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Juliet and Romeo strains to be meaningful but never earns its emotional crescendos

The new musical film Juliet and Romeo arrives on screen with lavish visuals, saccharine pop songs and a reworked Shakespearean plot that tries to dazzle. With its vivid colour palette and dreamy masquerade aesthetic, this is Verona as filtered through a Eurovision lens: glittering, melodramatic and frequently overwrought.

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Juliet & Romeo review – Rebel Wilson and Jason Isaacs cameo in syrupy Shakespeare musical

With bare-faced cheek, this bardless take replaces all the original language with olden-days-effect prose – adding singing, dancing and a pointlessly starry cast

The Guardian - UK

Minding our language on the use of Americanisms

Letters: Readers share their views on the evolution of the English language, in response to an article by Elisabeth Ribbans on the use of ‘gotten’

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My cultural awakening: a shock at a Shakespeare production made me quit the bank for theatre

Seeing the RSC’s breathtaking 1978 production of The Taming of the Shrew showed how a working-class boy like me could get into theatre

The Guardian - UK

32 Unhinged Analogies That Explain Complex Medical Problems With Ridiculous Clarity

If only Shakespeare could read these.

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‘Lord’s Prayer better recognised than national anthem, Churchill or Shakespeare’

The Our Father also appeared better known that Star Wars and the famous Liverpool football anthem.

Evening Standard

Silents Synced: ‘Nosferatu’ to be set to Radiohead’s ‘Kid A’ and ‘Amnesiac’ for new cinema release

A new initiative in the UK is pairing iconic silent films with era-defining records. The first sees 1922’s classic 'Nosferatu' paired with two Radiohead albums – and it’s only the beginning.

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A Midsummer Night’s Dream at Bridge Theatre review: I can't remember enjoying a Dream more

5/5 This acrobatic, erotic, playfully queered version of Shakespeare’s comedy is even better than it was in 2019

Evening Standard

The Almeida theatre has a coup in Dominic Cooke: this gifted director is also a proven talent spotter

Moving easily between daring new work from the likes of Jez Butterworth to lucid fresh takes on the canon and heartful musicals, Cooke is an optimal new leader

The Guardian - UK

Helen Lewis: The Dark Side of Genius

In The Genius Myth, the journalist delivers a sharp, funny takedown of our obsession with "brilliant" men, showing that behind every so-called genius is a crowd and a big PR machine.

Reason

Adrian Lester and Alfred Enoch lead Royal Shakespeare Company’s ‘global’ new season

Joint artistic directors Daniel Evans and Tamara Harvey say 2025/26 programme is celebration of ‘a 21st-century RSC’

The Guardian - UK

"AI and the Death of Literary Criticism"

A very interesting piece by Prof. Thomas Balazs in Quillette. An excerpt: When ChatGPT can analyse Hamlet as well as any grad… The post "AI and the Death of Literary Criticism" appeared first on Reason.com.

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‘Please don’t fart, this is art’ – Stephen Sondheim’s musical The Frogs review

A droll Dionysos, an ab-obsessed himbo and a waddling ballet for goggle-clad frogs can’t outshine Sondheim’s songs in this rarely seen version of the ancient Greek satire

The Guardian - UK

Violent and lewd! Not Grand Theft Auto, Shakespeare’s Macbeth

If Shakespeare were around today, he’d be making open-world shooters with the same depth and diversion as his plays

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Sir Ian McKellen to open 'joyful' Shakespeare play with all trans and non-binary cast

The 86-year-old acting legend, who is a longtime LGBTQ+ advocate, will introduce the performance from the new company, Trans What You Will

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The Frogs at Southwark Playhouse review: bursting with unfulfilled promise

3/5 Stephen Sondheim’s weirdest show gets its moment in the spotlight

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“Shakespeare on wheels” – F1’s biggest ever partner on why the series captures the imagination

For the first time in its illustrious history, the Formula 1 Monaco Grand Prix has a title sponsor, with TAG Heuer claiming the distinct honour.

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‘Shakespeare would be writing for games today’: Cannes’ first video game Lili is a retelling of Macbeth

Translocating the Scottish play to Iran with help from the RSC, iNK Stories’ version focuses on a Lady Macbeth contending with an oppressive surveillance state

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Ambition is not a dirty word: female politicians and the ‘Lady Macbeth bias’

When the new parliament convenes after the recent election, it will feature a rarity in Australian politics. Women will lead two significant political parties at the same time: the Liberal Party’s Sussan Ley and the Greens’ Larissa Waters.

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‘Theatre puts a finger in the wound’: Willem Dafoe returns to his first love in Venice

He is a transfixing screen presence – but he lives for the raw thrill of the stage. As he takes over the Venice theatre biennale, the star lets us know what to expect: cut-up plays and a Pinocchio unlike any other

The Independent UK

Three years after his death, Stephen Sondheim feels more alive than ever

IN FOCUS: ‘Here We Are’, now running at the National Theatre, is the musical theatre titan’s final, posthumous work. But when it comes to Sondheim, this couldn’t be further from the end, writes Louis Chilton

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Meet The Longest Living Animal Whose Birth Predates Shakespeare

Meet the longest living animal on Earth, whose lifespan stretches back thousands of years! More ancient than Shakespeare, find out which animal reigns longest.

Evening Standard

Hamlet Hail to the Thief at Aviva Studios Manchester review: Radiohead plus Shakespeare? Yes please

4/5 These two very different works have been fused into an urgent, frantic 100-minute work that’s part drama, part dance piece and part gig

The Guardian - UK

David Harewood to return to Othello almost 30 years after groundbreaking National Theatre production

Harewood – who became the first black actor to play Othello at the NT in 1997 – will play the role at Theatre Royal Haymarket opposite Toby Jones as Iago

Evening Standard

Romeo and Juliet at Shakespeare’s Globe review: why is it set in the Wild West?

3/5 Lola Shalam is strident, standout Juliet - but the production could do without those massive white hats and all that shouting

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