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When I waked, I cried to dream again

Performance dates

27 January - 12 April 2026

Run time: 2hrs 35mins

Includes interval

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This winter, award-winning theatre maker Tim Crouch brings his unique, theatrical approach to Shakespeare’s The Tempest in the candlelit Sam Wanamaker Playhouse.

Prospero, Miranda, Caliban and Ariel. Four lost souls stranded on this island with no hope of escape.

As the years pass, they tell themselves a story. A story that is told over and over. A story of past wrongs. A story of desire and revenge. A story of a storm that will rescue and redeem them. A story that conjures other characters out of air, out of thin air. An imagined enchantment.

But will salvation ever really come?

Tim Crouch (I, Malvolio, Globe, An Oak Tree, Young Vic) directs Shakespeare’s tale of power, freedom and the magic of story.

‘When I waked, I cried to dream again.’

Act III, scene 2

Upcoming Performance Times

Wednesday28 January 2026
Thursday29 January 2026
Friday30 January 2026
Sunday8 February 2026
Sunday8 February 2026
Friday13 February 2026
Saturday14 February 2026
14:00
19:30
19:30
13:00
18:30
14:00
19:30

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BSL Performance: Saturday 11th January 14:30, Audio Described Perfoermance: Saturday 18th January 14:30, Captioned Performance: Saturday 25th January 14:30

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