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Nadia Nadrajah is imperious as Cleopatra

Historically, the south side of the river, especially around Southwark, has always had a different vibe from the medieval and Tudor city across the Thames to the north. More relaxed, it was where London’s citizens went for entertainment away from the legal formality and puritanism of the city. It was…

After Elizabeth I was excommunicated she began to build links with the Islamic world, which is reflected in some of Shakespeare’s plays

The threatened loss of road access to a former mine at the behest of the Conservation Department has Forest and Bird volunteers and heritage advocates up in arms.

Charlie Josephine’s play is too subtle for a hot culture-war take

I, Joan has become the year’s most controversial play before it has even opened. There’s no need for alarm, says its writer

SAN DIEGO — In 1995, 23-year-old Indian filmmaker Aditya Chopra wrote and directed his first Bollywood movie, "Dilwale Dulhania Le Jayenge." The globe-hopping romantic comedy told the story of two young British Indians, Raj and Simran, who fall hopelessly in love, even though Simran has been pledged by her father…

The Globe theatre sparked outrage when it announced its plans to stage a non-binary Joan of Arc. The play’s writer explains why the French warrior would have approved

The bard learned from his humiliating experiences as an actor at the Globe to hone his playwright skills, academic says