The Winter's Tale

Yesterday: A winter’s tale, a story to wile along the long cold hours. Today: Leontes is married to Hermione. As the family sit down to hear a winter’s tale, Leontes' jealousy threatens to destroy his family and his state. 

Tomorrow: A new story of reconciliation begins.

In their inaugural production, Helikon Theatre Company radically reworks Shakespeare’s most illusive work, modernising its language and exploring its compulsion for a happy ending