As You Like It (The Bridge Project)

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Showing at:Old Vic

Box Office:0844 871 7628

Download (pdf format): Seating plan

Age:General

Genre:Play

Sub Genre:Play-Comedy

Now in its second year, The Bridge Project is a transatlantic collaboration between the Old Vic and Brooklyn Academy of Music which brings together a company of actors from both sides of the Atlantic to perform a double bill of classic plays.

This year, director Sam Mendes directs As You Like It and The Tempest with a company led by Stephan Dillane, Christian Camargo, Ron Cephas Jones and Juliet Rylance.

As You Like It, Shakespeare's pastoral romantic comedy, features Rylance and Michelle Beck as the heroines Rosalind and Celia, and Camargo and Thomas Sadoski as Orlando and Touchstone.

American actor Camargo has appeared on Broadway several times, including in the role of Hamlet. However he is probably best known for playing Rudy in US TV drama Dexter.

Young British actress Rylance, the daughter of acclaimed actor Mark Rylance, has appeared on stage both in New York and London, including Shakespeare's Globe. 

Dillane, who plays Jacques in As You Like It, returns to the stage for the first time since winning a Tony Award for Tom Stoppard's The Real Thing. He also takes on the lead role of Prospero in The Tempest.

As You Like It and The Tempest play in repertoire at the Old Vic.  


Performance Details

  • previews from: 12 Jun 2010
  • opening night: 23 Jun 2010
  • closing: 21 Aug 2010

show times: Mon-Sat 19:30, Wed & Sat 14:00 In rep - please check with theatre for performance dates

ticket prices: £10-£47

duration: 3h10

Assisted Performances

captioned performance:

By Louise French on Sat 31 Jul at 14:00, tickets £21 T: 0844 871 7677
E: ticketcentre@theambassadors.com

cast: Stephen Dillane, Michelle Beck, Christian Camargo, Ron Cephas Jones, Juliet Rylance, Thomas Sadoski, Ashlie Atkinson, Jenni Barber, Edward Bennett, Alvin Epstein, Jonathan Fried, Richard Hansell, Aaron Krohn, Anthony O'Donnell, Michael Thomas, Ross Waiton

author: Williams Shakespeare

director: Sam Mendes

music by: Mark Bennett

sound: Simon Baker

lighting designer: Paul Pyant

costume: Catherin Zuber

choreographer: Josh Prince

designer: Tom Piper

producer: The Old Vic, Brooklyn Academy of Music, Neal Street Productions

Venue location map

Access Enabled Map (pdf format):
View The Old Vic Access Enabled Map

address: 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: Yes

Assisted Performance Booking Information

Access Booking:Tel: 0844 871 7677 Fax: 020 7928 4397 Minicom: 0870 060 6641 Online booking form available via www.oldvictheatre.com/access

Accessible Facilities Venue Information

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.

The Bridge Project

The Bridge Project