The Latest Breaking News from Shakespeare

Brendan Fraser describes the shelved Superman film he came close to starring in as "Shakespeare in space"

"I did wear the big guy's suit.”

Total Film · Nov 22, 2025

Nothing much comes of nothing in Belvoir’s new version of King Lear

Since its first performance in 1606, King Lear has earned its place as Shakespeare’s largest and most revered powerhouse tragedy.

The Conversation · Nov 21, 2025

Helen Mirren and Ian Mckellen celebrate launch of RSC Shakespeare curriculum app

The Royal Shakespeare Company (RSC) unveiled its new digital learning app on Wednesday, 12 November, at Middle Temple, the historic site of the first Twelfth Night performance in 1604.

The Independent UK · Nov 12, 2025

Helen Mirren ‘unbelievably excited’ to help launch RSC’s Shakespeare curriculum

The curriculum is a teaching and learning platform that is free for all state and Send schools.

Evening Standard · Nov 12, 2025

‘I really enjoyed it’: new RSC curriculum brings Shakespeare’s works to life in UK classrooms

Starting with Macbeth, online platform using rehearsal-based teaching methods aims to transform study of the Bard

The Guardian - UK · Nov 12, 2025

Does Britain value culture any more? Ask the striking workers at the British Library

The dispute over pay at this great national institution gets to the heart of our misplaced priorities, says novelist Zadie Smith

The Guardian - UK · Nov 11, 2025

‘That was better than my wedding day!’ The 20 greatest moments from The Celebrity Traitors

Alan the assassin, Clare as Boris Johnson and of course, Celia’s fart … the dynamite scenes have come thick and fast in the inaugural series. Here are the very best bits

The Guardian - UK · Nov 6, 2025

Othello at Theatre Royal Haymarket: 'Why does this star vehicle feel so humdrum?'

3/5 David Harewood, Toby Jones and Caitlin FitzGerald are an accomplished team but this West End Shakespeare is oddly flat

Evening Standard · Nov 5, 2025

Othello, Theatre Royal Haymarket review – Toby Jones plays Shakespeare’s most notorious villain like a peevish middle manager

3/5 David Harewood reprises the titular role in a starry production that grants more power to the play’s women, but ultimately dulls its edge

The Independent UK · Nov 5, 2025

James McAvoy Recalls The Moment He Had With Patrick Stewart And Ian McKellen On X-Men: Days Of Future Past That Showed Him They’re ‘A Different Kind Of Actor’

I'd have been impressed too.

Cinemablend · Nov 4, 2025