Spring Main Stage

Written in 1599, As You Like It has delighted audiences with its brilliant dialogue for over 400 years.

It’s love at first sight when Rosalind and Orlando meet at a royal wrestling match. But love rarely takes a smooth course as Rosalind is banished from the court by her jealous, treachery-fearing uncle. Rosalind disguises herself as a man for safety when she takes up residence in the Forest of Arden. To her delight, Rosalind discovers that Orlando has also taken refuge in the forest to avoid his murderous brother. Finding Orlando’s truly horrible attempts at love poetry posted throughout the trees, Rosalind, in her disguised state, offers to teach him the finer points of courtship – in order to win herself! Will her deception work – or will Rosalind get too caught up in her disguise to lose her own heart?