The Winter’s Tale

“Apollo’s angry, and the heavens themselves 
Do strike at my injustice.” – Act III, scene 2 

One of William Shakespeare’s final plays, The Winter’s Tale fuses comedy, romance and tragedy in this profound story of love, loss and redemption.

Consumed with insane jealousy, King Leontes of Sicilia imprisons his beloved pregnant wife, Hermione, accusing her of adultery with his best friend King Polixenes of Bohemia. When Hermione gives birth, Leontes banishes his daughter, Perdita and what follows is an enthralling tragi-comedy where two worlds collide to demonstrate the power of love and forgiveness in the most trying of times. 

Directed by Tobacco Factory Theatre’s Artistic Director Heidi Vaughan, we are delighted to stage this rich and dynamic Shakespeare play, packed full of surprises, oracles, miracles and, of course, Shakespeare’s most famous and challenging stage direction: ‘Exit, pursued by a bear’. 

WHAT THE PRESS SAY ABOUT PREVIOUS SHAKESPEARE PRODUCTIONS AT TFT:

★★★★ “A marvelous production of Othello – one of the best I have seen of this hard-to-love play – belongs to this theatre’s distinctive tradition. Spare but incisive. Cutting to the quick. It does not impose: it unlocks.”
– The Guardian on Othello, 2017

★★★★ “accessible, funny and delightfully acted”
– Broadway World on A Midsummer Night’s Dream, 2019

★★★★ “Macbeth, with its use of violence as a political tool, is among the more receptive of Shakespeare`s plays to a modern overlay. Relocated to a 20th century battlefield, this dynamic production by Tobacco Factory Theatres… does this particularly imaginatively.”
– The Stage on Macbeth, 2018

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