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Shakespeare 400: calendar of events

The Shakespeare 400 celebrations continue throughout the year. Here’s a handy guide of the best shows and events

More shows and events will be added as they are announced.

Currently running

What: Exhibition: Shakespeare in Ten Acts
Where: The British Library
When: 15 Apr to 6 Sep

What: Performance: Cymbeline
Where: RST, Stratford-upon-Avon
When: 29 Apr to 12 Aug

What: Performance: The Complete Deaths
Where: Royal and Derngate, Northampton and UK Tour
When: May 2016 to Oct 2016

What: Performance: The Taming of the Shrew
Where: Shakespeare's Globe
When: 13 May – 6 Aug

What: Performance: Romeo and Juliet
Where: Garrick Theatre
When: 25 May – 13 Aug

What: Performance: Henry V
Where: Regent's Park Open Air Theatre
When: 17 Jun – 9 Aug

What: Performance: Macbeth
Where: Shakespeare's Globe
When: 18 Jun – 1 Oct

What: Exhibition: The Play's The Thing
Where: Royal Shakespeare Theatre, Stratford-upon-Avon
When: 25 Jun – 31 Jul

What: Performance: Béatrice et Bénédict
Where: Glyndebourne
When: 23 Jul – 27 Aug

What: Event: World Shakespeare Congress
Where: Stratford-upon-Avon and London
When: 31 Jul – 6 Aug

August

Antony Sher will take the titular role in King Lear at the RST
Antony Sher will take the titular role in King Lear at the RST

What: Performance: A Midsummer Night's Dream
Where: Theatre Royal, Bath
When: 3 – 20 Aug

What: Performance: Romeo and Juliet
Where: Royal William Yard, Plymouth
When: 5 – 21 Aug

What: Performance: A Midsummer Night's Dream
Where: Glyndebourne
When: 11 – 28 Aug

What: Performance: The Two Noble Kinsmen
Where: Swan Theatre, Stratford-upon-Avon
When: 17 Aug 2016 – 7 Feb 2017

What: Performance: King Lear
Where: Royal Shakespeare Theatre, Stratford-upon-Avon
When: 20 Aug – 15 Oct

What: Performance: Much Ado About Nothing
Where: The Faction @ Selfridges
When: 23 Aug – 24 Sep

September

The Tempest at King's Cross Theatre will be the first in the Shakespeare Trilogy at the theatre
The Tempest at King's Cross Theatre will be the first in the Shakespeare Trilogy at the theatre

What: Performance: The Tempest
Where: King's Cross Theatre
When: 23 Sep – 15 Dec

What: Performance: Much Ado About Nothing
Where: Chichester Festival Theatre
When: 24 Sep – 29 Oct

What: Performance: Romeo and Juliet
Where: The Ambassadors Theatre
When: 27 Sep – 23 Nov

What: Performance: Love's Labour's Lost
Where: Chichester Festival Theatre
When: 29 Sep – 29 Oct

October

What: Performance: The Two Gentlemen of Verona
Where: Liverpool Everyman
When: 5 – 29 Oct

What: Exhibition: The Play's The Thing
Where: Stratford-upon-Avon
When: From 22 Oct

What: Performance: King Lear
Where: Old Vic
When: 25 Oct – 2 Dec

What: Performance: Julius Caesar
Where: King's Cross Theatre
When: 27 Oct – 12 Dec

November

Simon Russell Beale will star in a digital re-imagining of The Tempest
Simon Russell Beale will star in a digital re-imagining of The Tempest

What: Performance: King Lear
Where: Barbican
When: 10 Nov – 2 Dec

What: Performance: The Tempest
Where: Royal Shakespeare Theatre, Stratford-upon-Avon
When: From 8 Nov

What: Performance: Henry IV
Where: King's Cross Theatre
When: 17 Nov – 13 Dec

December

What: Performance: Much Ado About Nothing
Where: Theatre Royal Haymarket
When: 9 Dec – 18 Mar 2017

What: Performance: Love's Labour's Lost
Where: Theatre Royal Haymarket
When: 12 Dec – 18 Mar 2017

For all our pieces on Shakespeare 400 visit our dedicated page

Read Brian Blessed on the Bard here