Being Shakespeare

What's it all about?

Simon Callow brings to life Shakespeare's unforgettable characters and the real man behind the legend in this triumphant play, Being Shakespeare. After taking the Edinburgh Festival by storm and following a hugely successful national tour, Callow's magnificent performance sets the West End alight a second time for a strictly limited season before heading to New York.

Back by popular demand and prior to his US tour, Simon Callow reprises his celebration of the world's most renowned playwright in Being Shakespeare. Callow's virtuoso performance delivers Shakespeare’s Greatest Hits with astonishing versatility and infectious enthusiasm, making this a truly unique and illuminating theatrical experience.

Who's in it?

Recently hailed for his performance as Sir Toby Belch in the National Theatre's critically acclaimed sold-out production of Twelfth Night, Simon Callow (star of Four Weddings and a Funeral, Shakespeare in Love, Room with a View) joins forces with Jonathan Bate (pre-eminent Shakespeare biographer and editor of the RSC's Shakespeare: The Complete Works) and director Tom Cairns (Old Vic's All About My Mother, National Theatre's Aristocrats, Royal Opera House's Cocteau's Voices) to fill the stage in an extraordinary theatrical event.

Suitable for

If you were lucky enough to catch Simon Callow's enchanting one-man performance of A Christmas Carol, here's another chance to see the man to what he does best. But even if you're a novice to Callow's stage credentials, with his incisive speech and commanding presence, Callow captivates his audiences time and time again as a master storyteller.