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Rosencrantz and Guildenstern are Dead returns to The National Theatre in Autumn/Winter 2027, as part of the historic venues newest season.

Rosencrantz and Guildenstern Are Dead in London

60 years on from the first London and Broadway productions, Rosencrantz and Guildenstern Are Dead returns to the National Theatre in a brand new production, led by Deputy Artistic Director Robert Hastie.

Against the backdrop of Shakespeare’s Hamlet, Tom Stoppard’s absurdist classic will star Mawaan Rizwan (Juice) and George Fouracres (SNL UK) in the title roles.

Further artistic team, casting, performance dates, and on sale to be announced.

Book Rosencrantz and Guildenstern Are Dead Tickets

Book your tickets now and enjoy a fresh staging of one of Tom Stoppard’s career defining plays.

Tom Stoppard’s absurdist comedy follows Hamlet’s two minor courtiers, Rosencrantz and Guildenstern, as they wander through the fringes of Shakespeare’s plot, summoned to Elsinore for reasons they barely understand. Caught in a haze of philosophical banter, coin-flipping games, and existential confusion, the pair drift toward the story’s events almost as bystanders to their own lives, glimpsing fragments of Hamlet from the wings before their fates catch up with them, offstage and unheralded, exactly as history recorded.

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Stars and Creatives

Who is in the cast of Rosencrantz And Guildenstern Are Dead ?

  • Mawaan Rizwan (Juice) as Rosencrantz
  • George Fouracres (SNL UK) as Guildenstern

Who are the creative team of Rosencrantz And Guildenstern Are Dead ?

  • Writer: Tom Stoppard
  • Director: Robert Hastie

Venue Information

National Theatre - Lyttelton Theatre , Upper Ground, London, SE1 9PX

Nearest Tube or Train: Waterloo (Jubilee line, Northern line, Bakerloo line)

Nearest Buses: 1, 4, 26, 59, 68, 76, 139, 168, 171, 172, 176, 188, 243, 341, 521, X68, RV1

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