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Jekyll and Hyde review – Shakespearean style shows another side to Stevenson thriller

Bard in the Botanics stages Robert Louis Stevenson’s gothic novella as a tense three-way struggle that asks big questions about human nature

The Guardian - UK

British theatre director Tim Crouch is an Englishman in Avignon

Dressed casually in flipflops and a loose white shirt, British theatre director and actor Tim Crouch has a lot to smile about. He has two plays in the Avignon festival this year, the first time he’s ever performed in France. And the French adaptation of one of his plays happens…

Radio France Internationale

The Tempest Re-imagined for Everyone Aged Six and Over review – revels just beginning

Child-friendly adaptation that features an airborne chicken takeaway and Prospero casting spells with an iPad is a lovely introduction to Shakespeare

The Guardian - UK

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OPINION - It’s high time we started awarding audiences with their own star ratings

Have you ever died? I have, and it’s not nice. It’s humiliating, shattering, confidence-draining and, yes, painful. Oh, and nobody talks to you afterwards, either. It is very isolating. I really wouldn’t recommend it.

Evening Standard

Napier University offers students a pint and a PhD

Edinburgh institution celebrates its biggest graduation ever with the launch of its own pub

Insider UK

Florida schools remove books by John Milton and Toni Morrison and restrict Shakespeare under DeSantis rules

Over 100 have been removed from school shelves, teacher says

The Independent UK

Richard II in a hot tub, Much Ado done anew: Canada’s Stratford festival puts shocks into Shakespeare

A disco king hits the dancefloor, Beatrice and Benedick’s romcom gets a feminist framing and Lear faces dystopia as the revered rep company returns in full force

The Guardian - UK

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The week in theatre: As You Like It; Tambo & Bones; Stumped – review

Seasoned actors turn Shakespeare’s romcom on its head in an enchanted RSC production; US race relations meet Waiting for Godot; and at the crease with Beckett and Pinter

The Guardian - UK

Hooray for Henry: Underfunded and operating on a shoestring ceases to impress

BARD in the Botanics, the mini-festival of Shakespeare and other classic plays staged in Glasgow’s Botanic Gardens, is a thing of wonder.

The National (Scotland)

Friends, Romans, Mr Speaker: can Shakespeare clean up parliament?

An all-star cast arrived in Westminster on Monday with a potted Julius Caesar, partly in hopes of elevating public discourse. It’s good to have a dream …

The Guardian - UK

As You Like It review – age-blind anti-production pulls the rug on Arden

A bewitching cast cleverly turns Shakespeare into improv comedy in a backstage ‘rehearsal’ of the play, in which age and memory are played for laughs

The Guardian - UK

Coronation Street star is gripping as distinctive King Lear in bold production

Theatre collective Unseemly Women brought King Lear to Prescot's Shakespeare North Playhouse

Liverpool Echo

Middle-earth Enterprises says MTG Lord of the Rings is a "faithful adaptation," and I couldn't agree more

We go into detail about why this is such a good adaptation of Tolkien's beloved universe.

GamesRadar

Outdoor venues across Merseyside to watch shows under the stars

Beautiful outdoor locations where you can be entertained in the open air

Liverpool Echo

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Mark Rylance names his favourite film and Shakespeare role he found ‘most challenging’

He also revealed which famous character he doesn’t think he’ll ‘ever feel ready’ to play

The Guardian - UK

‘Mine’s lobster and champagne’: Judi Dench reveals secret onstage supper at Shakespeare play

The Oscar-winning star discusses her Shakespearean roles and the characters she brought to life in watercolours in her new book

The Guardian - UK

In memory of Glenda Jackson: ‘She touched something central about what it means to be alive’

Two people who watched the actor and Labour politician closely remember the desire to get to the truth that made her so powerful on stage, screen and in parliament

Los Angeles Times

Appreciation: Glenda Jackson, formidable English talent who helped change contemporary acting’s tone

There was never anything shrinking about the confidence Glenda Jackson projected on stage and screen in her heyday. Afflicted with an uncommon common sense, her characters were defined by their sharp intelligence, independence and, yes, irritability. They were nobody’s fool, even when they wound up with the short end of…

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The Guardian - UK

Romeo and Juliet review – Rebecca Frecknall’s dance to the death

This innovative, fast-paced production of Shakespeare’s tragedy, starring Toheeb Jimoh and Isis Hainsworth, has a beguiling intensity

Evening Standard

Romeo and Juliet at the Almeida review: relentless retelling makes us see this familiar story with fresh eyes

Ted Lasso’s Toheeb Jimoh as Romeo and Isis Hainsworth as Juliet suggest the characters share a fascination that goes beyond carnal passion

Liverpool Echo

The Handlebards’ Much Ado About Nothing brings Shakespeare into modern era

The Handlebards’ Much Ado About Nothing delivers on everything

Tribune News Service

Column: When a book becomes a play or movie, should you read it first?

I am aware that adaptations have been with us for centuries and that Shakespeare borrowed his best plots. But that doesn't stop this book lover from being suspicious when movies and plays glom onto my favorite titles.

WhatToWatch

EXCLUSIVE: Jay Blades on unearthing 'unbelievable surprises' for new show East End Through Time

What To Watch talks to Jay Blades about his experiences making his latest series, Jay Blades: East End Through Time.

Manchester Evening News

Manchester's sky park set to welcome open-air Shakespeare production

Its performers will walk the boards later this month

The Guardian - UK

Hamilton star Reuben Joseph to play Macbeth for the RSC

The West End actor says the Shakespearean role has ‘the disastrous consequences of ambition’ in common with Lin-Manuel Miranda’s musical

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