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Learning Resources

Much Ado about Nothing

William Shakespeare

Explore our range of upcoming events for students and teachers and find resources for teaching Shakespeare's Much Ado about Nothing.

  • Royal Shakespeare Theatre

    Stratford-upon-Avon

    12 Apr - 24 May 2025 Book Tickets
  • Running time:

    To be confirmed

Next performance:

12 April, 7:15PM

Royal Shakespeare Theatre
Stratford-upon-Avon

Student Events

Build on your trip to see Much Ado About Nothing in the Royal Shakespeare Theatre with supporting events and pre-show workshops.

Key Stage 3 School Open Day

School groups can take part in a range of activities and experiences throughout the day, including an on-stage session with members of the company and a practical workshop.

The day begins with an Insight - an interactive, pre-show session where students are invited to join members of the acting company and creative teams in the theatre to explore how our productions are brought to life on stage. This is followed by a one hour workshop in the Clore Learning Centre. 

In the afternoon, schools can see the matinee performance of Much Ado About Nothing.

Perfect for Key Stage 3 groups, with an in-depth focus on key scenes between Beatrice and Benedick. 

21 May 10.15am - 12.30pm

£10 State Schools
£12.50 Independent Schools 

Tickets for a performance can be booked separately (additional costs apply). 

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Bespoke Workshops

Active two-hour workshops with an RSC practitioner in our Clore Learning Centre. These workshops can be tailored to your students and their current knowledge and experience of the play. You can book a workshop as an individual event or as part of your trip to see Much Ado About Nothing.

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For Teachers

Teacher Webinar

A 90-minute online introduction to teaching Much Ado About Nothing. Find out more about teaching this play using active rehearsal room approaches, preparing students for exams and have the opportunity to ask questions of an RSC Practitioner. 

21 May 2025, 4pm, Online
£10

INSET Days

Book a CPD session to enhance your teaching of Much Ado About Nothing for Key Stage 3, GCSE English Literature,  A level English Literature or Drama and Theatre Studies. Our INSET Days explore techniques used in our rehearsal rooms and and look at how you can use these in the classroom to bring Shakespeare to life. Book a full day, half day/twilight or online workshop with us to be delivered in your school. 

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Resources and Activities

Much Ado about Nothing is classified as one of Shakespeare’s comedies and focuses on the stories of two couples: Claudio and Hero and Beatrice and Benedick. 

For young people of all ages, there is so much to interest them in this text. As well as being a great opportunity to look at comic conventions and the different roles of the female characters, there are lots of themes you can use as routes into the text including:

  • Appearance and Reality
  • Family honour
  • Revenge

Live Lesson

You can watch our Live Lesson from 2022 on demand on YouTube. The lesson is linked to the 2022 production of Much Ado About Nothing, directed by Roy Alexander Weise (joint Artistic Director of the Royal Exchange Theatre, Manchester).

Live Lesson

 

 

SHAKESPEARE LEARNING ZONE

Students will find many resources on Much Ado About Nothing in our Shakespeare Learning Zone, including scene by scene analysis, activities on character relationships, in depth scene studies and PEE grids. These resources are also perfect to be used by teachers in the classroom.

 

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