Dear Friends This is just a quick reminder that we're now only three days away from our first London Preview of what Edinburgh Fringe Review is already calling a play that is "unmissable for anyone who already loves Shakespeare, but perhaps even more so if his work is something you are yet to enjoy." Friday 16th July is very nearly sold out while there are still a few tickets available for Saturday 19th. Click here to book yours. (There is at the moment still plenty of availability for the Edinburgh run itself, but our posters are up and word is out...) Meanwhile, here's a short video interview I gave about The Sonneteer, which offers a good idea of what the play is about and how it's going to tell the story of this most personal of Shakespeare's works and its endlessly fascinating characters. All the very best Sebastian xx
What drove the celebrated poet, playwright and actor to write a suite of sonnets about beauty, life and the passage of time and address them to a handsome young man? Obsession? Folly? Infatuation? Or was there more than meets the eye today? In a dynamic new take on an old question, two contemporary characters delve into some of the most glorious poetry ever composed, as they weave in and out of the past in search for a plausible truth about love. EVERYTHING IS CONJECTURE. EXCEPT THE WORDS.