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  • Venue Sam Wanamaker Playhouse, London
  • Performance dates Booking to 12 April 2026
  • Running time 2 hours 35 minutes (including interval)

Shakespeare’s The Tempest is revived in the stunning setting of the candlelit Sam Wanamaker Playhouse in London.

This thrilling new production of The Tempest is directed by and stars award-winning theatre maker Tim Crouch (I, Malvolio; An Oak Tree) in his Globe directorial debut.

Joining Tim Crouch as Prospero, the company also features Slow Horses star Naomi Wirthner as Ariel.

Prospero, Miranda, Caliban and Ariel. Four lost souls stranded on this island with no hope of escape. As the years pass, they tell themselves a story. A story that is told over and over. A story of past wrongs. A story of desire and revenge. A story of a storm that will rescue and redeem them. A story that conjures other characters out of air, out of thin air. An imagined enchantment. But will salvation ever really come?

The Tempest ran at the Sam Wanamaker Playhouse in London from 17 January to 12 April 2026.

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Stars and Creatives

Who is in the cast of The Tempest?

Starring:

  • Tim Crouch as Prospero
  • Naomi Wirthner as Ariel
  • Faizal Abdullah as Caliban
  • Colin Michael Carmichael as Sebastian
  • Joshua Griffin as Ferdinand
  • Amanda Hadingue as Antonia
  • Tyrone Huggins as Gonzalo
  • Mercè Ribot as Trinculo
  • Patricia Rodriguez as Stephano
  • Sophie Steer as Miranda
  • Jo Stone-Fewings as Alonso

Who are the creative team of The Tempest?

  • Written by William Shakespeare
  • Directed by Tim Crouch
  • Associate Director Justina Kehinde
  • Candlelight Designer Anna Watson
  • Composer Orlando Gough
  • Designer Rachana Jhadav
  • Voice and Text Consultant Annemette Verspeak
  • Casting by Becky Paris CDG, Head of Casting at Shakespeare’s Globe

Important Notes

Access performances: Captioned: 15 February 6.30pm & 18 March 2pm BSL: 3 March 7.30pm & 15 March 6.30pm Audio Described: 13 February 2pm, 1 March 6.30pm Relaxed: 18 February 7.30pm & 8 March 1pm

Venue Information

Sam Wanamaker Playhouse , 21 New Globe Walk, London, SE1 9DT

Nearest Tube or Train: London Bridge (Jubilee line, Northern line)

Nearest Buses: 45, 63, 100, 15, 17, 11, 15, 17, 23, 26, 76, 381 , RV1, 344

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Critics' reviews of The Tempest

★★★★ "Tim Crouch’s cerebral meta-Tempest is a lot of fun" - TimeOut

★★★★ "A breath of fresh air... Compelling" - The Telegraph

★★★★ "A refreshingly quirky take" - Daily Mail

● "Fascinating and fresh" - The Standard

● "Tim Crouch brings quirky metatheatrical magic to his beautiful Shakespeare production" - London Theatre

● "A stroke of meta-theatrical genius" - What's On Stage

● "A radical reimagining… bursting with a new liveness" - The Independent

Frequently Asked Questions

The Tempest is playing at the Sam Wanamaker Playhouse in London
The running time of The Tempest is 2 hours 35 minutes (including interval)
Yes, The Tempest has matinee performances on the following days: Wednesday, Thursday, Friday, Sunday
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