The Latest Breaking News from Prospero

The Tempest review – Sigourney weaves weird magic in West End debut

Inspired by the famous filmography of its Prospero, Jamie Lloyd’s production is audaciously odd – a sci-fi Shakespeare, or gestural Greek theatre in outer space

The Guardian - UK · Dec 19, 2024

Gavin and Stacey star ‘suffers head injury during West End performance of The Tempest'

The actor, who is currently playing Prospero at the Theatre Royal Drury Lane, was reportedly injured about ten minutes into Tuesday evening's performance

Evening Standard · Dec 19, 2024

Sigourney Weaver ‘hates watching scary films’ and tries to avoid seeing them

Weaver was speaking ahead of her West End debut as Prospero in the William Shakespeare play The Tempest.

Evening Standard · Dec 6, 2024

Ralph Heimans on painting the Queen, Kevin Rudd, Judi Dench and more

See the exhibition at Canberra's National Portrait Gallery.

The Canberra Times · Mar 8, 2024

'Not what you might expect': Rough magic on Christmas Island

The new play will debut at The Street Theatre on November 10.

The Canberra Times · Nov 3, 2023

Ian McKellen tells our Theatre Podcast that responses to his ‘gay love story’ Frank & Percy are ‘heartening’

The special episode of the podcast included discussion of audience behaviour, freedom of speech and their new play which opens in London tonight

Evening Standard · Sep 8, 2023

Rep. Raskin Likens Political Climate To Shakespeare’s ‘The Tempest’

Raskin draws parallels between current tumultuous landscape and Shakespearean play, emphasizing role of technology.

Zenger · Jul 24, 2023

Man arrested after hammer attack on Eric Gill statue at BBC’s Broadcasting House

Man in Spider-Man mask scaled London headquarters in apparent protest against paedophile sculptor

The Guardian - UK · May 20, 2023

Eric Gill was evil. His sculpture at BBC headquarters isn’t

The BBC is right to restore the defaced statue that was created by an artist who sexually abused his daughters. Instead of blaming a piece of inert stone, we should be trying to change the real world

The Guardian - UK · May 9, 2023

LPO/Adès review – composer’s finest stage work sea-changes into something rich not strange

Thomas Adès’ Tempest symphony proved a shapely and gorgeous précis of his 2004 opera in a concert conducted by the composer himself

The Guardian - UK · Feb 23, 2023