2025 PROGRAMME
FAMILIAR FACES & NEW ADVENTURES
Our 2025 programme features another epic site-responsive summer, a brand new comedy, the adaptation of a gothic masterpiece, and the return of a five-star favourite. Alongside our main house adventures, our furiously busy Outreach and Education department will continue to deliver our diverse community and education projects. Keep your eyes peeled for new events as they pop up!
Last year over 96% of performances were sold out. Make sure you don't miss a moment in 2025 with our Annual Pass. See below for details.
We can't wait to share it all with you. Read on to find out what's on store...
PRIDE & PREJUDICE
13 February - 01 March
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Due to popular demand and following its five-star run in London this summer, our “sparkling” production of Pride & Prejudice returns to kick of 2025. Which also happens to be the 250th Anniversary Year of Jane Austen’s birth! The show will also be visiting Ipswich, London (again) and Bermuda, aboard Cunard's Queen Victoria!
GSC YOUNG COMPANY PRESENTS - LOVE IS IN THE AIRPORT
11 & 12 April
Our flagship youth theatre, now in its 9th year, present their annual public performance.
Don’t miss this brand-new comedy of tensions and romantic dynamics. Inspired by characters from Romeo & Juliet, Pride & Prejudice and Boeing, Boeing Gone!
Devised by the company, written by THEO TOKSVIG-STEWART, directed by ROB CANN
THE SHAKESPEARE WALKS
27 April
Our ever-popular Shakespeare Walks return for another magical mystery walking-tour where you’ll encounter Shakespeare and his characters in the least likely of places. This year we're going to be exploring.... DORKING! Previous locations have included Godalming, Cranleigh, Farnham and of course Guildford.
THE COMEDY OF ERRORS
10 - 26 July
A Guildford Shakespeare Company and Yvonne Arnaud Theatre Original Production
Strap yourself in for Shakespeare’s ultimate rollercoaster of comedy chaos, as two sets of identical twins arrive in the same town, on the same day, completely unaware of the other’s existence! Performed at exactly the same time as A Company of Rascals: 1 cast, 2 plays, 5 locations... at the SAME time!
A COMPANY OF RASCALS
10 - 26 July
A Guildford Shakespeare Company and Yvonne Arnaud Theatre Original Production
An hilarious new play written by Phil Porter to be performed simultaneously with The Comedy Of Errors. Audiences embark on a journey round the bawdy backstreets of Ephesus, a world of charlatans and bootleggers. Will visiting merchant Egeon, the only honest man in town, raise the ransom to buy his own freedom in a world where nobody is quite who they seem? Performed at exactly the same time as The Comedy of Errors: 1 cast, 2 plays, 5 locations... at the SAME time!
FRANKENSTEIN
20 October - 08 November
“Beware; for I am fearless, and therefore powerful.”
In an age where Artificial Intelligence is growing more and more powerful, 200 years on Mary Shelley's gothic thriller about a being created without thought for its future, still has the power to shock and provoke.
This brand new play is adapted and directed by GSC regular collaborator Caroline Devlin (Jekyll & Hyde, King Arthur, King Lear).
2025 ANNUAL PASS
Your Annual Pass gets you all this and... RESERVED SEATING*
Passes are £145 each and available until 01 March 2025
How does it work?
- These can be purchased through our Box Office, under PRODUCTS.
- Once we have received confirmation of your purchase we will contact you with your unique Annual Pass code to use when you book your tickets throughout 2025.**
- Book your show tickets in the usual way, and and at the check out simply pop the code into the box where it asks for the Promotion Code.
- Please note: you can only use one code at a time. If you have a partner who is also an Annual Pass Holder, you will need to complete 2 separate transactions.
- If you have any questions, please call the office on 01483 301590 (operating hours are Mon-Fri, 10-6)
- The same Terms & Conditions adhere to Annual Passes as those for general tickets.
- All titles, dates and venues are subject change and Annual Pass holders will always be made aware of any changes. *Reserved seating is not applicable for Shakespeare Walks.
- When you buy your Annual Pass this year, you'll receive two additional codes - these are for use with the two shows we are staging at the Yvonne Arnaud Theatre.
- When you go to their website to book your tickets using your Annual Pass, simply use these additional codes at the check out.
- If you have any problems, you can call their Box Office on 01483 440000.
- *Seating for The Comedy of Errors and A Company of Rascals at the Yvonne Arnaud Theatre is bookable through the Yvonne Arnaud Theatre directly and seating will be allocated at the time of booking.
- **For the two plays at the Yvonne Arnaud Theatre, you will receive an additional two codes to be used when booking these performances with the Yvonne Arnaud Theatre.
Grateful thanks to our 2025 Premier Sponsors
