Ruben Szuchmacher, one of Argentina’s most influential and controversial directors, brings a new production of this elegiac and funny masterpiece. A celebrated defender of the theatre’s freedom from the state, his work combines the richness of Shakespeare’s texts with a simple theatrical aesthetic. His approach has won him great acclaim as one of the most admired Shakespearean artists in South America. Playing at The Globe, London.

Perhaps the Americas’ most famous production of the most famous play ever, Grupo Galpão’s carnivalesque Romeo and Juliet returns to the Globe with its thrilling mix of circus, music, dance and Brazilian folk culture. The only festival participants to have played at Shakespeare’s Globe before, they bring the promise of a cavalcade of passion. Playing at The Globe, London.

Brazilian theatre company Companhia Bufomecânica arrive in the UK with their with their beautiful and stylized production Two Roses for Richard III. A visually stunning interpretation of Shakespeare’s history plays, it combines theatre, music, circus, aerial skills and striking imagery to create an innovative retelling of Shakespeare’s most famous stories. Playing at the RSC, Stratford-upon-Avon, and the Roundhouse, London.