Sam Wanamaker Playhouse 10th Anniversary Season

 10 NOVEMBER 2023 – 14 APRIL 2024

Celebrate ten years of London’s only candlelit theatre, the Sam Wanamaker Playhouse, with a season of intensely intimate and powerfully compelling drama, all told by the beautifully beguiling glow of candlelight.

Plus, look back at a decade of unparalleled performance and exploration in the Playhouse in a variety of enlightening and insightful research events.

#PlayByCandlelight

VIDEOS

Teaser Trailer

British Sign Language (BSL) Introduction

PERFORMANCES

FESTIVE EVENTS

RESEARCH EVENTS

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An actor looking into a mirror. The mirror is covered in water which distorts the reflection. The text "Othello" is superimposed in the top left

Othello

Sam Wanamaker Playhouse
Shakespeare's confronting look at the destructive impact of racism is laid bare by candlelight in the Sam Wanamaker Playhouse. Ola Ince (Romeo & Juliet, Globe, 2021) directs.
An actor facing away from camera, one hand on their shoulder showing a wedding ring. Blurred silhouettes of two other actors are superimposed in the background

The Duchess of Malfi

Sam Wanamaker Playhouse
Award-winning Director Rachel Bagshaw (Midnight Movie, Royal Court) makes her Globe directorial debut with John Webster’s seminal revenge tragedy, ten years after it opened the Sam Wanamaker Playhouse in 2014.