"Such is the simplicity of man to hearken after the flesh."
Think you can live without sex? The King of Navarre thought so. Getting his knights to pledge to three years of study was hard enough, but when the Princess of France turns up with her beautiful ladies, his best laid plans start to all go horribly, and hilariously, wrong!
Shakespeare's sparkling rom-com is a delightful romp through the countryside packed full of sexual innuendo, lusty intrigues and frisky frolics.
REVIEWS
"The cast deliver performances of great energy"
The Stage
"Plenty of talent...gloriously earnest"
OneStopArts
"Loud and brash...playful and clever...some lovely comedy moments"
WhatsOnStage
"A joy...amusing...intelligent"
View From The Gods
"An implaccable sense of comic timing"
Remote Goat
"This is a production driven by getting laughs...[it] maintains pace without lingering on language, but most of these young players handle the verse well."
British Theatre Guide
“Did my heart love till now? forswear it, sight! For I ne'er saw true beauty till this night.”
Shakespeare's passionate, heart-breaking tale of two star-cross'd lovers caught between their warring families is
the classic love story.
REVIEWS
FIVE STARS
"Beautifully raw, as passionate and heartfelt as a full-scale production. What is done most beautifully here is arguably the most important thing: a story is told, and whilst the lovers are star-crossed, we’re completely star-struck."
WhatsPeenSeen
FOUR STARS
"Once again Grassroots Shakespeare have demonstrated their ability to produce intelligent, unadorned and accessible Shakespeare."
Public Reviews
FOUR STARS
"Excellent...energetic...entertaining"
Everything Theatre
FOUR STARS
"The result is quite brilliant....This is a staging of Romeo and Juliet which fans will undoubtedly enjoy, but it also has a wider appeal. If you've shied away from Shakespeare before in favour of more modern works, this may well be the production that wins you over."
View from the Gods
"Romantic with a capital R"
WhatsOnStage
"Impressive...spirited...enviable...I've never seen a Romeo and Juliet flirt so sexily."
The Stage
Rep Season - Romeo & Juliet and Love's Labour's Lost
18th June - 27th July 2013
Old Red Lion Theatre, Islington
WhatsPeenSeen
The Public Reviews
Everything Theatre
View from the Gods
Remote Goat