The Latest Breaking News from Shakespeare

A Midsummer Night's Dream coming to Raheny this summer

The iconic Shakespearean story will be told on one night only this June.

Dublin Live · May 23, 2023

A Midsummer Night’s Dream at Shakespeare’s Globe review: Elle While’s is a fresh take on the forest romp

I’ve seen this play a hundred times, so it’s always a delight when a production shows it in new light

Evening Standard · May 23, 2023

The Comedy of Errors review – full of wit and pizazz

Amped-up visual gags and a cast that brings its own distinctive comic gifts to the Bard’s dialogue ensure a contemporary feel to the classic comedy

The Guardian - UK · May 22, 2023

Coventry’s Ben Wilson: ‘A rollercoaster? I’ve never been at the top to come back down’

Coventry’s goalkeeper Ben Wilson tells Ben Fisher about local fame, a ‘family’ and hope for an unlikely Premier League future after a club-hopping career

The Guardian - UK · May 13, 2023

The Motive and the Cue review: a ‘heartfelt plea’ for the ‘power of theatre’

“There’s been no shortage of stage portrayals of real life VIPs in the past couple of years,” said Clive Davis in The Times. Jack Thorne’s “thoughtful, often wickedly droll” new play, about the relationship between Richard Burton and John Gielgud during rehearsals for a 1964 production of Hamlet on Broadway,…

The Week · May 11, 2023

Performers coming to Edinburgh Fringe open up on disabilities and taking to the stage

Andrew Slade and Lexi Wolfe are heading to the Edinburgh Fringe this year, with their award winning show After Shakespeare - and while it may be their dream, it doesn’t come without struggle.

Edinburgh Live · May 10, 2023

Ex-teacher warns parents of 'worst' things they can do to derail kids' revision

Teenagers across the country will be starting their GCSEs next week and ahead of the exams, a former teacher has shared some of the things parents should avoid doing while their kids revise

Daily Mirror · May 10, 2023

The Coronation review – immaculately rehearsed, touching and Shakespearean

A blend of pageantry, procession, music and mystery, with many private moments to savour

The Guardian - UK · May 7, 2023

Richard Dreyfuss says Oscar diversity rules ‘make me vomit’

Jaws star went on to defend Laurence Olivier’s performance in blackface in the 1965 adaptation of Othello

The Guardian - UK · May 6, 2023

Guy Gunaratne: ‘Writing the Abu Ghraib bit of the book took its toll’

Booker-longlisted in 2018 for their debut novel, In Our Mad and Furious City, the Londoner talks about the follow-up, the slippery life story of a terror suspect, and the fellowship of Ali Smith during a time of stress

The Guardian - UK · May 6, 2023