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James Rowland: Piece of Work review – an affecting account of fathers, sons and Shakespeare

Rowland’s beautifully crafted show considers his, and our, little lives in the context of the Bard’s words

The Guardian - UK

Edinburgh fringe 2023 week two roundup: to the stars – via Essex

A dazzling drama about women slipping the surly bonds of male-dominated Nasa joins Essex poetry, New York silliness and Lorna Rose Treen’s laugh-fest as second-week treats

The Guardian - UK

You can now study a Taylor Swift-inspired literature course at university

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21 Movie Romances That Ended Up In Some Really Dark Places

Not every romance starts on film with a meet-cute and ends with everyone living happily ever after. Some relationships get really disturbing.

Cinemablend

Matthew Bourne’s Romeo + Juliet review – more compelling than ever

Set in an asylum, the choreographer’s bleak yet passionate adaptation of Shakespeare’s tragic romance triumphs in a newly honed revival

The Guardian - UK

The Observer view on Ron DeSantis, Shakespeare and sex: ‘Man, proud man… Most ignorant of what he’s most assur’d’

Application of the Florida governor’s ‘don’t say gay’ law has led to the banning of plays such as Romeo and Juliet in some schools

The Guardian - UK

GOP creates a back to school nightmare

The confusion is the point: Educators can't figure out what's allowed, and are forced to give up teaching entirely

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Andronicus Synecdoche review – Shakespeare as gruesome gothic opera

Polish company Song of the Goat strip Titus Andronicus back to tell a brutal tale of postwar violence, betrayal and revenge

The Guardian - UK

‘The rest is silence’: Florida schools to censor Shakespeare over ‘raunchy’ content

‘I think the rest of the nation – no, the world, is laughing us,’ one teacher against the idea said

The Independent UK

5 new books to read this week

This week’s bookcase includes reviews of Fair Rosaline by Natasha Solomons and Open Throat by Henry Hoke.

The Independent UK

Sir Michael Boyd brought visionary gleam to Shakespeare and Stratford

The Royal Shakespeare Company’s former artistic director was a great theatrical leader whose legacy includes proving the history cycle is at the centre of our national story

The Guardian - UK

Sir Michael Boyd, former artistic director of the RSC, dies aged 68

The Royal Shakespeare Company says the acclaimed theatre director’s tenure from 2003 to 2012 was ‘inspiring and influential’

The Guardian - UK

A weekend in Venice: travel guide, things to do, food and drink

Venice, the “floating city” in northeast Italy, has an intangible magic. The canals coursing between the 118 islands on which it is built, and under the almost 400 bridges connecting them, are alive with boats and gondolas, which remain the lifeblood of Veneto’s regional capital. Its architecture defies gravity, and…

The Week

Macbeth review – Max Bennett’s jokey king is clearly unfit to govern

Gender swapped roles shed new light on dark days in a production – complete with gruesome bodybags and references to fake news – that feels aptly aligned to our times

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Evening Standard

Macbeth at Shakespeare’s Globe review: radical, uneven and clumsy

I really wanted to like this Macbeth more. Oh well: there’ll be another one along in a minute

Inverse

Star Trek Is About To Put Marvel's Biggest Easter Egg to Shame

The musical episode of 'Strange New Worlds' is a geekdom game-changer. Here's a non-spoiler guide to what to expect from Star Trek's musical episode.

The Guardian - UK

The best theatre to stream this month: Doctor Who does Shakespeare, and a visit to the nit nurse

Ncuti Gatwa stars in A Midsummer Night’s Dream and Zadie Smith relocates Chaucer to Kilburn, plus dance, storytelling and fringe drama

The National (Scotland)

Shows to look out for at this year’s Edinburgh Festivals

THIS year’s Edinburgh Festivals open in the coming days.

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The Independent UK

Q&A: ‘Barbie’ filmmaker Greta Gerwig on art, commerce and embracing the mess

Barbie, the doll, may be 64 years old, but “Barbie,” the movie, is a pandemic baby

The National (Scotland)

Alan Steele: 10 things that changed my life

I’ve got five siblings, but, from my teens forward, I didn’t see them or have contact with them for 25 years.

Chicago Sun-Times

Jeffrey Carlson, Chicago actor who played trans role on ‘All My Children,’ remembered as ‘stellar’ stage performer

Mr. Carlson, who acted at the Chicago Shakespeare Theater as well as the Goodman, died July 6 at 48.

The Independent UK

Charles and Camilla treated to Shakespeare performances at Windsor Castle event

Celebrations are being staged this year to mark the 400th anniversary of the first printed edition of Shakespeare’s collection of plays.

Zenger

Movie Stars Vs. C-Suite Brass: Hollywood Strike Gets Ugly As CEO Tells A-Listers Where To Go

Barry Dillerthinks big-name actors should do — at least the ones who are clamoring for pay parity in the movie industry

The Guardian - UK

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

Radio France Internationale

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…

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