Romeo and Juliet

I DREAMT MY LADY CAME AND FOUND ME DEAD
STRANGE DREAM, THAT GIVES A DEAD MAN LEAVE TO THINK

VERONA: Two families are locked in a vicious conflict. The Earth is Empty and Bleeding.

The Edinburgh University Shakespeare Company presents Romeo & Juliet, Shakespeare's masterpiece on the lines between the violent and erotic. Remarkable in how quickly and deliberately it shifts its tones, this is a whiplash text where the tragic and the comic exist trapped within each other — as enemies are, as lovers are.

Directed by Salvador Kent, this production wears surrealism, carnival and manifestations of the divine tragic proudly on its sleeve — a Romeo & Juliet which interrogates and boldy reinforces its enduring cultural legacy.