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Nothing breaks your heart like losing your first love. And it hits even harder when it’s taken 40 years to find it.

 Russell Kane plays Romeo in this exhilarating new production of Shakespeare’s classic tragedy.

This first love feels like the last chance saloon. When Juliet meets Romeo across a crowded dance floor, sparks fly! Hearts race, desperate for resuscitation from a romance defibrillator.

Can the swagger of experience, and the optimism of youth, survive lost loved ones, toxic family members, manipulation and betrayal? Can it endure streets balanced on a knife-edge, where sudden violence threatens to erupt at every turn?

Following 2022’s “boisterous, boundary pushing” (★★★★  The Guardian) A MIDSUMMER NIGHT’S DREAM and 2024’s TWELFTH NIGHT “packed full of laughs and troublemaking” (★★★★  The Times ) Not Too Tame join forces with the New Vic for the first time for a retelling of the heartbreaking love story.

Suitable for ages 14+. Contains depictions of violence.

📸 by Patch Dolan Photography

A quote from director Jimmy Fairhurst :

“Romeo & Juliet is our third Shakespeare adaptation, and it’ll be the one that packs the biggest punch. I’m incredibly excited to be making this show with the New Vic in their exquisite theatrical coliseum. I’m also thrilled to be working with a performer of Russell Kane’s calibre and dedication as we unleash him into the world of theatre as you’ve never seen him before. In early R&D, we discovered that ageing the families up unlocks something powerful and painfully familiar for modern audiences. The production will immerse the audience and, at times, ask questions of them; both figuratively and literally. The audience will be heavily involved in this production. I guarantee it will be as funny as it is heartbreaking. Buckle up!”

Two Houses. One electrifying production.

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