KING LEAR
RSC National Playmaking Festival
The Other Place, RSC
June 2025
An immersive, promenade production featuring 90 young people from schools in Blackpool, Cornwall, Cumbria, Nottingham and Peterborough.
The specially edited version of King Lear is performed across multiple rooms in The Other Place. Shifting the action into a world of secrets and spies, where the King Lear Agency (KLA) is crumbling; Goneril and Regan are ruthless, power-hungry agents; and Cordelia is a resistance whistleblower.
Creative Director: Roberta Zuric
Producer and editor: Paul Ainsworth
Design: Reiltin Hart
Composer: Nicola T. Chang
Sound design: Steven Atkinson
Lighting Design: Kevin Sleep
Stage Manager: Linda Fitzpatrick
Mentor Directors: Chris White, Ibraheem Toure, Eloise Secker, Fiona Ross
Photography: Sara Beaumont