The Royal Shakespeare Company First Encounters: King Lear William Shakespeare Find your nearest venue for our First Encounters tour of King Lear Swan Theatre Stratford-upon-Avon 23 - 31 Oct 2025 Book Tickets Running time: 80 mins no interval About the play Tour Venues More Less About the play Tour Venues Content Advisory First Encounters King Lear Tour Venues Northampton Silhouette Youth Theatre 12 - 13 September 2025 Isles of Scilly and Cornwall Hall for Cornwall 22 - 23 September 2025 BOOK NOW Skegness Embassy Theatre 9 October 2025 Stratford-upon-Avon Swan Theatre 23 - 31 October 2025 BOOK NOW Southampton and the Isle of Wight Mayflower Studios 4 - 5 November 2025 Book Now Norwich Norwich Playhouse 28 - 29 November 2025 Book Now Peterborough Key Studio Theatre 4 - 5 December 2025 BOOK NOW In This Section About the play Our First Encounters production of King Lear will tour from September to December 2025. Find out more You may also like