Born With Teeth

Born With Teeth

Wyndham's Theatre

  • Opens: Wednesday, 13 August 2025 -
    Booking until: Saturday, 1 November 2025
Born With Teeth description

In these dangerous times, who will burn brightest — and who will burn out?

Winter 1591.

It is a dangerous time for artists: the country is full of conspiracy and paranoia.

In the backroom of a pub, writing sensations Kit Marlowe and Will Shakespeare are forced together in a creative union. Alone, with the table as their stage and battlefield, they sharpen their pens – and let their genius fly.

Across three secret meetings, the rivals duel and flirt like their lives depend on it – and with spies everywhere, betrayal is so tempting.

Marking its West End premiere this summer, Liz Duffy Adams’ Born With Teeth is a thrilling imagining of the relationship between two literary icons at odds with their time.

RSC Co-Artistic Director Daniel Evans directs Ncuti Gatwa (Doctor Who, Sex Education) and Edward Bluemel (Killing Eve, My Lady Jane) as the poets who square off in a game of wits, words, and powerplay.

Performances begin 13 August for a strictly limited 11-week season at London’s Wyndham’s Theatre.

Audio Described:

  • Saturday, 20 September, 2:30pm

Captioned:

  • Saturday, 4 October, 2:30pm
Starring:

Edward Bluemel, Ncuti Gatwa

Playing at Wyndham's Theatre

32-36 Charing Cross Road, London, WC2H 0DA GB (venue info)

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Valid on all performances 13 August - 12 September 2025, excluding 6 September 2025. Book by 23 June 2025.

32-36 Charing Cross Road, London, WC2H 0DA GB Edward Bluemel , Ncuti Gatwa
32-36 Charing Cross Road, London, WC2H 0DA GB Edward Bluemel , Ncuti Gatwa
32-36 Charing Cross Road, London, WC2H 0DA GB Edward Bluemel , Ncuti Gatwa
32-36 Charing Cross Road, London, WC2H 0DA GB Edward Bluemel , Ncuti Gatwa
32-36 Charing Cross Road, London, WC2H 0DA GB Edward Bluemel , Ncuti Gatwa
32-36 Charing Cross Road, London, WC2H 0DA GB Edward Bluemel , Ncuti Gatwa
32-36 Charing Cross Road, London, WC2H 0DA GB Edward Bluemel , Ncuti Gatwa