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Elizabeth Debicki to play Richard II in Royal Shakespeare Company show

The Emmy and Golden Globe-winning Australian actress is best known for playing Diana, Princess of Wales in The Crown.

Evening Standard · Oct 1

The Crown star to become first woman to play Richard II in RSC production

The Emmy and Golden Globe-winning Australian actress is best known for playing Diana, Princess of Wales in The Crown

The Independent UK · Oct 1

Star hopes audience will be ‘transformed’ by black lesbian adaption of Othello

Sharon D Clarke has been cast in the title role in the Royal Shakespeare Company’s production of Shakespeare’s tragedy.

Evening Standard · Jul 1

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King Charles surprises audience at Kenneth Branagh’s sold-out Shakespeare show in Stratford-upon-Avon

King Charles III made a surprise appearance at a sold-out Royal Shakespeare Company performance of The Tempest, delighting theatregoers. He sat amongst the public, not in a royal box, turning a regular evening into a memorable royal moment. The visit highlights his patronage of the arts and adds significant buzz…

The Times of India · May 23

Entertainment lineup revealed for Cunard’s transatlantic cruises

Musical theatre singalongs and performances of a Royal Shakespeare Company play are among the highlights

The Independent UK · Apr 1

Jane Lapotaire obituary

Stage and screen actor hailed for her work with the Royal Shakespeare Company and for her TV role as Marie Curie

The Guardian - UK · Mar 12

Game of Thrones prequel to be staged by the Royal Shakespeare Company

‘Game of Thrones: The Mad King’ will premiere at the Royal Shakespeare Theatre this summer

The Independent UK · Feb 19

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Game Of Thrones to be adapted for theatre by Royal Shakespeare Company

The critically acclaimed series will take the stage in Stratford-upon-Avon later this year.

Evening Standard · Feb 18

Helen Mirren and Ian McKellen launch new Shakespeare curriculum

Dame Helen Mirren has expressed her profound excitement over a new Royal Shakespeare Company (RSC) curriculum, designed to revolutionise the teaching of Shakespeare in UK secondary schools.

The Independent UK · Nov 12, 2025

Wendy & Peter Pan at the Barbican review: 'heavy stuff but lightly done'

4/5 Ella Hickson’s adaptation sees the Royal Shakespeare Company explore sibling death and queer subtext alongside the pirates and crocodiles

Evening Standard · Oct 29, 2025

More than half of RSC staff urged to apply for voluntary redundancy

Arts institution seeks to make ‘urgent’ savings as it is thought to be facing a shortfall of between £5m and £6m

The Guardian - UK · Sep 18, 2025

Adrian Lester and Alfred Enoch lead Royal Shakespeare Company’s ‘global’ new season

Joint artistic directors Daniel Evans and Tamara Harvey say 2025/26 programme is celebration of ‘a 21st-century RSC’

The Guardian - UK · Jun 3, 2025

Oil industry funded Girl Scouts and British Museum to boost image, evidence suggests

BP has funded Washington’s National Gallery of Art, UK’s Royal Shakespeare Company and National Portrait Gallery

The Guardian - US · May 20, 2025

Royal Shakespeare Company excited to stage Roald Dahl’s ‘inspirational’ BFG

The stage adaptation by playwright Tom Wells will delight families over the festive period across a 10-week run at the Royal Shakespeare Theatre.

The Independent UK · Jan 29, 2025

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PC Gamer · Jan 25, 2025

The Royal Shakespeare Company has announced a Her Story-like game where you hack into Lady MacBeth's computer

Out damned Spotify.

Marie Claire · Jun 3, 2024

Here's why The School for Scandal (at the Royal Shakespeare Theatre) is on our must-watch list

The RSC is taking The School for Scandal to new heights with a lavish production at their Stratford theatre

The Guardian - UK · Apr 5, 2024

Gore blimey! The surprising source of a special effect in Titus Andronicus

Letter: Peter Gildener on the Royal Shakespeare Company’s 2003 production with David Bradley in the eponymous role

The Guardian - UK · Apr 23, 2023

Gregory Doran: ‘Shakespeare defines things when you can’t’

As the RSC’s artistic director steps down after 35 years and 50 shows, he talks about the productions he’s most proud of, his new memoir, and the loss of his husband, the actor Antony Sher

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Evening Standard · Mar 30, 2023

The RSC’s My Neighbor Totoro set to make triumphant return to the stage after sell out run

The play is currently in the running for nine Olivier Awards

The Guardian - UK · Feb 28, 2023

My Neighbour Totoro nominated for nine Olivier awards

Stage version of 1988 Japanese animation leads the pack while Standing at the Sky’s Edge has eight nominations

The Guardian - UK · Feb 25, 2023

Tracy-Ann Oberman looks back: ‘I’m thinking, What’s this? I want to be a princess!’

The actor and campaigner recreates an early moment dressed as a cowboy and recalls growing up with tough matriarchs

The Independent UK · Feb 10, 2023

Our weekend arts and culture picks, from The Tempest to the Brit Awards

The Independent’s team of critics and editors select the best cultural things to do over the weekend

Bristol Post · Jan 29, 2023

The Bristol ceramicist working with some of the nation's best restaurants

She's gone from painting scenery for the Royal Shakespeare Company in China to having her own backyard pottery studio in Greenbank

The Independent UK · Jan 25, 2023

Royal Opera House ends sponsorship relationship with BP after 33 years

Major move comes after numerous arts insitutions, from The Royal Shakespeare Company to the National Portrait Gallery, have cut their ties with the oil company

Daily Mirror · Jan 21, 2023

Sir Patrick Stewart reveals he wanted to turn down Star Trek role but kids encouraged him

After 36 years playing the iconic captain of the Enterprise, Sir Patrick Stewart is returning to Star Trek for the final time - and admits he knew nothing about Star Trek when he was offered the job

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