WHAT'S ON & BOOK TICKETS YOUR VISIT & ACCESS MEMBERSHIP & SUPPORT ABOUT SHAKESPEARE SHOP LEARN ABOUT US .GLOBE { FILL: NONE; STROKE: #464841; STROKE-WIDTH: 20; STROKE-LINECAP: ROUND; } About us New plays and writers NEW PLAYS AND WRITERS We commission and develop brand new plays, to be performed alongside the works of Shakespeare and his contemporaries. "Shakespeare was once a new writer. His work was shocking, thrilling, bold. We want to nurture, provoke and present the work of writers who are doing the same thing today. We are living through fascinating times – there's a great deal to say and an appetite for big questions and rich ideas. Our job is to connect contemporary writers and audiences to the spirit of Shakespeare. He and his contemporaries had a strong sense of the world in which they were living and how it was changing. That's something we inherit directly from them. By including writers and new plays we keep our work new and daring, just as Shakespeare's work was in his own time." Erica Whyman, Deputy Artistic Director Ruth Lass as Silvia de Zingaro Photo by Ellie Kurttz © RSC Browse and license our images MAKING NEW PLAYS AND WORKING WITH WRITERS Our new writers explore anything from questions about feminism, race or religion to the birth of the free press or the end of war as we know it. This can be brand new plays, large scale musicals, new translations and adaptations and ambitious work for families and for young people. Season by season we are interested in provoking new thinking about key ideas or moments in our history so we may offer a writer a theme, but we are also open to wholly surprising ideas. In return for their commitment and ambition we give them the time and resources to write at their fingertips. We individually tailor the play development process to fit the writer and the project. LAUNCH GALLERY RECENT, CURRENT AND FUTURE PROJECTS Recent new plays produced include: The Magician's Elephant by Kate DiCamillo, adapted by Nancy Harris and Marc Teitler The Boy in the Dress by David Walliams, adapted by Mark Ravenhill, with songs from Robbie Williams and Guy Chambers, The Whip by Juliet Gilkes Romero A Museum in Baghdad by Hannah Khalil Crooked Dances by Robin French Kunene and the King by John Kani Maydays by David Edgar Don Quixote adapted by James Fenton from the novel by Miguel de Cervantes We Are Arrested by Can Dündar, adapted by Pippa Hill and Sophie Ivatts Day of the Living by Darren Clark, Amy Draper and Juliet Gilkes Romero Imperium Parts I and II - Mike Poulton's stage adaptation of Robert Harris’ trilogy Kingdom Come by Gemma Brockis and Wendy Hubbard Myth by Kirsty Housley and Matt Hartly The Earthworks by Tom Morton Smith The Seven Acts of Mercy by Anders Lustgarten The Hypocrite by Richard Bean Vice Versa by Phil Porter Queen Anne by Helen Edmundson Wendy & Peter Pan by Ella Hickson Hecuba by Marina Carr Oppenheimer by Tom Morton-Smith The Christmas Truce by Phil Porter Matilda The Musical by Tim Minchin and Dennis Kelly SCRIPT POLICY We don't accept unsolicited scripts, instead we identify writers we are interested in working with by closely monitoring new work across the UK. If you have a play reading, workshop sharing, or show coming up and you would like to invite us, you can email us at literary@rsc.org.uk (giving us as much notice as possible). YOU ARE IN: ABOUT US ALSO IN THIS SECTION Get in touch .qu{fill:#E3E6E1;} Contact Us & FAQs Box Office 01789 331111 Opening times .nl{fill:#E3E6E1;} Newsletter Social media Facebook Twitter Instagram YouTube LinkedIn Commercial Wedding hire Venue hire Costume hire Prop hire Lightlock Nursery Image licensing Video clip licensing Ticket information Ticket prices & discounts Booking for online events & performances Terms & Conditions Press Latest press releases Press resources Press images Legal and Policies Website Terms & Conditions Privacy Cookies Donation & Sponsorship Equality, Diversity & Inclusion Modern Slavery Access Assisted Performances Jobs Current vacancies Meet our people Benefits and perks Talent development programme The RSC is a registered charity (no. 212481) © 2021 Royal Shakespeare Company The work of the RSC is supported by the Culture Recovery Fund