15:30, Sat 3rd December 2011 at Jacobs University, Bremen, Germany
19:30, Sat 3rd December 2011 at Jacobs University, Bremen, Germany
16:00, Mon 5th December 2011 at Theatre Malpertuus, Leuven, Belgium
20:00, Mon 5th December 2011 at Theatre Malpertuus, Leuven, Belgium
20:00, Tue 6th December 2011 at Das Internationale Theater, Frankfurt, Germany
18:15, Thu 8th December 2011 at Rudolf Steiner Schule Zurich, Zurich, Switzerland
14:30, Fri 9th December 2011 at Ecole Internationale de Geneve, Geneva, Switzerland
19:00, Fri 9th December 2011 at Ecole Internationale de Geneve, Geneva, Switzerland
14:00, Sat 10th December 2011 at Ecole Internationale de Geneve, Geneva, Switzerland
14:30, Mon 12th December 2011 at Gymnase de Burier, Montreux, Switzerland
14:00, Tue 13th December 2011 at Kantonsschule Sursee, Sursee, Switzerland
14:45, Wed 14th December 2011 at Gymnasium Koeniz-Lerbermatt, Berne, Switzerland
19:00, Wed 14th December 2011 at Gymnasium Koeniz-Lerbermatt, Berne, Switzerland
15:30, Fri 16th December 2011 at Universiteitstheater, Amsterdam, Netherlands
20:00, Fri 16th December 2011 at Universiteitstheater, Amsterdam, Netherlands
14:30, Sun 18th December 2011 at Tristan Bates Theatre, London, UK
19:45, Tue 17th – Sat 21st January 2012 at ADC Theatre
Michaelmas Week 8 to Lent Week 0

“King Lear” is one of greatest works in Western literature, yet the challenges involved in performing Shakespeare’s tragic masterpiece mean that it is rarely performed in student theatre. Set in modern day England, ETG’s “King Lear” will thrive on verbal and visual accessibility. Regal lavishness and the proud pomp of archetypal Englishness will spiral into a nightmare as Lear casts goodness and compassion into the wilderness and malice takes up the reins of power. The modern world of England will slowly collapse into a timeless Gothicism; everything and everyone being stripped of colour and distorted, leaving behind a terrifying skeleton of all things English.

With a reputation for pushing the boundaries of innovation and creating truly imaginative and utterly polished productions of great Shakespeare tales, this winter’s ETG tour of Europe looks set to be one of the most ambitious ever.