Romeo & Juliet Creative Team Talk: Making Theatre for Film

Simon Godwin (Director), Emily Burns (Adapter and Associate Director) and Soutra Gilmour (Designer) discuss their experience of making our made-for-screen adaptation of Romeo & Juliet, in this special talk hosted by Dr Anjna Chouhan (Senior Lecturer in Shakespeare Studies, Shakespeare Birthplace Trust). Romeo & Juliet premieres in the UK at 9pm on Sunday 4 April on Sky Arts (Freeview channel 11, Freesat 147, or live online on Freeview Player) and in the US at 9pm on Friday 23 April on PBS. -- Romeo and Juliet risk everything to be together. In defiance of their feuding families, they chase a future of joy and passion as violence erupts around them. This new film brings to life the remarkable backstage spaces of the National Theatre in which desire, dreams and destiny collide to make Shakespeare’s romantic tragedy sing in an entirely new way. Jessie Buckley (Wild Rose, Judy) and Josh O’Connor (The Crown, God’s Own Country) play Juliet and Romeo. The award-winning cast incl