Cheek by Jowl

We are excited to announce a brand-new production of Calderón de la Barca’s La Vida es Sueño – Life is a Dream – which will premiere in Seville this October and go on to perform at the Teatro Clásico in Madrid from December. #LifeIsADream

'Acting' Edinburgh Review: Documentarian Sophie Fiennes teams with theatre company Cheek By Jowl for this illuminating exploration of the acting process. #EIFF24 review by Fionnuala Halligan. screendaily.com/reviews/519627…

Only two weeks until... @CbyJ co-founder Declan Donnellan in conversation with @AdrianLester about theatre and performance, to celebrate the launch of Declan’s new book The Actor and the Space. 📅 19 March 📍 Barbican Centre Get your ticket now👇 eventbrite.com/e/the-actor-an…

Join @CbyJ co-founder Declan Donnellan in conversation with @AdrianLester as they discuss theatre and performance, to celebrate the launch of Declan’s new book The Actor and the Space. 📅 19 March 📍 Barbican Centre Get your ticket now 👇 eventbrite.com/e/the-actor-an…

To celebrate the launch of Declan's new book 'The Actor and the Space,' we are hosting a book launch and talk on 19 March at the Barbican between Declan and Adrian Lester - for info and to grab your tickets, click the link below! eventbrite.co.uk/e/835684965227

We're excited to announce The Actor and the Space by Declan Donnellan. A bold new way of thinking about acting, by a world-leading director, founder of Cheek by Jowl, and author of the bestselling The Actor and the Target. Out 14 March – pre-order here: nickhernbooks.co.uk/the-actor-and-…

"I know the plot, but it still always manages to surprise me. You discover what you already know." Declan and Nick's production of Oedipus travels to @TeatrosCanal later this month - listen to Declan talk about the production here! open.spotify.com/episode/1L7Nr1… 📸Albert Dobrin

Happy New Year to everyone, from the Cheek by Jowl team! 📸Nelly Uvarova as Irina in our 2005-13 production of Three Sisters, taken by Igor Zakharkin

🥳 BILBAO, SEE YOU TONIGHT! 🥳 Mucha mierda to the cast of Life is a Dream, which opens tonight at the @teatro_arriaga in Bilbao. It's only playing there for two nights, so get your tickets while you still can! @LAZONATeatro @TEATROCLASICO 📸Javier Naval

🎂Happy Birthday to our Co-Artistic Director Nick Ormerod! 🎂

🥳 MUCHA MIERDA 🥳 To the company of Life is a Dream, who open tonight in Buenos Aires at the Teatro Regio! The show will only be in Argentina until 2 December, so get your tickets now while you still can! 📸 Manuel Moya

THIS DAY IN HISTORY: Declan and Nick's Russian-language production of Twelfth Night opened at the Pushkin Drama Theatre 20 years ago today! The NYT had this to say: "As close to undiluted pleasure as this ambiguous old world allows…Boundaries melt like ice cubes in August."

✈️ BON VOYAGE ✈ Tomorrow the company of La Vida es Sueño (Life is a Dream) flies to Buenos Aires for their week of performances at the @elsanmartinctba ! The show opens on the 25 November and runs until 2 December - for more info, check out the production page on our website.

THIS DAY IN HISTORY: In 2010, Cheek by Jowl's Boris Godunov landed at Les Gémeaux in Sceaux. These final performances in Paris were the culmination of a decade-long international tour that saw us performing in Rio de Janeiro, Brussels, Hong Kong, New York, Berlin, and many more!

BUENOS AIRES 🇦🇷 We are over the moon to announce that Life is a Dream will be heading to Buenos Aires at the end of this month for its South American premiere! The show opens at the @elSanMartinCTBA on November 25 and runs until December 2 – head to our website for more info.

🎃Happy Hallowe’en! 🎃 If you’re looking for great costume ideas, why not style yourself after Kelly Hotten, who played the Porter in our 2009-2011 production of Macbeth? 📸Johan Persson

Mucha mierda to the cast and crew of Life is a Dream, who open at Teatro Bretón de los Herreros in Logroño tonight! @TEATROCLASICO @LAZONATeatro Photo by Javier Naval

Happy European Historic Theatres Day! Life is a Dream is one of the great Spanish Golden Age plays, and so it is fitting that we have performed in amazing historic theatres all over Europe: from Budapest’s National Theatre to the Royal Lyceum in Edinburgh, and many more.

Interested in a workshop? Cheek by Jowl has a diverse workshop programme that caters for students, artists, and teachers at all stages of their artistic career. Find out more here: cheekbyjowl.com/learning/works…

Wishing a very happy birthday today to Matthew Macfadyen! 🎂 🥳 Matthew performed in our productions of The Duchess of Malfi (1995-96) and Much Ado About Nothing (1998). Here he is as Benedick, both on-stage and in the rehearsal room!

Our Associate Lucinda Dawkins is running a two–day course on #Macbeth @guildhallschool from 28 October, for students taking #GCSEEnglish. The course will use performance to bring Macbeth to life and help you prepare for exams. ⬇️Find out more below! gsmd.ac.uk/study-with-gui…