William Shakespeare's

Romeo & Juliet

Writer
William Shakespeare 

Director
Vik Sivalingam

Location
The Sainsbury Theatre 

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Dates
Friday 30 August at 7pm
Monday 2 September at 7pm
Wednesday 4 September at 2pm

The running time is approximately 2 hours 15 minutes.

About the show

Romeo and Juliet is a passionate and tragic play by William Shakespeare set in Verona. It tells the story of Romeo Montague and Juliet Capulet, two young lovers from feuding families. Despite their families' bitter enmity, they fall deeply in love after meeting at a Capulet party and secretly marry the next day.

Their love, however, is doomed by a series of tragic events, including the deaths of Mercutio and Tybalt, which lead to Romeo's banishment. To avoid an arranged marriage to Paris, Juliet devises a desperate plan. However, a tragic miscommunication ensues, leading to devastating consequences. 

Vik Sivalingam holds an MFA in Theatre Directing from Birkbeck, University of London, and a Postgraduate Award in Teaching Shakespeare from the University of Warwick in association with the Royal Shakespeare Company.

As a Theatre Director based in London, Vik has collaborated with prestigious institutions such as the Royal Shakespeare Company, Almeida Theatre, the Old Vic Theatre, Royal Court, and Tricycle Theatre. His international directing credits include performances in New York, Brazil, and the Netherlands.

Vik has also led actor training programs in both the UK and the US, working with institutions like the Royal Welsh College of Music and Drama, Royal Birmingham Conservatoire, Syracuse University (for Shakespeare’s Globe), Brooklyn College, Temple University, Arts Educational Schools, East 15 Acting School, WacArts, and LAMDA.

William Shakespeare was a renowned English poet, playwright and actor whose plays have had an enduring presence on stage and screen. He was a prolific writer during the Elizabethan and Jacobean ages of British theatre (sometimes called the English Renaissance or the Early Modern Period). With a rich and diverse portfolio of work that continues to be adapted into the modern day, Shakespeare is hailed as one of the most important literary figures of the English language.

Contains gunshots, violence, use of theatrical weapons, themes of murder & suicide, partial nudity, sexual references, adult content, scenes of sexual assault, scenes and themes of death, use of theatrical haze.

Creative Team

* LAMDA staff member or visiting artist

Director
Vik Sivalingam*

Designer
Tara Usher*

Lighting Designer
Avery Elliot*

Sound Designer 
Poppy Morley*

Fight Director 
Lisa Connell*

Movement Directors
Mathew Wernham*
Kristin Fredricksson*

Intimacy Director
Sam Goodchild*

Voice Director
David Jarzen*

Costume Supervisor
Caitlyn Keaney*

Producer 
Rebecca Lyle*

Cast

Juliet 3 
Rachael Dowsett

Romeo 3 / Peter
Will Hammond

Nurse
Pauline Marechal

Mercutio / Lord Montague
Alex Marlow

Juliet 1 / Peter 1
Lara Nell

Capulet
Leo Oliva

Romeo 1 / Samson 2
Jake Phillips

Tybalt / Apothacary / Prologue
Brian William Price

Juliet 2 / Paris’ Page
Cameron Quinn Chavers

Romeo 2 / Balthasar
Luke Stiles

Benvolio / F John
Justin Stirewalt

Lady Capulet / Gregory
Nikki Trippler

Friar Lawrence / Samson
Max C Younger

Prince / Paris
Eduardo Zucchi 

Production Team

* LAMDA staff member or visiting artist

Stage Manager 
Verena Prandstaetter*

Deputy Stage Manager
Megan Bly*

Assistant Stage Manager
Mary Forsyth*

Rehearsal ASM
Anya Williams

Props Supervisor
Lucy Rees*

Production Manager
Jas Meara Wall*

Chief Lx
Jacob Eckhardt*

Construction Manager
Callum Walker*

Prod Carpenter
Peter Johnston

Production Sound Engineer
James Knight 

Crew/Tech
Anabel Smeaton