The Royal Shakespeare Company comes to Room 56!

On October 23, the Sir Ian McKellen and the Royal Shakespeare Company watched an astonishing performance. The RSC officially became Hobart Shakespeareans. The room was bursting with Joy, and no one wanted the day to end.

The youngest Hobart Shakespeareans with the RSC

Paul and Eunice rock out on Runaway

A preview of Love Shack

Sir Ian returns to Room 56

The RSC and a sea of Hobart Shakespeareans

Hobart Shakespearean heaven

Sir Ian has a cup of tea with friends

Frances Barber and her new friends

William Gaunt and admirers

Jason dazzles with Henry V

Bianca is So Damn Hot!

The RSC can't get enough

Macbeth, Banquo, and the Witches

Always the Wizard, Sir Ian addresses the children

One Macbeth meets another

6th graders with the RSC

The 7th graders return for a great day

The Hobart Shakespeareans know how to throw a party!

Jessica makes a new friend

Peter joins the band!

Welcome Sir Ian!

Love Shack mixed with As You Like It

Sir Ian enthralled

Sir Ian, William Gaunt (Gloucester), Jonathan Hyde (Kent), and Ben Addis (King of France)

A standing ovation from the RSC

Sir Ian and his kids

The 5th graders and their new friends

We join the RSC family

John Kim solos at the piano during Riders on the Storm

Sir Ian loves spending time with The Hobart Shakespeareans

Barbara is surrounded by the Royal Shakespeare Company

William Gaunt becomes a Hobart Shakespearean

Peter Hinton (Duke of Burgundy) signs autographs

The children sing and sign Fix You

Standing Room Only for the best performance ever!

150 Hobart Shakespeareans attended the RSC’s extraordinary productions of Shakespeare’s King Lear and Chekov’s The Seagull at UCLA. Sir Ian provided the children with the best seats in the house.

Sir Ian told the children that they would always be part of the RSC family.