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Romeo & Juliet review roundup: What critics are saying about Tom Holland’s Shakespeare starring role

‘It is all very clever, but to what end?’ one writer asked

The Independent UK · May 24, 2024

Romeo & Juliet review: Tom Holland’s star-cross’d sad boy lover falls flat

Hot on the heels of his triumphant ‘Sunset Boulevard’ revival, Jamie Lloyd has recruited one of the biggest young stars in Hollywood to take on Shakespeare – but this stripped back production needs more passion and energy to make it stand out

The Independent UK · May 23, 2024

Hay Festival 2024: our guide to this year’s highlights

Judi Dench talking Shakespeare, conversations with bestsellers Marian Keyes and David Nicholls, and a deep dive into the day’s news with Independent journalists and leading thinkers – this year’s Hay Festival programme is fit to burst with unmissable events. Jessie Thompson picks the highlights

The Independent UK · May 23, 2024

Tom Holland shows off new look in Romeo And Juliet as fans greet star's West End return

British actor Tom Holland has styled a shorter haircut as first-look pictures show his return to the West End for a production of Shakespeare's Romeo And Juliet.

Evening Standard · May 14, 2024

The Winter’s Tale review – Royal Ballet’s powerful war of the worlds

Christopher Wheeldon strips Shakespeare’s play of needless distractions in this boldly choreographed, nuanced masterpiece

The Guardian - UK · May 12, 2024

Benjamin Millepied on queering Romeo and Juliet: ‘In France they called me woke’

The Black Swan choreographer is bringing his unique take on Shakespeare to Sydney – involving cameras and dancers running outside the Opera House

The Guardian - AU · May 10, 2024

‘They’re teaching me’: Greg Doran on staging Shakespeare’s unloved Two Gents with students

The theatre director, now teaching at Oxford after years running the RSC, thinks The Two Gentlemen of Verona is perfect for a young cast to argue over. We go into rehearsals

The Guardian - UK · May 10, 2024

Twelfth Night at Regent’s Park Open Air Theatre review: stylish and surprisingly sexy Shakespeare

This playful and gorgeously designed take on a perennial favourite is only marred by a lack of pace

Evening Standard · May 10, 2024

Literary Subfields, Ecocriticism, and the Eclipse of the Humanities

Len Gutkin in Liberties on the decline of the humanities.

Reason · May 6, 2024

York International Shakespeare festival review – the bard without borders

Footsbarn’s Twelfth Night and a Turkish Macbeth rubbed shoulders with manga, memoir and a Ukrainian scratch show at this boundary-defying festival

The Guardian - UK · May 5, 2024