As the RSC's partner, Accenture provides the RSC with services to help it develop its performance as a business and to achieve the same unparalleled success commercially as it enjoys artistically.
The RSC traces its roots back to the 1870s and is based in Stratford-upon-Avon in the United Kingdom. Its ambitious aim is to keep audiences in touch with Shakespeare as our contemporary — understanding his work through today's artists, actors and writers. Therefore, the company's repertoire not only includes the work of Shakespeare and his contemporaries but also classic plays by international dramatists and a selection of works by modern day writers. The RSC also produces extensive education and outreach programs to engage more people with Shakespeare's work and with live theatre.
The RSC's work is performed throughout the year in Stratford-upon-Avon, regularly in London and throughout the United Kingdom. Although the United Kingdom is the RSC's home, its audiences are global with regular performances in international theatres.
In 2011 the RSC re-opened its transformed Royal Shakespeare and Swan Theatres in Stratford-upon-Avon, resulting in a major change to its performance and theatre spaces in Stratford. Throughout 2012 it will have busy seasons of productions in Stratford, as well as the World Shakespeare Festival that will feature productions of Shakespeare from companies around the world. It is currently enjoying a very successful London residency with its production of the high acclaimed Matilda The Musical, based on Roald Dahl’s children’s book.
Accenture is delighted to partner with the RSC in bringing Shakespeare and his contemporaries' work to life for a modern day global audience.
For more information on the Royal Shakespeare Company, go to: www.rsc.org.uk