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1. The Swan Theatre and the Royal Shakespeare Theatre
What is it? The Royal Shakespeare Company has three theatres in Stratford. Performing arts centre The Other Place (temporarily closed) is in town, while two share a buzzy riverside location: the flagship Royal Shakespeare Theatre where you can catch many of the Bard’s famous works, and the more intimate Swan Theatre that regularly stages plays by Shakespeare’s contemporaries and later writers.
Why go? All the world’s a stage, but there’s no better place to watch Shakespeare’s plays than his hometown. Come early for a pre-theatre meal in the third-floor rooftop restaurant with stunning views over the River Avon.