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Q&A: Baz Luhrmann on his tragic, razzle-dazzle 'Elvis'

Baz Luhrmann was first in Cannes exactly 30 years ago with his debut “Strictly Ballroom,” which he recalls barely making a sound at the festival

The Independent UK

All the world’s a stage at Delhi University

It was the mid-1960s. Kabir Bedi had joined St Stephen’s College as a student of history and became a member of its famed Shakespeare Society. He was soon busy with acting, directing and producing numerous plays — but one particular performance stands out in his memory. “My production of Julius…

The Times of India

Why we should all love wasps

Wasps have always had a bad press. But Professor Seirian Sumner, who has spent her life studying them, argues they are sophisticated, socially complex and essential to the environment

The Guardian - UK

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Revenge is sweet: the music, TV and theatre about getting your own back

From Shakespeare’s dithering Dane to Desperate Housewives’ steely-eyed Bree, our critics serve up the coldest revenge dishes

The Guardian - UK

Hook-ups, pansexuals and holy connection: love in the time of millennials and Generation Z

“That Love is all there is,” wrote Emily Dickinson,

The Conversation

Why do people, like, say, ‘like’ so much?

Saying the word ‘like’ has long been seen as a sign of laziness and stupidity. But its use is actually richly nuanced, goes back to Shakespearean times, and is an indicator of, like, intelligence

The Guardian - UK

Julius Caesar review – the revolution is rerouted in scattered Shakespeare

Shakespeare’s Globe, LondonLess a tense examination of a failing republic, or even of women in power, there is little electricity or danger here

The Guardian - UK

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Nothello review – clever and joyful, Shakespeare upended

Desdemona’s twins step forward to speak out against the racist tropes that led to their parents’ tragedy in this inclusive, urgent production

The Guardian - UK

Met's new 'Hamlet': To be or not to be true to the text

Rosencrantz and Guildenstern are dead, all right, but not as Shakespeare imagined

The Independent UK

Ahead of NYC debut, ‘Fat Ham’ – a queer, Black twist on Shakespeare’s ‘Hamlet’ – wins Pulitzer Prize for drama

NEW YORK — Days before James Ijames’ “Fat Ham” makes its off-Broadway debut at the Public Theater, the play is the recipient of the 2022 Pulitzer Prize for Drama.

Tribune News Service

The Chase player shut down by Bradley Walsh after cheeky comments

One hopeful contestant was told to stop being a 'wind up'

Liverpool Echo

‘My experience was not #MeToo, it was #HerToo’: Eryn Jean Norvill on her life-changing return to the stage

Three years after being an unwilling protagonist in a media circus, the actor reflects on her career-defining turn in Dorian Gray – and what comes next

The Guardian - AU

CNN's Zain Asher is grateful for her mom's tough love — even if it meant no TV

Asher's dad died in a car crash in Nigeria when she was 5. Her grief-stricken mother used strict and innovative methods to raise 4 kids. Asher honors her mom in the memoir Where the Children Take Us.

WEKU

First memorial of Shakespeare’s twins Hamnet and Judith secured by author Maggie O’Farrell

Author Maggie O’Farrell won the Women's Prize for Fiction in 2020 for her novel 'Hamnet' which is inspired by the lesser-known story of Shakespeare’s son Hamnet, who died at a young age. Few people knew about Hamnet, who died aged 11 in 1596, and his twin sister, Judith, who died…

The Times of India

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Evening Standard

Much Ado About Nothing review: A smart, stylish staging

Director Lucy Bailey’s production offers a purely pleasurable evening at the Globe

Chicago Tribune

Review: ‘All’s Well That Ends Well’ depends on its Helen, finding love amid death — she succeeds mightily at Chicago Shakespeare

CHICAGO — Of all the women in Shakespeare, Helen in “All’s Well That Ends Well” is perhaps my favorite. Courageous, determined and delightfully verbose, she’s more like a character in a Jane Austen novel.

Chicago Sun-Times

Chicago Shakespeare keeps pace as time catches up with ‘All’s Well That Ends Well’

High-energy production of the comedy has a rock opera, graphic novel vibe.

Newcastle Herald

Newcastle in theatrical box seat as Carl Caulfield prepares to premiere two plays

Get set to see Caulfield's new works 'The Fine Art of Deception' and 'Creativity'.

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The Guardian - UK

Emma Smith: ‘Books do extraordinary work, but we can overstate their importance’

The Shakespeare critic and author on her new history of books and readers, and how it’s made her think about the contents of our shelves

WEKU

McCarthy embodies House GOP's post-Trump dilemma and post-Gingrich history

Shakespeare observed that "uneasy lies the head that wears a crown." Something similar seems to apply to the title of Republican leader in the U.S. House of Representatives.

The Guardian - UK

Jerusalem is back, and channelling England’s rough magic once again

Jez Butterworth’s revived play taps directly into an ancient seam of anarchic, Puckish energy, says the Guardian’s chief culture writer Charlotte Higgins

The Guardian - UK

Sad fruit, giant pandas and a host of birthday joy – take the Thursday quiz

Fifteen questions on general knowledge and topical trivia plus a few jokes every Thursday – how will you fare?

The Guardian - UK

Top 10 books about performance – the lives of actors and musicians

The challenge of capturing the triumphs and crushing failures of the stage and concert hall in words has been taken on by writers from Shakespeare to Virginia Woolf and Eimear McBride

The Guardian - UK

PM swerves the Commons to channel the Bard in Bury

Instead of briefing MPs on his India visit, Boris Johnson headed north to kick a football around and quote Shakespeare

Daily Mirror

David Tennant returning to Doctor Who? Actor gives enigmatic response to rumours

David Tennant, who played the tenth Doctor Who under Russell T Davies' tenure, is now the odds-on favourite to become the next Doctor and replace Jodie Whittaker

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