Othello

Ben Thomas has a diverse experience as actor, director and producer, having performed on stage, TV, radio and film, achieving awards from BAFTA and the TMA for his Shakespearean roles.

His theatre directing covers a wide range of UK venues from the National Theatre to Hackney Empire, as well as being Artistic Director of Talawa Theatre.

He’s a past governor and trustee of Rose Bruford College, and been a director on the boards of Greenwich Theatre, Albany Theatre, Talawa Theatre.

William Shakespeare was a renowned English poet, playwright and actor whose plays have had an enduring presence on stage and screen. He was a prolific writer during the Elizabethan and Jacobean ages of British theatre (sometimes called the English Renaissance or the Early Modern Period). With a rich and diverse portfolio of work that continues to be adapted into the modern day, Shakespeare is hailed as one of the most important literary figures of the English language.

Contains use of racist language, reference to racism, adultery, domestic violence, murder and death. 

There is use of prop weapons throughout - realistic hunting knives used in multiple fight scenes (stabbing and death), but no use of fake blood. There is also an intense scene where we see a character suffocated with a pillow and then strangled.