Tuesday 10th April - Saturday 14th April

Anne Boleyn

English Touring Theatre

...presents the Shakespeare's Globe production of Anne Boleyn.

Ticklishly enjoyable… Teasingly intelligent… A big, bold and generous evening. The Sunday Telegraph *****

Lover. Heretic. Revolutionary. Queen.

Compelling, witty and often laugh-out-loud funny, this celebration of a great English heroine, Anne Boleyn leaps cunningly between generations to expose the life and legacy of Henry VIII’s notorious second wife.

Anne Boleyn is traditionally seen either as a pawn manipulated into the King’s bed, or as a sexually licentious predator, even a witch. But Howard Brenton puts a very different Anne – and her ghost – on the stage. Witty and confident in her sexuality, she takes on the vicious world of Tudor Court politics. She is in love with Henry but also in love with the most dangerous ideas of her day. Conspiring with the exiled William Tyndale, Anne plots to make England Protestant for ever.

Following two sell-out London seasons, two powerhouses of great theatre - ETT and Shakespeare’s Globe, join forces to stage this vivid and vibrant production; gripping, rich in humour and shot through with sublime chamber music and visual imagery. Unmissable.

The play lasts for 2 hours and 30 minutes including a 20 minute interval.

Riveting, rollicking stuff… Rich and spicy as a Tudor banquet The Times ****

Howard Brenton’s play begins as it means to swagger on: in teasingly intelligent style The Guardian ****

FT **** Mail on Sunday **** Independent **** Daily Mail ****

Tickets
Mon to Thur eve £12.50 (RV) to £25 (concessions available)
Thu & Sat mats £10 (RV) to £20 (concessions available)
Fri & Sat eve £15 (RV) to £28

Friends & Patrons: 2 for 1 tickets on the first night- call Box Office on 01872 262466 to book. Restrictions apply.

A £1 Theatre Fund payment will be added to each ticket
A £1.50 Handling Fee will be added to each transaction

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Show information

Touch Tour

A pre-show touch-tour of the theatre stage and show set, suitable for visually impaired audience members, can be booked.

Captioned

A Captioned performance is available.

Audio described performance

Audio description is available. Inform Box Office when booking that you will require an AD headset and they will suggest suitable seats. Check which show(s) have AD facilities.