The company has earned great acclaim for its visually striking productions in historic buildings across the UK and abroad. Based in London, the company has earned a strong reputation and much critical acclaim for its high quality, visually striking productions presented in historic buildings and unusual non-theatre spaces. Recent productions include The Comedy of Errors in Gray’s Inn Hall, location of the play’s first recorded performance in 1594; Richard III in Leicester Cathedral, where the King was recently reinterred; and Macbeth and Romeo and Juliet in the 12th-century Temple Church. Marking the centenary of the First World War, Antic Disposition’s moving adaptation of Henry V has been presented in France, received two London runs and toured many of the UK’s finest cathedrals and churches, including a series of very special performances in Holy Trinity, Stratford-upon-Avon, burial place of William Shakespeare.
The company’s acclaimed musical adaptation of A Christmas Carol, performed in the spectacular Elizabethan setting of Middle Temple Hall for five successive years, has been seen by over 12,000 people and is firmly established as one of London’s most magical festive treats. Antic Disposition regularly tours its productions abroad, including an annual summer tour of stunning open-air locations around the Lot and Dordogne valleys in southwest France. On the cobblestones of medieval village squares and against a backdrop of vineyards and sunflower fields, the company has presented many of Shakespeare’s best-loved plays to an appreciative international audience. The company has released three albums, Music for Shakespeare, Henry V and A Christmas Carol, and was honoured to win the prestigious Peter Brook / Equity Ensemble Award 2014.
