‘The Buddha of Suburbia,’ Ukrainian ‘King Lear,’ Ballet ‘Romeo & Juliet’ Lead Royal Shakespeare Company 2024/25 Season
variety.comNaman Ramachandran Daniel Evans and Tamara Harvey, who took charge as co-artistic directors of the Royal Shakespeare Company (RSC) in 2023, have unveiled 17 shows for the 2024-25 season, their first for the company.
The season includes an eclectic mix of Shakespeare plays and other original work. Emma Rice adapts the celebrated 1990 novel “The Buddha of Suburbia,” an exploration of family, friends, sex, theater and belonging, with author Hanif Kureishi in a co-production with Wise Children.
The cast includes Dee Ahluwalia and Ankur Bahl. The novel has been previously adapted as an acclaimed BBC series. From the creators of “The Jungle” Good Chance and the RSC present political thriller ‘Kyoto,” a new play by Joe Murphy and Joe Robertson, directed by Stephen Daldry and Justin Martin, fresh off their triumphant stage adaptation of “Stranger Things.” Kimberley Rampersad directs a new staging of “The Red Shoes,” adapted by Nancy Harris.
Double Olivier-winning actor and RSC co-artistic director Daniel Evans returns to the RSC stage in a new production of Christopher Marlowe’s “Edward II” directed by Daniel Raggett.
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