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Richard III
Kevin Spacey reunites with director Sam Mendes for the final part of The Bridge Project.
Operated by The Society of London Theatre
Richard III
Old Vic, The Cut, LondonRichard III reunites Kevin Spacey and Sam Mendes for the first time since their 1999 film American Beauty, for which the actor and director both won Oscars.
Spacey is directed by Mendes on stage at the Old Vic in the title role of Richard III, Shakespeare's iconic history play.
Richard III opens with one of the most famous lines from Shakespeare: "Now is the winter of our discontent." What follows is a tale of the Machiavellian monarch's rise to power and short rule.
Richard III is the sole production in the third year of The Bridge Project, an initiative between the Old Vic, the Brooklyn Academy of Music in New York and Mendes's company Neal Street Productions. Since 2009 a season of productions has been presented in both London and New York as well as on international tour.
Spacey is joined on stage by a company of British and American actors.
For more about Richard III at the Old Vic read the First Night Feature.
Cast & CreativesEXPAND
cast: Kevin Spacey, Maureen Anderman, Stephen Lee Anderson, Jeremy Bobb, Nathan Darrow, Jack Ellis, Haydn Gywnne, Chuk Iwuji, Isaiah Johnson, Gemma Jones, Andrew Long, Katherine Manners, Howard Overshown, Simon Lee Phillips, Gary Powell, Michael Rudko, Annabel Scholey, Gavin Stenhouse, Hannah Stockely, Chandler Williams
director: Sam Mendes
music by: Mark Bennett
sound: Gareth Fry
set designer: Tom Piper
lighting designer: Paul Pyant
costume: Catherine Zuber
producer: The Old Vic, BAM and Neal Street
Ticket Prices:
£15-£52.50
About the show
- Age Suitability: General
- Genre: Play, Shakespeare
- Sub-Genre: Play-Drama
- Show Times: Tue-Sat 19:30, Mats Sat 14:30, Sun 17:00
- Duration: 3h15
- opening night:
- Box Office:
0844 871 7628 - Visit the Show Website
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Old Vic
The Cut, London, United Kingdom, SE1 8NB
- Nearest tube: Waterloo (200m)
- Nearest bus: 1, 68, 168, 171, 172, 176, 188, 501
- Nearest train: Waterloo (200m) Take Exit 2 and turn right.
- Parking: 1 bay for blue badge holders in Webber Street, plus meters. NCP in Coin Street. Nearest taxi pick-up point is at Waterloo station.
- Air conditioned: 1
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- How to book: Tel: 0844 871 7677 Fax: 020 7928 4397 Minicom: 0870 060 6641 Online booking form available via www.oldvictheatre.com/access
- Discounts: Discounts vary with each production.
- Limited mobility: Boxes or E28, F20, G6, G31, M4, X7 in the Stalls have the most leg room.
- Access description: There is a ramp from street level into the foyer and the box office is on your right. Handrails are available on either side of the entrance. From the foyer there are seven steps into the Stalls (without handrails). There are 20+ steps to the Dress Circle and a further 20 steps to the Baylis Circle (with handrails). The theatre is open 1 hour before the performance.
- Hearing impaired: Sennheiser infra-red system. A unit is required to be collected from the cloakroom for a £5 deposit (which will be refunded on return of the unit). 30+ units available, including in-ear types and loop units to be used with the T-setting/switch on hearing aids. Some seats are unsuitable for use with the units, please inform the box office at the time of booking if one is likely to be needed. Induction loop is available at the walk-up box office.
- Guide dogs policy: Guide dogs are allowed into the auditorium. Alternatively, staff can dog-sit. Pleae inform Box Office at time of booking.
- Wheelchairs: There is a ramp from street level into the foyer. One wheelchair position in Stalls seat N5, a companion can sit in N6. In the case of a transfer, the wheelchair will be stored in the adapted toilet which is next to the access door and close to the wheelchair position. Please discuss any access needs with the box office at the time of booking.
- Toilets: There are men’s and women’s off the Pit bar, and 21 steps up from the Lilian Baylis bar.
- Disabled toilets: Adapted WC on the left inside the side entrance.
- Bars: Pit bar down 19 steps from foyer (spacious), Dress Circle bar up 20+ steps, Lilian Baylis bar up 49 steps. Soft drinks brought to disabled customers in the auditorium. All have moveable seats.
