29 October 2009 - 7 November, 2009
Royal Shakespeare Company
Another Romeo and another Juliet in a strikingly different love story. Shakespeare's language resonates through this account of an older couple whose lifetime of love is under threat.Ben Power has woven the text of Romeo and Juliet into a provocative new tale of a love that fears no challenge. Re-imagining some of Shakespeare's greatest poetry with an uncommon boldness, A Tender Thing is an elegiac yet ultimately hopeful account of the depth and power of the human capacity for love.A Tender Thing receives its world premiere at Northern Stage.Read a Q & A with Ben Power, writer of A Tender Thing.Watch interviews with Kathryn Hunter (Juliet) and writer Ben Power here. Watch more from the production here.View rehearsal shots and production shots from A Tender Thing.Find out more about the RSC Symposium Day taking place at Northern Stage.
Tue - Thur eve & Sat mat: £25.50, £22.50, £18.50 Thur mat: £22.50, £20.50, £15.50Fri & Sat eve: £28.50, £25.50, £20.5016-25 year olds: £525 tickets per performance (15 in advance, 10 on the day) Wed 4th November: unlimited £5 tickets for 16 -25 year olds.Only available by phone or in person at the theatre2 for 1 first night (click for more details)
Thu 29 Oct - Sat 7 Nov at 7.30pmSat 24 October at 2pm Sat 7 November 7.30pm Sat 7 November at 2pm Download introductory notes for the Audio Described performancePost-show discussion Thu 5 Nov Image Credit: Copyright Brad Swonetz/Zefa/Corbis