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 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