COVENTRY, WARWICKSHIRE & SHAKESPEARE’S ENGLAND Royal Shakespeare Company Royal Shakespeare Theatre, Waterside, Stratford-upon-Avon, Warwickshire, CV37 6BB The RSC is known throughout the world and has its main base in Stratford-upon-Avon in the heart of the West Midlands. In 2010 the new Royal Shakespeare and Swan Theatres re-opened to the public after a £112.8m transformation with the aim to bring actors and audiences closer together. The theatre has a beautiful riverside location in the heart of the town where Shakespeare was born and died. Visitors from around the world visit Stratford-upon-Avon and the Royal Shakespeare Theatre each year. The Company also plays regularly in London, Newcastle-upon-Tyne and on tour across the UK and the world. As well as the plays of Shakespeare and his contemporaries, the RSC produces new work from living artists, and develops creative links with theatre-makers from around the world, it also works with teachers to inspire a life-long love of Shakespeare in young people and runs events for everyone to explore and participate in their work. Best Vantage Points: • The Royal Shakespeare Theatre (RST) and Swan Theatre auditoria (note this is subject to availability). The RST is a 1,000 seat thrust stage auditorium, the Swan Theatre is a 450 seat thrust stage timber auditorium. • External locations by the River Avon, including riverside walk, Theatre Gardens. • Theatre Tower viewing platform (100 foot high). • Rooftop Restaurant with views of the river and gardens and including the original back wall of the 1932 theatre. • Dressing rooms and backstage spaces. • Ashcroft Room – rehearsal space above the Swan Theatre – timber. • Clore Learning Centre – rooms within the education space. Restrictions: Liaise with Press Office (01789 272281). Permits: No, but you would need to liaise with the Press Office (01789 272281). Fees: Sometimes a facilities fee is charged, dependent on the nature of the filming. Public Liability Insurance Required? The RSC would require a location agreement to be signed. Existing footage: • Production footage is available on request. • An electronic press kit of the key spaces of the Royal Shakespeare Theatre and Swan Theatres is available including shots of the two auditoria.
Did You Know: The World Shakespeare Festival (WSF) is a celebration of Shakespeare as the world’s playwright, produced by the Royal Shakespeare Company, in an unprecedented collaboration with leading UK and international arts
Contact: Jane Ellis and Elsie King
partners and will welcome companies from around the world to perform in the UK. It runs from 23 April to
Telephone: 01789 412668 / 01789 272417
November 2012 and forms part of London 2012 Festival, which is the culmination of the Cultural Olympiad,
Email: jane.ellis@rsc.org.uk; elsie.king@rsc.org.uk
bringing leading artists from all over the world together in a UK-wide festival in the summer of 2012.
Website: www.rsc.org.uk
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organisations, and with Globe to Globe, produced by Shakespeare’s Globe. The Festival includes over 50 arts