Join Gregory Doran (Former Artistic Director, RSC) and Daniel Evans (current Co-Artistic Director, RSC) for a warm and generous conversation inspired by Gregory Doran's new book Walking Shadow: Love, Loss & Shakespeare. This event brings to life the book's compelling blend of memoir, travelogue and investigation, discussing Gregory's life, work, and 400th anniversary First Folio roadshow. A meeting of eras not to be missed.

Promoted in partnership with Stratford Literary Festival.

4pm, 22 May 2026
Swan Theatre, Stratford-upon-Avon
£5 - £25*

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Returning to the RSC for the first time in over 30 years, this event will dive into Kenneth Branagh's storied career as Actor, Director, and Shakespearian. Hosted by Co-Artistic Director of the RSC, Daniel Evans.

7pm, 9 August 2026
Swan Theatre, Stratford-upon-Avon
£10 - £50

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Discover how Julius Caesar, our First Encounters co-production with KPPL Productions, takes a fiercely political play to a new level. In this In Conversation event, audiences will join Phyllida Lloyd CBE (Director) and Dame Harriet Walter (Brutus) to dive deeper into the origin of the production, its radical interpretation of the text, and how it has resonated with schools, communities and alternative education settings across a five-week national tour.

This In Conversation With session is hosted by Tamara Harvey, Co-Artistic Director of the RSC

4pm, 13 November 2026
The Other Place Studio, Stratford-upon-Avon
£10 - £25

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A chance to meet and find out more about the teams that work across the RSC.

Past Discover days include 'An Actor's Process' which delved deeper into the artistic side of our work on our stages.

Join us for our 78th annual RSC Summer School, which takes place from 26 to 29 August 2025. Join us for a week-long programme with leading academics, actors, directors and RSC staff about Shakespeare, theatre and the shows on our stages in the 2025/26 season. 

We offer talks with members of each show's director and/or writer in conversation, talking about some of the influences and decisions that have created the production.

The Patrons’ Team often hold drinks in the bar after the Director Talk and before the show starts, so do try and book those simultaneously to get the most out of your day.

Our Unwrapped demonstrations offer a peek into the rehearsal room, with the Assistant Director and members of the cast looking at moments from the play. They give an insight into how a scene is taken off the page and onto the stage, and show the type of exercises and discussion that took place during rehearsals.

Stay on after the show and talk to members of the acting company at these regular, free events.

Post Show Talks are an informal way of finding out more about the production, the actors' process and what it's like to work at the RSC.