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This production is recommended for ages 12+.
Performance dates
28 December 2024 - 25 January 2025
Run time: 2hrs (inc. interval)
Includes interval
151 reviews
If you prick us do we not bleed? If you poison us do we not die? And if you wrong us shall we not revenge?
Following a critically acclaimed run at The Criterion Theatre, and a sold-out UK tour, this thrilling adaptation of Shakespeare’s classic returns to the West End! Playing for a strictly limited season at Trafalgar Theatre, Tracy-Ann Oberman reprises her celebrated role in this tale of political unrest. Book your tickets now.
Acclaimed director, Brigid Larmour transports the bard’s classic to 1930s Britain, where tensions in London’s East End are rising, and its inhabitents are close to breaking point. When Oswald Mosley and the British Union of Fascists voice their plan a march through the Jewish neighborhood, the fragile peace threatens to shatter.
Shylock (Tracy-Ann Oberman), a widow, single mother and survivor of attacks on Jewish people in Russia, runs a small business from her home in Cable Street. The industrious and resilent refugee is desperate to protect her daughter’s future, at any cost. When the charming merchant Antonio comes to her for a loan, a high-stakes deal is struck. Will Shylock take her vengeance, and if she does, who will pay the ultimate price?
Don’t miss this electrifying and timely adaptation of The Merchant of Venice, a fierce and fascinating reminder of a key moment in recent British history.
Tracy-Ann Oberman (EastEnders, Doctor Who, Friday Night Dinner) will be joined by The Last Kingdom's Joseph Millson in the critically acclaimed production of The Merchant of Venice 1936, for its strictly limited West End season at the Trafalgar Theatre (28 December – 25 January) and subsequent UK tour in 2025.
Back by popular demand, and following a sold-out run at the Criterion Theatre earlier this year, Shakespeare’s enduring classic is transported to 1930s East London against a backdrop of political unrest and the Battle of Cable Street.
Millson, whose credits include Netflix’s The Last Kingdom, Marvel’s Moon Knight, and his critically acclaimed performance as Soames in The Forsyte Saga, plays Antonio alongside Tracy-Ann’s Shylock. This smash hit production also welcomes Georgie Fellows as Portia, Evie Hargreaves as Mary/Nerissa, Mikhail Sen as Lorenzo/Maharajah and Elly Roberts as Stefania/Blackshirt. Reprising their roles are Gavin Fowler as Bassanio, Grainne Dromgoole as Jessica, Xavier Starr as Gratiano, and Alex Zur as Yuval/The Duke/Blackshirt.
4 Nov, 2024 | By Sian McBride
It may have had an extra day this year, but February, unlike the month before it, went by in a flash! As we enter March, and officially begin a new season, we embrace new sights (blue skies!), new sounds (us, pointing to the sky and exclaiming ‘look, blue skies’) and say a fond farewell to some of our favourite shows.
Thankfully, you have just enough time to catch these productions before the West End welcomes new works. So, whether you’re a fan of classic musicals, award-winning revivals, or fancy something completely different, we have the perfect last minute show for you.
24 Feb, 2024 | By Sian McBride