFT ERNOON PERFORMANCE – added due to huge demand; tickets to see RICHARD III just £20, with a free hot drink and a cake.