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Triangle of Sadness star Dolly De Leon steals scenes in an endearing story of a real family wrapped up in a lo-fi staging of Romeo and Juliet

Ian McKellen follows in the footsteps of David Warner and Antony Sher as he takes on a character who has been played as wittily jovial and cruelly cunning

He grew up in Jamaica, thinking his grandmother was his mother, learning how to read from a blackboard on her veranda. What does Jason Allen-Paisant plan to do now? Fly to Ethiopia to meet his father for the first time

Royal Shakespeare Company’s new artistic directors team up with artists from around the world to appeal to wider audience

It is one of the most electrifying and unsettling sounds in theatre. Should we be encouraging crowds to do it more? Experts tell us about booing’s origins – and actors remember being on the receiving end of audience outrage

Other lives: Film and TV production designer whose work included The Camomile Lawn and Portrait of a Marriage

You can make the perfect beat or chat with William Shakespeare using new Alexa AI skills.

There's a feast of theatrical delights heading this way over the next 12 months

The actor, who was starring in the Shakespeare play in 2017, stopped during its renowned soliloquy

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If you can’t get tickets to his Macbeth, Tennant’s acclaimed prince of Denmark is online, along with a spectacular take on three Shakespeare plays by Ivo van Hove